Have A Classy Time with Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2025

I don't know how to put this, but Cisco Live is kind of a big deal. Hello everyone. My name is Tom Hollingsworth.

I am the event lead for all things related to networking, wireless and security here at Tech Field Day. And you can consider me the anchor man of an amazing event that's coming up. Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2025.

It's been six years since we've been back to Classy San Diego and uh, I don't know, did anything happen in those six years that uh, possibly could have been major breaking news? I'll let you figure that out because what we've got coming up is some of the most exciting news of the year because we have a great day of presentations that are headed your way during the event. We are gonna be kicking off with the first set of presentations on June the 10th.

We are gonna be hearing from our friends over at Open Gear because they're gonna be giving us the latest on their new Unified Digital Operations Manager, which is building on their already very impressive out of band management capabilities. They're gonna be showing off a demo that includes some ways to improve security and reduce congestion in your network. Then we're gonna be following that with the arguably biggest block of presentations from our friends at Cisco.

And they're switching things up on us. That's right. They're gonna be talking about campus switching for future proof networks.

They're gonna be talking about new industrial switch technology and smart switches, but not to be outdone because they're also gonna be adding things like campus EVPN and the Rocky Assurance Secure Routers Nexus dashboard and a special access point that we got a sneak peek at just a few weeks ago at Mobility Field Day. But we'll be telling you all about it in San Diego. Then on Wednesday the 11th, we're gonna hear from our friends over at avi.

Now, ironically enough, it's been a while since we've heard from Avi. The last time was of course in San Diego for, uh, the previous San Diego edition of Tech Field Extra at Cisco live us. And we're gonna get some updates on the importance of proper testing and validation of your infrastructure to ensure things like, oh, I don't know, maximum uptime and productivity.

That way your outages do not, in fact, escalate quickly. We hope that you'll be able to join us online for all of the great presentations. com, on Textron tv, as well as on our LinkedIn page.

And if you are a fan of TechOne tv, make sure you check out the techron TV app where we'll be streaming live during the event. But also you can check out the back catalog of all the great Field day episodes that we've got. And if you are on site and you wanna participate in the conversation through social media, the easiest way to do that is to jump on your favorite social platform and use the hashtag tfd X, but also use the hashtag Cisco Live.

That is the best way, not only to be seen by us and our great delegates, but by the rest of the conference as well, because you know how they always have those leaderboards. You have to be on top. You need to be the shining star, the lamp, if you will, of everything that there is to know about Cisco Live.

I'll be on site. net and tell me if you're gonna be there or not, because I would love to check in with you, hang out, maybe take a selfie, you know, make you famous, make me famous. Who knows?

I hope that you'll be able to join us for the great experience of Tech Field Day Extras, go live us June 10th and 11th. A beautiful 70 degree sunny San Diego. Here's hoping that we don't get hit by the June gloom.

And stay classy San Diego. We'll see you there.