Cisco Live…Great Training, but Not Much New Technology

Cisco Live 2009 was this week, if you didn’t attend here are a few observations:

There were MASSIVE amounts of training sessions, high quality keynotes, but not much new in terms of technology at this event. It’s not just a show, it’s a training session. While many of the educational items cost money, not all of them do. Even some of the vendor presentations can offer you insights into the types of thinking you should be considering (see OPNET and their explanation of the types of problems that can cause application delay). Much of the free educational content can be had by getting an online account at the CiscoLive Virtual center.

Cisco recently launched a wiki providing simple content and clear explanations. It still needs to grow some but, the content is a good start for key Cisco products and technologies.

Counted only 3 green/power saving programs – Really in S.F? I expected more considering all the talk about green computing in the industry.

The B-52s and DEVO were the bands for Wednesday night – WOW!!!

If you came looking for new technologies, you would be disappointed. I didn’t see anything that wasn’t at Interop or some of the other shows earlier in the year. I think it’s more about making do with what we have and squeezing out all the value possible.

The next post will be a continuation on how to monitor bandwidth – helping you pack more through the pipes you already own.