Cisco Live: The Real Experience

Cisco could not have chosen a better location for this year's Cisco Live event. San Diego provided a pleasant respite, even with the tumult of the conference in its midst.

That said, the networking industry is anything but serene. The landscape is rapidly changing, forcing engineers and executives alike to rethink strategies, transcend skill sets, and find new ways to do things bigger, better and faster. These were the topics fueling conversations during Sunday night's pre-Live Tweetup and the conversations that permeated the conference throughout the week.

Read on to share my experience at Cisco Live, and the impressions it made on me.

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