Super Sessions feature experts from Cisco and partner companies speaking on topics that have relevance for the entire Cisco community. Regardless of your specific technology focus or industry specialization, you’ll gain fresh insight into technology trends that affect virtually every business. You’ll also see how some of today’s most innovative companies have approached some of the most complex technology challenges imaginable. You’re sure to walk out more inspired, informed, and ready to tackle whatever’s next on your own list of priorities.
Understanding of Application Performance and Network Usage in the Data Center
Tuesday, June 29
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Business and Partnership Development Director
Data center and application architectures are rapidly evolving. Yet the ability to effectively monitor and manage network usage and application performance hasn’t kept pace. In this session, Fluke Networks will address industry trends driving the need for better monitoring, performance management, and troubleshooting. The session will provide an overview of innovative approaches that combine in-depth visibility into network traffic with the ability to proactively manage and efficiently assess application performance behavior throughout the network. You’ll also learn how embedded technologies can help you keep pace with your evolving environment.
The Impact of Mass Virtualization on Network Management
Tuesday, June 29
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
CA, Corporate SVP & GM, Products
Cliff is corporate senior vice president and general manager for CA’s Assurance Business Unit, focused on delivering products and solutions that provide service assurance for complex IT environments at the system, application and network levels.
He joined CA in November 2009 from Apple Computer where he was vice president of CPU software, responsible for leading the development of platform dependent software across all Macintosh products.
Prior to Apple, Cliff held a number of management positions at Cisco Systems, most recently as head of the Network Management Technology Group. In this capacity he provided guidance, business strategy, and product development strategy for all of Cisco’s network management products.
Earlier, he was senior vice president of Cisco’s IOS Technologies Division and had overall responsibility for guiding the strategy and the development of software across the company. He also held the executive positions of vice president and general manager of the Internet Service Provider Business Unit and vice president and general manager of the InterWorks Business Unit, where he guided the company’s strategy and product development in the SNA migration market space.
Before joining Cisco, Cliff spent 16 years with IBM; the last 10 years at its T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he did research and product development on high-performance mainframe internetworking.
Cliff has also served as president and CEO of Digital Fountain, a digital media distribution company, and as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Redpoint Ventures, a leading venture capital firm.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Rochester.
CA, Corporate SVP & GM, Products
Roger Pilc is corporate senior vice president and general manager at CA, responsible for the company’s Virtualization and Service Automation business unit.
Prior to joining CA in 2007, Roger was COO at enterprise management company SMARTS. Under his four-year tenure, SMARTS enjoyed nearly five-fold revenue growth and was bought by EMC. Previous to SMARTS, Roger was CEO of Whale Communications, a security software vendor that was bought by Microsoft. Roger has also held senior management positions in the telecommunications and Internet services industries and served McKinsey & Company as a management consultant.
Roger earned a B.S. and a B.A. from Cornell University, a M.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Through a network management and application delivery lens, this presentation will address the obstacles and success factors shared by enterprises with heavily virtualized environments. In many instances, the network team is consulted too late in these projects or only when problems occur. By attending this presentation you will:
Examples discussed include: Cisco Nexus 1000v and UCS; VMware vCenter; CA|NetQoS Performance Center; and CA Virtualization Management.
The Borderless Enterprise: Driving Innovation from the Core
Wednesday, June 30
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
New business models are challenging the notion of traditional network boundaries. Communities of customers, partners, and suppliers who need access to your applications continue to grow. Connectivity needs to be delivered securely, reliably, and seamlessly to anyone, anything, anywhere, anytime. And, the core of your network is where the architecture strategy for collaboration, data center/virtualization and video begins. Come hear John McCool discuss how to build upon your existing investments and offer more dynamic communication experiences for your communities. Drawing upon the customer perspective, McCool will address the industry trends and issues bringing about change, highlighting portfolio technologies that can help drive innovation from the core.
Senior Vice President / General Manager, Data Center, Switching and Services Group
Cisco
John McCool is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Data Center, Switching and Services Group (DSSG). In this role he is responsible for managing the strategy, engineering, and marketing direction of Cisco’s comprehensive family of enterprise Ethernet switching solutions, including the Cisco Catalyst series for the campus and the Cisco Nexus and MDS switching series for the data center. He is also in charge of the optical product line and of Cisco’s expansion into application networking, virtualization, and integrated security services. All of these technology areas have been foundational in his leadership of Cisco’s virtualization and Data Center 3.0 strategies.
Among his other leadership roles in Cisco, McCool is a member of the Enterprise Business Council, the Quality Experience Council, and a cochair of Cisco EcoBoard and the Enterprise Architecture Board. At the Enterprise Architecture Board, McCool oversees Cisco’s initiatives to promote system solutions for the campus, branch, and data center.
Prior to his current role at Cisco, McCool led the Campus Switching Systems Technology Group, which encompassed the Cisco Catalyst 4000 and 6000 Series as well as optical transceivers. McCool came to Cisco through the acquisition of Granite, where he was instrumental in growing Cisco’s Gigabit Ethernet technologies and the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series to multibillion-dollar run rates. Over the years he expanded his responsibilities to lead the Internet Switching Business Unit responsible for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco’s most successful and innovative LAN switching platform.
Prior to joining Cisco, McCool led network product development teams at SynOptics, NeXT Computer, and Advanced Micro Devices. He has been active in creating industry standards, playing a key role in the development of dual speed 10/100BASE-T technology as part of the IEEE802.3u standard and making significant contributions to the ANSI X3T9.5 FDDI standard. He holds several patents related to network technologies.
McCool holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University and a master’s degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University.
Video: What’s Next?
Wednesday, June 30
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Video has transformed the way we communicate, collaborate and manage business. At the consumer level or in the enterprise, video is becoming a primary means to share experiences and information, going to any device, anywhere, at anytime. Hear Marthin De Beer, Senior Vice Present, Emerging Technologies Group at Cisco discuss drivers and issues shaping these industry trends. Also, highlights on emerging technology portfolio innovations that can help create a media –ready network to handle increased video traffic and demands.
Senior Vice President, Emerging Technologies Group
Cisco
Marthin De Beer is Senior Vice President of the Emerging Technologies Group at Cisco. De Beer oversees the development teams who manage Cisco innovations including, Cisco TelePresence, Digital Media Systems, Linksys One, IP Video Surveillance, and Cisco IPICs. De Beer was also a founder of two start-up companies and previously held senior marketing and engineering positions at Hughes LAN Systems, Persetel Computer Systems, and Atlas Aircraft.
