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Go-to-market is defined as a cohesive, interconnected machine involving sales, marketing, product, and customer needs working together like a flywheel. A successful GTM strategy centers on four key elements: understanding the customer's pain points, delivering clear product value, ensuring ease of consumption, and aligning cross-functional teams toward common goals.In this insightful podcast, Ramesh Prabagaran, a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and two-time founder, shares his journey from product manager to successful founder and CEO. With over 20 years in the computer networking industry, Ramesh discusses his experiences at Juniper Networks, his co-founding of Viptela (acquired by Cisco), and his latest venture, Prosimo. He dives deep into go-to-market strategies, the iterative process of startup development, and the challenges of finding the right customer segments and value propositions. Ramesh provides valuable lessons on fundraising, mentorship, and navigating the shifting landscape of cloud networking, with particular emphasis on product-led growth (PLG) and enterprise sales. His story highlights the importance of capital constraints, building the right team, and developing a cohesive, customer-centric strategy.Connect with Ramesh Prabagaran on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsbaConnect with Vijay Damojipurapu on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijdam/Brought to you by: stratyve.comChapters: 00:00 - How Ramesh Defines B2B Marketing in Startups 06:47 - From PM at Juniper to Multi-Time Founder: Ramesh's Career Journey 12:35 - Why Ramesh Entered the Networking Space 15:22 - First Startup: Identifying Market Disruption Through Cost Arbitrage 18:40 - Second Startup: Lessons in Timing, Buyer Personas, and Messaging 39:32 - How to Fundraise Smartly Based on Market Readiness 48:56 - Ramesh's Three Deepest Sources of Support 53:50 - The Power of Giving Back and the Silicon Valley Culture 56:00 - Advice to His Younger Self: Deprivation Drives Clarity
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole... Read more »
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole […] The post Network Break 430: Cisco Viptela Customers Have A Certifiably Bad Day; IT Crimes And Punishments appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole... Read more »
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole […] The post Network Break 430: Cisco Viptela Customers Have A Certifiably Bad Day; IT Crimes And Punishments appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole... Read more »
Take a Network Break! This week we cover some follow-up on Lumen. Then we dive into a massive Cisco blunder that let a digital certificate expire on some models of the Viptela SD-WAN appliance, causing device failures. Extreme Networks release a new Wi-Fi 6e AP and core and aggregation switches, a Ubiquiti employee who stole […] The post Network Break 430: Cisco Viptela Customers Have A Certifiably Bad Day; IT Crimes And Punishments appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Episode description: On this episode of the Forward Together podcast, WSU President Dr. Rick Muma and his guests commemorate Innovation Month by discussing a few of the exciting innovations developed by WSU faculty and alumni. Special guests are Darren DeFrain, associate professor of English at WSU; and Khalid Raza, WSU alum and co-founder of Viptela.
It has been remarkable to witness the enterprise transition to the cloud in just a few short years -- but what is next? Multi-cloud networking is the new way for enterprises to manage applications worldwide for dispersed and remote users. Managing applications in the cloud - and through multiple cloud service providers (CSPs) -- can mean a host of benefits, including reduced latency, more affordable transit costs, and heightened security. However, we are not there yet. Most organizations are still struggling with the complex networking infrastructures needed to achieve "a multi-cloud networking Nirvana." Ramesh Prabagaran, co-founder and CEO of Prosimo, recognized the opportunity for a newer type of infrastructure -- one that would provide enterprises a better way to network to multiple CSPs - a safer, less complex, and more affordable way. As the former co-founder of Viptela, acquired by Cisco for $610 million in 2017, Ramesh is one of the pioneers in the SD Wan field - and is no stranger to overcoming serious networking challenges. Ramesh and his team at Prosimo have developed a single, vertically integrated infrastructure stack to deliver an application experience that balances performance, security, and costs across multi-cloud environments. Just months out of stealth, the team has had early success with several enterprise customers, including Flexport, announced partnerships with Google Cloud, AWS, and Verizon, and was recently included in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Networking Software. Multi-cloud networking is complex and not easy to do or even understand. Still, in today's episode, Ramesh breaks it down and explains it all in a language everyone can understand. He also shares his own story, which involves a series of successes and innovations.
We cross to Silicon Valley and speak with Amir Khan, President, CEO & Founder of cloud computing platform Alkira and their start-up program with Microsoft. Alkira has announced a close collaboration with the Microsoft for Startups program, a select group of emerging businesses hand-picked by Microsoft for the benefits they offer to Microsoft Azure customers in their journey to the cloud. The select start-ups receive growth partnership and ecosystem support from Microsoft including access to technical, sales and marketing opportunities and leadership. Alkira also announced that the Alkira Cloud Services Exchange (CSX) – the core of the company’s Network Cloud platform – is now available on the Azure Marketplace. Amir Khan is a computer networking visionary who founded and led Viptela’s market-leading, cloud-first, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) business before its acquisition by Cisco. Amir has held leadership roles at Cisco, Juniper, and Nortel. He holds 4 patents. Amir earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mississippi. #mysecurityTV #cloudcomputing #cloudnetworking #Azure #startups #microsoft #alkira For the full video interview, recorded Friday 23 April 2021, available here https://youtu.be/qVE06EFMHc0
Join Matt “Always carry a Mobile Hotspot” Yette and Matt “Palo Alto ARE my middle Names!” Cozzolino as they welcome Senior Network Consultant and Engineering Manager Mack Nethkin to the virtual Data Center Therapy Studio, to talk about all things Software-Defined Wide Area Network, or SD-WAN it’s come to be known. Mack and the Matts chat about: What the basic recipe of SD-WAN is, and where you’d want to use it in your corporate and datacenter networks. How SD-WAN can act as a unified management platform for wide area connectivity, how it can efficiently enable cloud applications. Who the players are in the SD-WAN space, such as CloudGenix, Silver Peak, Velocloud and Viptela, and how various acquisitions of the OEMs by other companies affects them. Mack also shares an “I’ve never seen that before!” about his experience working with SD-WANs in the field. Note that there’s some audio difficulties with Mack’s studio set up on this episode, but loyal listeners will be rewarded with a great introduction to this new world of high-bandwidth, managed-performance, cloud-enabled 2021-ready networking technologies. As Yette mentions, drop the promo code PODCASTPODS when you register for Cozzolino’s Introduction to Microsegmentation with NSX-T class and you’ll receive $1,000 off and a pair of AirPods Pros, so register now before the class fills up completely! And as always, be sure to like, subscribe and share your love for DCT wherever finer podcasts and social media are found. Stay safe, stay healthy, and securely network (with SD-WAN technology!) DCT friends, and we’ll see you (listening on) our next exciting episode!
On this week’s episode, we cover a recent move by the government of India to ban many Chinese-owned applications, including TikTok, which reportedly has more than 600,000,000 downloads in India. We also talk through a two-hour-long outage at Google Cloud Platform that affected multiple of its availability zones within a single region—highlighting that availability zones may be architected differently between providers—and briefly cover outages at Slack and Comcast, too. After our review of this week’s highlights, I sat down with Atif Khan, CTO of Alkira and former co-founder of Viptela to talk enterprise cloud strategy.
On this week's episode, we cover a recent move by the government of India to ban many Chinese-owned applications, including TikTok, which reportedly has more than 600,000,000 downloads in India. We also talk through a two-hour-long outage at Google Cloud Platform that affected multiple of its availability zones within a single region—highlighting that availability zones may be architected differently between providers—and briefly cover outages at Slack and Comcast, too. After our review of this week's highlights, I sat down with Atif Khan, CTO of Alkira and former co-founder of Viptela, to talk enterprise cloud strategy.
In this episode we sit down with two colleagues from our Viptella team to discuss the evolution of Cisco's SD-WAN offerings as well as provide competitive insight, product updates and a peek behind the curtain of what is coming next from the Viptela engineers. Links: Cisco SD-WAN Page: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/sd-wan/index.html What is SD-WAN: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/sd-wan/what-is-sd-wan.html Article on Integration with GCP: https://www.crn.com/news/networking/cisco-sd-wan-will-reach-beyond-cloud-edge-into-google-cloud-platform Trent's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trent-cleveland-2626129/ Scott's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-e-robbins-2b64121/
Weekly Wrap for March 13, 2020 Plus, Juniper jumps on SONiC, and vendors scramble to virtualize their trade shows The Sweden-based vendor cited Viptela's remote provisioning; Juniper throws support behind SONiC; and Microsoft, Dell, and Red Hat scramble to virtualize events. Telia Taps Cisco Viptela SD-WAN Juniper Jumps Aboard SONiC Train COVID-19 Pushes Microsoft, Dell, Red Hat to Virtualize Events Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Weekly Wrap for March 13, 2020 Plus, Juniper jumps on SONiC, and vendors scramble to virtualize their trade shows The Sweden-based vendor cited Viptela's remote provisioning; Juniper throws support behind SONiC; and Microsoft, Dell, and Red Hat scramble to virtualize events. Telia Taps Cisco Viptela SD-WAN Juniper Jumps Aboard SONiC Train COVID-19 Pushes Microsoft, Dell, Red Hat to Virtualize Events
Dive into Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp and what exactly it is. Our Cisco Champions and Cisco Guests chat about Viptela history, vManager, multi-cloud strategies and MORE! Cisco Champions: Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Developer Engineer, Presidio. Chuck Keith (twitter.com/networkchuck) Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer, Xceptional Networks. Cisco Guest: David Klebanov (twitter.com/davidklebanov), Technical Marketing Manager. Additional Guests: Tom Davis, Practice Lead Network Solutions, WWT. Bill Thompson, Practice Manager Network Solutions, WWT. Moderator: Teresa Sonal (twitter.com/tsonal) Cisco Product Marketing. Discussion Topics: - What is SD-WAN Cloud onRamp? - The differences in cloud architecting the WAN when it comes to the cloud. - Viptela history - Why vManage is a one-stop-shop - What are the biggest drivers for SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Security options in SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Will SD-WAN Cloud onRamp help cloud adoption - Multi-cloud strategies - Evolution of the network engineer - Programmability of VManage - What skills do engineers need to be proficient in SD-WAN Learn more about SD-WAN Cloud onRamp: http://cs.co/90041XQIu
Dive into Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp and what exactly it is. Our Cisco Champions and Cisco Guests chat about Viptela history, vManager, multi-cloud strategies and MORE! Cisco Champions: Jeff Levensailor (twitter.com/levensailor), Cisco Champion member, Developer Engineer, Presidio. Chuck Keith (twitter.com/networkchuck) Cisco Champion member, Network Engineer, Xceptional Networks. Cisco Guest: David Klebanov (twitter.com/davidklebanov), Technical Marketing Manager. Additional Guests: Tom Davis, Practice Lead Network Solutions, WWT. Bill Thompson, Practice Manager Network Solutions, WWT. Moderator: Teresa Sonal (twitter.com/tsonal) Cisco Product Marketing. Discussion Topics: - What is SD-WAN Cloud onRamp? - The differences in cloud architecting the WAN when it comes to the cloud. - Viptela history - Why vManage is a one-stop-shop - What are the biggest drivers for SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Security options in SD-WAN Cloud onRamp - Will SD-WAN Cloud onRamp help cloud adoption - Multi-cloud strategies - Evolution of the network engineer - Programmability of VManage - What skills do engineers need to be proficient in SD-WAN Learn more about SD-WAN Cloud onRamp: http://cs.co/90041XQIu
On the 24th episode of the show, I'm joined by Rohan Naggi Sr. Technical Product Manager at VMware, and we discuss about VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud. SD-WAN is a booming market and it's promising to solve many challenges of traditional WAN solutions. There are tens of vendors in this market and VeloCloud has been one of the noteworthy ones since the beginning. VeloCloud has been acquired by VMware in 2017, and it's currently part of the Network and Security Business Unit. We discuss many topics with Rohan, including the need for SD-WAN and why VeloCloud, then we look under the hood and discuss the architectural components of the solution. If you're looking for a primer on this topic, the level on this episode will be great for you. You can reach out to Rohan via Twitter (@lifeboy) and LinkedIn. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Links: The book Rohan has co-authored: SD-WAN The Networking Blueprint for Modern Businesses Rohan's podcast: SD-WAN 360 Required SD-WAN characteristics by Gartner Show Notes 01:00 - Intro 06:45 - What is the problem statement with the traditional networks. What was the need for SD-WAN. 14:15 - What are the key capabilities of any SD-WAN solution 24:30 - Why VMware SD-WAN 34:15 - Now that we know of why VMware SD-WAN, lets go one more level deep and understand the VMware SD-WAN components and Architecture. 42:00 - Closing notes
Don't be scared! You too can learn to code networks like Adrian did! Network Engineer becomes a NetDevOps engineer and improves his life. No, your job will not be taken away, but your life will get better. Menu: Why did you create this SD-WAN solution? 0:20 Network Engineer creating software? 2:30 What to download the code and see for yourself? 3:45 Network Person can develop their own code 4:30 Demo of the solution: 4:58 What was it written in? 7:25 Network Engineers becoming developers 8:48 How has this changed your life? 9:53 Will it take our jobs away? 11:00 Don't be scared! Get help: 12:45 DevNet is free: 13:20 Get the code:http://bit.ly/2ItmeGK DevNet Main Page: http://bit.ly/2WRvXQI DevNet Start Now: http://bit.ly/2XsY4CQ Adrian's Details: Twitter: https://twitter.com/aidevnet David's details: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/davidbombal Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: https:/www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal #devnet #sdwan #ccie
What is SD-WAN? say GOODBYE to MPLS, DMVPN, iWAN... w/ SDN, Cisco and Viptela Software-Defined WAN (Wide Area Network). What is it? How is it different from DMVPN and iWAN and are we still using MPLS? SD-WAN is changing the game and it took me a bit to WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT because it is STRANGE!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video was sponsored by Cisco. Learn more about the latest with Cisco SD-WAN: http://bit.ly/2zQrvnN What is SD-WAN? : http://bit.ly/2OJLidQ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CiscoLIVE Session on SD-WAN: http://bit.ly/2DjpEet ℹ Official Website: https://NetworkChuck.com JOIN THE Network Automation and Programmability FACEBOOK STUDY GROUP: http://bit.ly/2PWdlvd JOIN THE Cisco Routing and Switching FACEBOOK STUDY GROUP: http://bit.ly/2A3vah0 JOIN THE CCNA/CCNP Collaboration FACEBOOK STUDY GROUP: http://bit.ly/2FEE9aH ccna routing and switching vcp cbt training
Software-defined WANs are continuously upgrading application performance to enable people in branch offices, stores, and clinics to operate at peak efficiency. With the recently announced integration of Viptela software into IOS XE, it’s time to explore how Cisco is expanding Viptela SD-WAN capabilities across the ISR/ASR router family. Listen in as Robb Boyd, TechWise TV Host, is joined by Sumanth Kakaraparthi, Director of Product Management for SD-WAN & Branch Security, discuss why this is a perfect union of two powerful technologies as well as latest updates in availability for the Cisco SD-WAN solution. For more on this topic, click http://cs.co/9001DfU8T
In this Episode we dive deep into the emerging area of SD WAN's with Julian Greensmith, Systems Engineer Viptela. Julian provides a great overview of SD-WAN technologies, contrasts with NFV solutions and shares a view on what the Cisco acquisition means.
Recorded live at Cisco Live Barcelona! Shaping the future of networks, handling the challenges of security in the cloud, maximizing productivity through collaboration and exciting the digital customer – modern businesses face many opportunities, but how to seize them properly? Camille Houery, BT Cisco Partnership Director, and Anne Gaelle, BT Director of Product Marketing, dive into those topics and look at how Cisco technology, provided by BT as service provider, can support these new ICT requirements. Check out the links below for more information on these topics: www.cisco.com/go/sd-wan https://meraki.cisco.com/ www.cisco.com/go/cloud www.cisco.com/go/security
Jim talks to Viptela CTO Khalid Raza about integrating Viptela with Cisco technologies, what each company brings to the table post-acquisition, and the changing network operations landscape. Jiwan Grewal finishes up the podcast with a walk through the Viptela demo on Cisco dCloud.
The summer is over so what else can cheer you up... it's a podcast with our Mark Jackson @m_jacks76 rabbling on about all the new tech that gets him excited. We discuss SDN and Viptela, Nano technology, DNA Hacking and lots lots more.
Why your startup doesn’t necessarily need early stage funding, Cisco acquires Viptela, the risks of startup debt, and why do chefs and soldiers make the best product managers? Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSWEpisode38 Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw/ for all the latest episodes!
Why your startup doesn’t necessarily need early stage funding, Cisco acquires Viptela, the risks of startup debt, and why do chefs and soldiers make the best product managers? Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSWEpisode38 Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw/ for all the latest episodes!
Steven Grossman of Bay Dynamics joins us. In the news, why your startup doesn’t necessarily need early stage funding, Cisco acquires Viptela, the risks of startup debt, and why do chefs and soldiers make the best product managers? Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSWEpisode38 Visit http://www.securityweekly.com for all the latest episodes!
Steven Grossman of Bay Dynamics joins us. In the news, why your startup doesn’t necessarily need early stage funding, Cisco acquires Viptela, the risks of startup debt, and why do chefs and soldiers make the best product managers? Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSWEpisode38 Visit http://www.securityweekly.com for all the latest episodes!
Greg and Ethan record a quick podcast take on Cisco's acquisition of Viptela. The post Quick Take – Viptela Acquired By Cisco appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Greg and Ethan record a quick podcast take on Cisco's acquisition of Viptela. The post Quick Take – Viptela Acquired By Cisco appeared first on Packet Pushers.
On today's episode, recorded live in NYC & sponsored by Viptela, network engineers talk candidly about the business & technology decisions for purchasing and deploying SD-WAN products. The post PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
On today's episode, recorded live in NYC & sponsored by Viptela, network engineers talk candidly about the business & technology decisions for purchasing and deploying SD-WAN products. The post PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
On today's episode, recorded live in NYC & sponsored by Viptela, network engineers talk candidly about the business & technology decisions for purchasing and deploying SD-WAN products. The post PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.