Cisco held its annual customer conclave in Las Vegas this week and aside from the actual heat — which averaged about 109 every day — it was clear from the start that security was the hottest topic. As one Cisco exec put it “it’s great to be at what’s becoming quickly the biggest security conference in the world.”
There were of course some other technologies discussed at the show. Here we take a look at some of the hottest topics from Cisco Live
CEO Chuck Robbins
This is Chuck Robbins first Cisco Live as CEO and he put his stamp on the show. In his keynote he played up all manner of areas Cisco will need to battle in to stay out in front of competitors. In the security realm he said that the two things that are going to be most important in the future are security and innovating over and over quickly. “Our acquisition strategy is core. It’s core to our overall innovation strategy,” Robbins said. “We’ve bought over 190 companies. Since I was named CEO in May a year ago we’ve actually bought 15, so we’ve been sort of active.”
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