Thursday was a good wrap up day for the conference. I have to admit I started to space a bit in the last session, but partly because I was disappointed. More to follow.
ISR G2: This session went over all the good changes in the ISR G2 seriess platform. Some of the more noteworthy items include the new service modules that can be imaged to support NAC, WAAS, WLC, etc and the drastic improvement in processing performance. Encryption offload is now integrated in hardware rather than having to insert an AIM. Video CODECs are now present in PVDM-3 modules, but I haven't seem any direct application using them, but I am expecting MCU type functionality in IOS at some point.
Ben Mezrich was the keynote speaker. This gentleman is the author that hasnow written two separate non-fiction novels. The first was about the MIT poker team. The second has to do with the founding of Facebook. Definately an entertaining and insightful speech/interview.
Next-Generation Network Access Policy with Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS): Since I am always advocating the use of a centralized security authority and to date have hardly toughed this fully re-written product, I thought it was time to get some actual training. Alot of the things covered were things I found by random clicking. Others have helped me understand the massive changes a bit better. If you have the chance to go through the slides, I recommend it.
Cisco Data Center Certification: I was excited about this session because I was under the impression technologies such as MDS, Nexus, ACE, GSS, UCS, etc were to be covered in a data center certification following on the CCNA/CCNP/CCIE tracts like Voice, Security, and Wireless have done. Unfortunately no such luck, yet... Things might be changing.
