This past week was Cisco’s yearly conference that they do in the US: CiscoLive, also known as CLUS. This is a conference that I like to go to but have not been able to for the last two years. Last year was due to my previous employer and changes that occurred when a new C-level manager came in. This was one of the reasons that I left. If you want to hear more, find me and we can discuss but it is not something I want to write about here.
While I did not get to go, I did try to stay involved over social media and watch the conference from a far. It is not the same as being there but at least I did not have to fill out an expense report. I guess my social media interaction was plenty because I was named best remote attendee for a second year in a row. It is a pretty cool honor to be named the best. Next year will be different as I have already discussed going with my new company. I am looking forward to seeing all my friends that I have not been able to see in person for 2 years.
While I had to miss CLUS, next week I get to go on a brand new adventure. I have been invited to Security Tech Field Day, or XFD2. This is an event hosted by Gestalt IT and brings together some tech companies, like VMWare and and Palo Alto, together with independent technical influencers (like me). The event I am going to is specific to security, which is my IT specialty. There is going to be some technical presentations from each of the vendors and they will be interactive. These will be recorded and anyone can watch. For further information, head over to https://techfieldday.com/event/xfd2/ to see more details. While you are there, you can look at past videos of the events. Also, tune in next week to see me in the security videos.