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Kevin Wollenweber

SVP/GM, Cisco Networking

Data Center and Provider Connectivity

Kevin is Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Cisco Networking – Data Center and Provider Connectivity organization. In this role, he leads a portfolio that transforms how our customers build and manage their network architectures. He has worked with the world's largest Service Provider, Enterprise and Web Companies for the last three decades and has been with Cisco since 1997. As the leader for Cisco's Data Center and Provider Connectivity portfolio, Kevin is focused on how the industry and technologies are transforming and continuously evolving Cisco's products and solutions to help customers address their business challenges in the world's largest data centers, provider infrastructure, and cloud. During his 25 years at Cisco, Kevin has driven several industry-leading transitions across a breadth of Cisco products and technologies. His work has included positions in product management, technical marketing, and software engineering, but he has always focused on the needs of the world's largest Service Providers. Kevin has led the delivery of many flagship products, such as the GSR, CRS, ASR, and NCS families, and our latest offering with the Cisco 8000 - Cisco's fastest-growing service provider product portfolio in history! In addition, Kevin's goal is to continuously deliver innovation and efficiency across the Data Center and Provider Connectivity portfolio. For example, in the recent merge of the Data Center and Routing teams, we have brought together the technologies needed to build the world's most advanced data centers, provider networks, and cloud, as well as the tools to automate and manage them to modernize and simplify the delivery of network infrastructure. Throughout it all, Kevin has held a customer-first mindset. He works closely with customers to help them build world-class networks that deliver revenue growth opportunities and operational efficiency while mitigating risk across hardware, software, and systems. Kevin has his Bachelor's and Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and has held a Routing and Switching CCIE. When he isn't working or traveling, he enjoys cooking, mountain biking, golfing and spending time with his family.

Articles

October 29, 2024

DATA CENTER

Power Your GenAI Ambitions with New Cisco AI-Ready Data Center Infrastructure

4 min read

With generative AI poised to significantly boost global economic output, Cisco is helping to simplify the challenges of preparing your infrastructure for AI implementation. Learn how the UCS C885A M8 Server for AI model training, the Nexus 9364E-SG2 Switch for scalable AI connectivity, AI PODs for streamlined AI inference deployment, and Nexus Hyperfabric can accelerate AI initiatives and drive innovation.

Celebrating Innovation and Connection: Cisco in Paris with NBC Sports

2 min read

Cisco's innovative network solutions played a crucial role in NBCUniversal's extensive and successful coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, showcasing the power of a decade-long partnership in revolutionizing sports broadcasting.

June 18, 2024

NETWORKING

Deeper Service-centric Visibility Drives New Revenue and Simplifies Operations

3 min read

The addition of service-centric assurance brings a deeper, more precise, and real-time view of network and service performance for service providers and enterprises that run complex critical networks. AI-native predictive analytics lets you detect potential issues and act before your customers or users are impacted. Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance brings these capabilities to multidomain, multilayer networks and helps you to deliver premium high-performance services against competitive SLAs, while moving you closer to zero-trouble networks.

June 4, 2024

DATA CENTER

AI Takes Center Stage in the Data Center

4 min read

At Cisco Live, we are introducing new and enhanced solutions and technologies enable organizations to operationalize, simplify, and scale data center infrastructures to meet the evolving demands of AI, including a full-stack, cloud-managed AI solution and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) to reduce data center footprint and complexity.

March 19, 2024

DATA CENTER

Building Data Center Infrastructure for the AI Revolution 

6 min read

Cisco is helping data center networks evolve to support AI/ML applications using Ethernet. With an AI/ML networking blueprint and a new strategic partnership with NVIDIA, Cisco is providing data center Ethernet networking solutions for customers to enable AI/ML workloads.

June 21, 2023

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Accedian: Accelerating High Performance Service Assurance 

2 min read

Cisco announced its intent to acquire Accedian, an industry leading network performance monitoring partner that enables seamless operation of service provider transport and 5G networks. 

Cisco and DISH: Delivering the Promise of 5G to Create a More Inclusive Future

1 min read

By applying a software-first approach, Open RAN and virtualization technology, DISH Wireless disrupted the market with the country’s first and only cloud-native 5G Open RAN network.

Catching the Next Wave of Innovation in Routing and Automation

4 min read

This blog covers our perspective on the trends driving transformation, how we are addressing those with our customers, and how we are preparing for the even newer inflection points we see on the horizon.

December 16, 2021

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Multi-Vendor Automation: The Song Remains the Same

2 min read

People in the industry are coming around to something we’ve recognized and invested in for a few years now: any viable automation strategy needs to span vendors and technology domains. Networks are heterogeneous by nature, and for automation tools to accommodate that, the entire process needs to be automated, not just part of it. You need end-to-end insights instead of patchy islands of visibility.