Warning: pork contains pork.

Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading

July 17, 2017

6 Min Read
Cisco Live Photos: Dress for Success in a Company Onesie

The technology was hot but the temperatures were hotter in Las Vegas for the recent Cisco Live 2017 conference.

A few days before the conference began, the city tied its record for the highest temperature ever recorded and it barely cooled down for the conference.

Fortunately, air conditioning is a thing and the only times I had to go outside were the brief trips from airport to taxi to hotel and back again.

While not researching and writing articles, I looked around the conference and abused Twitter. Here's some of what I saw and what I had to say about it.

Figure 1: The company store on the show floor sold logo gear, including shirts, jackets, hats -- and this baby onesie. On seeing it, I died from the cute. The company store on the show floor sold logo gear, including shirts, jackets, hats -- and this baby onesie. On seeing it, I died from the cute.

Figure 2: Here I am visiting the Eaton Power Management booth, with a Game of Thrones theme. The throne is made of power supply components. Here I am visiting the Eaton Power Management booth, with a Game of Thrones theme. The throne is made of power supply components.

Figure 4: Shmoozing at a press reception in a posh hotel lounge. Shmoozing at a press reception in a posh hotel lounge.

Figure 5: The floor is smart 'kinetic' tiles that draws power from people walking on it, to electrify schools in Nepal. The floor is smart "kinetic" tiles that draws power from people walking on it, to electrify schools in Nepal.

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Figure 6: Lunch in the press room. I was shocked to find out the pork contained pork. Lunch in the press room. I was shocked to find out the pork contained pork.

More: Childish, Smutty T-Shirts

Figure 7: T-shirt for sale in the mall outside the conference hotel. I took photos of several other T-shirts. The humor is childish and smutty. Don't look at the photos here. T-shirt for sale in the mall outside the conference hotel. I took photos of several other T-shirts. The humor is childish and smutty. Don't look at the photos here.

Figure 8: Milk chocolate candy bar, flavored with bacon-flavored bits and potato chips. You would not think that would be delicious. You would be wrong. Milk chocolate candy bar, flavored with bacon-flavored bits and potato chips. You would not think that would be delicious. You would be wrong.

Figure 9: Jody Lemoine, an independent contractor at networking solutions provider Tishco Networks, participates in #KiltedMonday, a Cisco Live tradition where some attendees wear kilts on Monday. Lemoine shared some thoughts about Cisco's newly announced 'network intuitive' strategy. Jody Lemoine, an independent contractor at networking solutions provider Tishco Networks, participates in #KiltedMonday, a Cisco Live tradition where some attendees wear kilts on Monday. Lemoine shared some thoughts about Cisco's newly announced "network intuitive" strategy.

Figure 10: Cisco does a great job with the rock concert effects at its keynotes. Here we're waiting for CEO Chuck Robbins to take the stage. Cisco does a great job with the rock concert effects at its keynotes. Here we're waiting for CEO Chuck Robbins to take the stage.

Figure 11: Temperatures in Las Vegas in the summer are crazy. Temperatures in Las Vegas in the summer are crazy.

Figure 12: You know what's great about the Internet of Things? Model trains layouts at trade show booths. This one is at the Tech Data booth touting D Smart IoT Solutions. You know what's great about the Internet of Things? Model trains layouts at trade show booths. This one is at the Tech Data booth touting D Smart IoT Solutions.

Figure 13: Another arty photo from my hotel window. Same view, pretty animated GIF. Another arty photo from my hotel window. Same view, pretty animated GIF.

But it wasn't all onesies and kilts. A colleague and I got to talk with Cisco executives and customers to find out about the company's current and future state. Here's what we wrote:

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About the Author(s)

Mitch Wagner

Executive Editor, Light Reading

San Diego-based Mitch Wagner is many things. As well as being "our guy" on the West Coast (of the US, not Scotland, or anywhere else with indifferent meteorological conditions), he's a husband (to his wife), dissatisfied Democrat, American (so he could be President some day), nonobservant Jew, and science fiction fan. Not necessarily in that order.

He's also one half of a special duo, along with Minnie, who is the co-habitor of the West Coast Bureau and Light Reading's primary chewer of sticks, though she is not the only one on the team who regularly munches on bark.

Wagner, whose previous positions include Editor-in-Chief at Internet Evolution and Executive Editor at InformationWeek, will be responsible for tracking and reporting on developments in Silicon Valley and other US West Coast hotspots of communications technology innovation.

Beats: Software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), IP networking, and colored foods (such as 'green rice').

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