Rapid changes in the world around us, driven by cloud, mobility and evolving threats, are making significant impacts on both the Network and the Data Centre. With these changes, the sophistication with which network-based attacks are carried out continues to grow rapidly and attackers are increasingly able to circumvent traditional security systems. Join us for a discussion about the opportunities and risks for securing the next generation network and Data Centre, and learn how Cisco is delivering an integrated security platform that will enable our customers to realise the benefits of being able to defend, discover and remediate their most critical threats - now and into the future.

The world is changing at a rapid pace with the explosion of video consumption, consumer demands and the proliferation of devices. Consumers today are demanding freedom to "work my way" and looking to better engage with the people, interests and content they care about-regardless of whether they are at work, at home or on the go. It's all about the experience that is inherently more mobile, social, visual and virtual.

Topics that will be discussed include; the role of collaboration and video technologies in delivering consistent and integrated experiences, enabling the "empowered user". Are you ready for the new opportunities and challenges this creates for your business?

The journey to Cloud is not linear. Realistically, most environments will have workloads that continue to run on both physical and virtualised infrastructures for some time. This session outlines the key technologies transforming the Data Centre, enabling an intelligent infrastructure which will support physical, virtualised and cloud applications as part of Cisco’s Unified Data Centre Architecture. This session will discuss the key networking, compute and storage technologies that are transforming the Data Centre from disparate technology islands to integrated, cohesive resource pools, which can be provisioned and re-provisioned as quickly as end users needs change.

Cisco's Data Centre solutions offer customers unique innovation to solve real world challenges, which ensure that the Data Centre is truly, a strategic business resource. Innovations will be outlined in the switching portfolio that enable critical requirements for security.

Over 45 fascinating minutes, Telstra's Michael Ossipoff and Paul Brauer, together with Cisco's Vaughan Klein, will go 'beyond the box' to talk about what's just around the corner for the Telstra-Cisco alliance. Closely examining market trends, they'll explain why CEO's are looking for business solutions, not just technology. This session will also explore some exciting new product developments, and how Telstra's billion-dollar investment in enabling better collaboration services, combined with its unique partnership with Cisco, will meet the business needs of organisations over the next decade.