Real-World Automation, Data Sovereignty, and Sustainability with boxxe

Описание: In this week's Snack Minute, hosts Kareem Iskander and Matt DeNapoli welcome back Ali McKeand Chief Technologist for Innovation and Head of R&D at boxxe — a Cisco Preferred Partner focused on turning automation and programmability into real business outcomes.

Ali shares what boxxe has been building in collaboration with Cisco's Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) team, including two funded innovation projects that tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing Cisco customers today.

In this episode, we cover:
🔐 Meraki Dashboard Migration — How boxxe built an automated solution to consolidate multiple Meraki dashboards and move data to in-region data centers for GDPR and data sovereignty compliance
⚡ Sustainable Networking with Wiser Watts — How PoE optimization saved the equivalent energy needed to charge 6,750 Tesla Model 3s in a single year
🌱 Product Carbon Footprint Reporting — Using Cisco's Commerce API to automate carbon footprint assessments across 300,000+ Cisco devices
🤖 AI as the Next Evolution of Automation — How boxxe is exploring AI agents to reduce time-to-answer for customers using their Network Intelligence platform

Whether you're a Network Engineer, IT leader, or Cisco Partner, this episode is packed with practical inspiration on how automation can grow from a technical concept into a scalable business model.

Chapters
1:05 — About boxxe: Cisco Preferred Partner across Networking, Security, AI & Infrastructure
2:32 — Introducing the Two CDA-Funded Innovation Projects
3:25 — Meraki Dashboard Migration: The Three Customer Pain Points
6:41 — Building the Migration Platform: Automation, QA & Digital Twins
8:47 — Wiser Watts: Quantifying Energy Savings in Sustainable Networking
9:48 — Automating Product Carbon Footprint Reporting with Cisco's Commerce API
12:01 — From Manual Process to Self-Service: Phase Two of Carbon Reporting
13:18 — How Automation Became a Business Model: Reflections from Kareem & Matt
14:06 — Integrating AI: Finding the Right Use Cases for Network Intelligence

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