Exciting times! Cisco Live Melbourne 2015 started on the 17thwith four packed days of technology updates and new solution launches. This year we are expecting a phenomenal crowd of more than 5700 attendees. Cloud, virtualization and SDN(Software Defined Networks)/NFV(Network Function Virtualization) are a big agenda for all our customers and you will find the latest here at Cisco Live with up to 16 concurrent sessions to choose throughout the day. Try your hands on one of many Self-paced Labs or show off your prowess at DevNet.

And then, there is the World of Solutions @ Cisco Live. This year, the World of Solutions will have a wonderful village-like atmosphere complete with bus stands, trees and clouds amongst the Meet the Experts and CCIE corners. At Cisco, we believe that the future is about Connecting theUnconnected. The future is about the Internet of Everything. Here at Cisco Live, you will experience this and more.

On the Service Providers front, we have major participation from our Service Provider partners including Telstra, Optus and Amcom showcasing the latest state of the art in their impressive booths. On top of that, there is a plethora of ecosystem solutions from Cisco's wide software, hardware, management, application and network validation solutions partners.

In the World of Solutions, you will also find all aspects of Cisco solutions on display. In the Service Provider section specifically, this year we will showcase our latest physical and virtual solutions, next generation network management systems, SDN orchestration systems as well as cloud managed virtualized business and residential solutions. This is just a sampling of a whole range of exciting technologies Cisco is bringing to our Customers to elevate your IT to the next levels of efficiencies, expose new business capabilities and advance your infrastructures by a few notches.

Cisco Live will be in Melbourne from the 17^thto 20^th March at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center. See you there.

Have questions or comments? Tweet us at @CiscoSP360.