Jim Wanserski

Las Vegas, we’re here. 🔴 Sphere is lit up, the Crowd is arriving, and Fal.Con 2026 is about to kick off. Together with our partners, customers, and community, we’re shaping the future of agentic security. Tune into our keynotes live from Mandalay Bay. Can’t make it to Vegas? Stream the keynotes live via Fal.Con Digital ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eCqyq5Zn

I’m proud to share that I’ve been promoted to Chief Technology Officer at CBTS. My engineering career path started in the Marine Corps, managing large scale systems. Ten years ago, I brought that foundation to CBTS where I’ve built our automation backbone, launching Network-as-Service and SD-WAN for global clients, and most recently leading our Anthropic Claude for Enterprise rollout to our full 2,300-person company. As Chief Technology Officer at CBTS, I will set company-wide technology priorities, guide the development of client offerings, and continue to oversee AI adoption and product management. My focus is making sure every technology decision drives our clients’ business forward. AI is the biggest shift of our generation, and shaping how CBTS and our clients use it responsibly and securely, in ways that create revenue growth, is the opportunity of a lifetime. Grateful to our CEO Kristin Russell and the leadership team for this opportunity, and to everyone who’s been part of the last 10 years. The best is still ahead. Read today’s announcement: https://lnkd.in/dAtSm35y

What an EPIC week in Las Vegas at Cisco GSX! There was so much energy with our keynotes, breakout sessions, team events and with our partners, it's hard not to be extremely excited for FY27! One thing is absolutely clear is that PSO runs on Partners and that the Power of our partner ecosystem has never been stronger! As we kick off FY27, the opportunity in front of us, especially around AI Infrastructure, Security, and Digital Resilience, is massive! But our strategy is only as good as the people bringing it to life. Huge shoutout to the entire leadership team, Northwest Rockies team, and our vast connected team for the relentless dedication, passion and customer-first mindset you bring everyday. Be Epic! #Cisco #CiscoGSX #CiscoPartners #BeEpic

I’ve had the opportunity to work very closely on the partnership between CBTS and the Cincinnati Bengals, and I couldn’t be more excited to see it become official! CBTS is now the Official Technology Provider of the Cincinnati Bengals!   As a Cincinnati-based company, this partnership means a lot to us. CBTS plays such a critical role in how our customers operate, perform, and prepare for what's next by leveraging technology to accelerate their outcomes. There are so many parallels to that same commitment to excellence from the Bengals, and that made this partnership make so much sense. Iron sharpens iron! I’m proud of the work that went into bringing this partnership together and even more excited about where we can take it from here.   A big moment for CBTS and a pretty great one for Cincinnati. WHO DEY!   Read more: https://lnkd.in/gwVa7AfX

The first half of 2026 brought new perspectives, meaningful connections, and thoughtful dialogue across the Cresset community.   From conversations on markets, geopolitics, leadership, and entrepreneurship to candid exchanges on family, legacy, and what comes next, each gathering reflected the value of learning together.   We are grateful to the speakers, clients, colleagues, and partners who shared their insight and made these experiences possible. We look forward to continuing the conversation in the months ahead.   Learn more about Cresset: https://lnkd.in/gF5-QFtj

Success? #success #empty #inside #outside

Best quarter in 40+ years! It’s not every day that we get to deliver the best quarter in our 40+ year history on virtually every dimension. As we close out Q4 and wrap up Fiscal Year 2026, here are some highlights and macro trends: The accelerating adoption of agentic AI is fueling a Networking Supercycle. As customers look to manage increasing traffic and costs, they are investing in Cisco’s networking stack for inferencing across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments. At the same time, the rise of agentic AI is expanding the threat landscape driving demand for our security and observability solutions to help monitor agent behavior and mitigate evolving threats. This presents a unique opportunity for Cisco and we believe we’re only at the beginning of this supercycle.   This year we fundamentally changed the game for our customers by delivering a true platform advantage with Cisco Cloud Control. Here are some of the highlights:   ·    Record Revenue for Q4’26 and FY’26: We delivered record revenue of $63 billion for FY’26, up 12% YoY, Product revenue was up 16% yet again driven by broad based demand for our AI Infrastructure, Campus Networking, and Security portfolios.   ·    AI Infra: We increased orders by 4.5x bringing the full year to $9.3B. Furthermore, we achieved three new design wins bringing our scale-across P200 to three Hyperscalers.   ·    Datacenter Networking: Record Q4 orders grew more than 35% YoY. A leading US global bank placed an order for 1,000 Cisco data center smart switches, replacing a major networking competitor and a major firewall competitor, transitioning to a secure networking architecture which only Cisco can provide.   ·    Acacia: We delivered another quarter over $1B in orders and to date have shipped over 805,000 400G and over 75,000 800G coherent pluggable optics.   ·    Workplace Networking: Record Q4 orders, up 20% YoY with strength across the portfolio. This business is experiencing multiple tailwinds such as a portfolio refresh, Mythos related upgrades of infrastructure, agentic volumes demanding more network bandwidth, and a common control plane with Cisco Cloud Control.   ·    Security: The entire security portfolio, including Splunk, saw double-digit order growth in Q4. We continued to see traction across our firewalls to our secure access products along with ramping our other new products such as Hypershield and AI Defense. I want to thank our partners without whom Cisco would not be the company that it is.  I want to thank our customers for always betting on Cisco. Last but not the least, I want to thank every Cisco employee for never giving up and showing the market truly what’s possible.  I am so proud of every one of you. Looking ahead we are in the early stages of the Networking Supercycle and Cisco’s technology has the deep and broad relevance for every AI deployment. Our innovation is delivering value to our customers, and we are not slowing down… we’re just getting started!

Awesome to see Emerald AI @varunsivaram on CNBC #squawkbox repping the data center flexibility game!

We’re incredibly excited and proud to become the Official Technology Provider of the Cincinnati Bengals!   CBTS was born in Cincinnati more than 30 years ago. Since then, we’ve helped organizations build resilient technology foundations they can count on when performance matters. Now, we get to bring that story to one of the biggest stages in our hometown.   This partnership brings together two organizations with deep Cincinnati roots and a shared commitment to the community we call home.   We can’t wait for what’s ahead. WHO DEY!    Read more about the partnership: https://lnkd.in/dMyCwsBV