Cisco Live
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Stands for: Cisco Live - the vendor mega-event that began as Networkers
The vendor mega-event that began as Networkers: certification labs, the World of Solutions floor, and the annual pilgrimage of the Cisco-certified.
Cisco's user conference traces to the late-1980s Networkers gatherings and scaled with the company into a multi-city institution (US and international editions) that defined what a vendor flagship event is: deep technical breakouts taught by the people who wrote the features, on-site certification testing where careers are minted, the NetVet culture of decades-long returnees, and a show floor - the World of Solutions - that doubles as the ecosystem's family reunion. Its DNA is the interesting part: unlike a trade show, the center of gravity is education, which is why generations of network engineers date their skills by which Cisco Live they attended.
Also known as: cisco live, networkers, world of solutions