S6 E7: Talking IT/OT Convergence, Self-Healing Networks, and Digital Resilience with Rajat Arora

About this episode

AB interviews Rajat Arora from PepsiCo about Cisco's impact on business outcomes through technology.

AB sits down with PepsiCo’s Rajat Arora, Global Head of Networks and IT/OT Infrastructure, to talk about how Cisco technologies and solutions are driving better business outcomes for PepsiCo across the globe. This is a great conversation that covers a variety of topics, from IT/OT convergence to the integration of Cisco WAN to self-healing networks.

People in this episode

Host: AB

Guest: Rajat Arora

Topics covered

• IT/OT convergence
• self-healing networks
• digital resilience
• Cisco technologies
• business outcomes

Keywords

• IT/OT convergence
• self-healing networks
• digital resilience
• Cisco
• PepsiCo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PepsiCo, Cisco

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