Four key enterprise network trends every IT leader needs to understand
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Today’s enterprise network has changed beyond recognition from what it looked like a decade ago—and the rate of that change is accelerating. Gartner, for example, predicts that enterprise IT workloads deployed on global cloud platforms will double from 2020 to 2023, reaching 40 percent of all workloads.…
Consumer goods conglomerate sees value in leapfrogging to the cloud
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In the new normal, businesses need applications that are quick, work seamlessly from anywhere, support customers and employees no matter what network or device they use, and deliver intuitive and user-friendly experiences – all while keeping security front and center at any given moment. To deliver…
75% of Asia Pacific SMBs that Suffered a Cyber Attack Lost Customer Information Due to the Incident, Cisco Report Finds
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News Summary: One in two Asia Pacific SMBs suffered a cyber incident in the last 12 months 51% of those that suffered cyber-attacks said these cost the business US$500,000 or more SMBs are preparing to tackle this, with 81% having simulated cybersecurity incidents in the past 12 months Small and medium-sized…
Protecting pharmaceutical research and standards in the hybrid work era with SASE
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Pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical research organizations have always played a critical role in helping us fight disease and keep healthy. Their importance has been further underlined by the pandemic and the speed with which they had to work and develop a vaccine to help the entire human race. However,…
Japan’s First “Cisco Advanced Customer Experience Specialization” Acquired.
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Interview with Net One Systems, “What is the real value of ‘Customer Success’ and the practical methods?” In March 2021, Net One Systems Co., Ltd. became Japan’s first Cisco® Advanced Customer Experience Specialized Partner locally and second in the Asia Pacific and Japan. The Cisco® Advanced Customer…
Three key network challenges every enterprise should address in the post-pandemic era
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The workplace has changed forever—and it’s not only employee expectations that are driving this change. Nine out of 10 C-suite executives say their organizations will continue combining remote and onsite working after the pandemic, according to a global McKinsey survey. What’s more, most of those…
Small medium business and the move to hybrid working: now is the time
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Some of my best decisions were made when things were most challenging. And for many small and medium sized businesses, now is that time. It could be the fortunate challenge of having more business than you can manage. It could be the opposite, with your standard business model under threat. Certainly,…
Meet the myth-busting mentor on a mission
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By Helena Ng, Technology Lead for Small and Midsize Business Sales, Cisco Australia, and New Zealand. I’ve been part of Cisco for 16 years. I was working as a wireless specialist engineer at a start-up, Airespace – which was then acquired by Cisco. I’ve also worked in solutions marketing, specialist…
How a social enterprise uses tech to reimagine itself in the new normal
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Social enterprises are purpose oriented. They have to be. Leaders and staff in such organizations answer to a higher calling, especially when their purpose is to care for communities that need help to survive and thrive. However, whatever the purpose of an enterprise, social or otherwise, it needs…