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Every year I go on an annual pilgrimage. My place of worship is the Indian Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), my alma matter. This year was special as it marked 2 years of the CiscoThingQbator experiment featuring 5 colleges across India, and an e-summit hosted by my alma…

The following is a summary of my predictions of the ICT trends for 2020. They have been selected because of their impact on the networking industry, and they forecast what is expected to happen or start happening, within the next 12 months. This information incorporates input and insights from several…

‘Tis the season of resolutions – and as we charter our course for 2020, it’s also a time for reflection as business leaders for organisations large and small ask themselves, what can we learn from the year before? Where did we triumph, and where did we fall? There’s one thing that’s sure to unite the entire…

2019 was a watershed year. Liverpool won the Champions League, after arguably pulling off the most stunning comeback in sporting history. Hit TV series Game of Thrones came to an end after enthralling audiences for the best part of 8 years. A picture of a single egg became the most liked image on Instagram…

Japanese　　English Building Next-Generation Network Infrastructure and Promoting Digital Innovation in Japan Dave West President and General Manager, Cisco Systems G.K. Please accept my warmest wishes for the New Year. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of you, including our customers…

This time of year is about connections – with family members, with friends, and for many kids they have one person in mind that they’d like to meet and share their hopes and dreams with. It can be an extremely tough time for children in hospital, let alone over the festive season. It can also be a challenging…

As the curtains draw near on an eventful 2019 marked by trade wars, government shutdowns, elections and more, it looks as though the coming leap year will be no less memorable. But beyond the headlines, furore and excitement, there’s no doubt that the past 12 months have also contained important lessons…

Ask leaders in higher education about their biggest challenge and you’ll get a consistent answer: student experience, engagement and retention. In many ways it’s not surprising. Institutions take on a huge responsibility when they enrol a student and the impact of a student dropping out can be staggering…

In 2018, the number of Australian households with rooftop solar passed 2 million – that’s one in five.¹ Tomorrow’s smart grid will be a constellation of many generation sources working together, shifting from the traditional one-way power flows from generation through grids to consumers…