Thought Leadership
Why financial executives looking to drive digital focus on uptime and availability
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No executive in the financial services business wants to be in a position where their customers yearn to do something digitally but cannot. Be it opening an account, compliance with prevailing know your customer (KYC) guidelines, executing a transaction, generating a report, or even communicating…
The executive leader’s playbook to achieving their sustainability goals
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Technology is the building block of today’s organizations. Whether it’s the network that connects its people, the datacenters that store the information generated or captured by its assets, the workspaces that house its people, or the software that keeps workflows smooth, everything is driven…
Logistics leader leverages digital investments to become employer of choice
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Logistics companies around the world faced an uphill battle during the pandemic – but it also accelerated their learning curve for all things digital. One of the most prominent logistics players in the Asia Pacific region, who leveraged their relationship with Cisco to transform their network during…
Securely realizing the ‘zero hardware footprint’ vision in the hybrid work era
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IT service providers (ITSPs) have made a name for themselves helping customers in every industry make the transition to digital. Over the past decade, they’ve seen double digit growth, hit trillion-dollar revenue targets, and continue to make headway as a catalyst to the world’s demand for digital…
Borderless SASE architecture unlocks IT service providers’ talent pools to work securely from anywhere
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Born just a few decades ago, IT service providers (ITSPs) have powered the digital transformation agendas of leading organizations in key industries across the world ranging from financial services to pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, or even defense. To serve these organizations, ITSPs…
There’s more to hybrid work than just helping your staff work from home
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Hybrid work is different and more complex than how we worked before and during the pandemic. But it’s also dynamic, permanent, and mission critical. We’re seeing people work in ‘mixed mode’ throughout the day and adapt to constantly changing circumstances. Embracing hybrid work is critical to an…
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.…
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…
To Powering an Inclusive Future for All
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Japanese | English Ichiro Nakagawa, President and General Manager, Cisco Systems G.K. “To Power an Inclusive Future for All.” Some of you may have seen this message at train stations, on public transport, or on TV. This is our Purpose as Cisco. “Inclusive” refers to a state…