Sheila Jordan

During my years at Cisco, I’ve been able witness IT become incredibly pervasive. While traditional IT has been thought of to just help run a business (and make things work!), today’s expectation of IT is also how it can help change and grow the business. In my conversations with CEOs across the glob…

During my years at Cisco, I’ve been able witness IT become incredibly pervasive. While traditionally IT has been thought of to just help run a business (and make things work!), today’s expectation of IT is also how it can help change and grow the business. In my conversations with CEOs across the gl…

According to Duke University’s Vice Provost, L. Gregory Jones, “Students need to have a global imagination if they’re going to be leaders in any vocation in the 21st century.” Which is precisely why Duke has been at the forefront of implementing connected learning for its students and faculty around…

New innovations in mobility are transforming our daily lives and the safety of our loved ones. As the growth of mobility enables more wearable devices and applications that include GPS and Wi-Fi features, it is becoming increasingly easier for parents to remotely monitor their children’s safety whil…

How fascinating is it that in today’s world, a parent can connect to an office network and still remain linked to a child via mobile device? I recently came across a New York Times article that discussed how mobility is transforming our daily lives and the safety of our loved ones. According to the…

Those of you who follow my blog know that one of our mantras at Cisco IT is to bring a more consumer-like experience to all of our IT services.  We have made great strides in this area through our BYOD program that allows employees to bring their own mobile devices to work and with our productivity…

It’s a critical time for enterprise IT as new mobile devices from Apple, Samsung and Google enter the market and operating systems are updated almost weekly. Apart from the new color and form factor options, this round of new technology features new operating systems and a proliferation of app updat…

Yes, it’s still true – collaboration continues to be hot, even more so last week at balmy Boca Raton, Florida, site of the 2013 Cisco Collaboration Summit. For the fourth consecutive year, it was again my honor to host over 30 customers – collaboration IT experts in their respective companies. They…

If you’re like me, you were eager to learn about Apple’s latest iPhone release, announced last month. In fact, I was thrilled to attend my first-ever press event at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino and the occasion did not disappoint (hello Elvis Costello!). Apple orchestrates its launch events ext…