Brendan O'Brien

Dreamhack Winter 2013 in the small city of Jonkoping in central Sweden claims to be the world’s largest digital event. I was skeptical at first, but when I arrived for the event, I was completely amazed at the scale of things in this tiny part of the world where its only bright for 5 or 6 hours duri…

Montpellier, France this week hosted the 35th edition of the DigiWorld Summit whose overall theme was “The digital gold mines”. The event focused on digital innovation, especially its ability to create value with the emergence of new business models, and Cisco is a key member of the Digi…

Mobility comes down to the lines between online and offline blurring rapidly, with organizations sprinting to put the infrastructure in place to catch up with the trend. The blurring of the online and offline is happening all around us in a bi-directional manner – where the customer expects to…

The inaugural IoT World Forum closed today in Barcelona with the overall sentiment being that it was a resounding success. One of the key messages that emerged was the need for everyone to work together and for the customer solutions of the future to be drive by business outcomes or capabilities, ra…

Today’s events at the IoT World Forum included a very interesting keynote address by Cisco’s CEO John Chambers, as well as some exciting breakout sessions. Leading business executives shared their ideas and visions, which in turn are shaping IoT across their industries. It’s been a special tre…

I have the privilege of attending the Internet of Things (IoT) World Forum in Barcelona. The event brought in global executives across multiple industries, all with the common goal of using the network to connect ‘things’ and increase operational efficiencies. Here are some of the highli…

You read about the three flavors of analytics we offer with the Connected Mobile Experiences solution last week. One of the key innovations Evyatar discussed is the a completely transformed user interface for onsite analytics, so I want to give you all a closer look at exactly what enhancements are…

On October 29-31, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, Cisco will host customers, partners, influencers and policy-makers at the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum. This October, Barcelona will begin the journey towards joining the ranks of Nice as a connected city, making it the perfect hotbed for disp…

At the CableLabs Summer Conference last week in the Keystone Conference Center outside of Denver, Colorado, Cisco CMX was demonstrated live on stage showing up to the moment information on the venue and the attendees. The audience consisted of approximately 400 attendees, with the room at full capa…