Kerry Best

#CiscoPublicSafety Series: Getting Even Smarter at #IACP2014

As our teams are gearing up (and packing up) for the IACP Conference (#IACP2014) next week in Orlando, the excitement has been building. The conference offers law enforcement agencies, officials and officers an opportunity to better their operations. We will see strategies, new ideas and new technol…

#CiscoPublicSafety – Giving Power Back to the People with IoE

If you haven’t read Cisco’s Tae Yoo’s recent post on the Huffington Post ImpactX site, you should. It’s a great look at the power of the Internet of Everything (IoE) to help mankind. Yes, humankind. It’s a powerful statement, but I think it’s true. With the exampl…

#SmartConnectedCity Series: Accessing Remote Experts for Government Services

Following last week’s New Cities Summit, I have renewed interest in some of the technologies being implemented to improve citizen services. For example, as a citizen of the Dallas metroplex, I was intrigued by many of the solutions and applications the City of Dallas has put into place on its quest…

#HigherEdThursdays – Collaboration Redefines Higher Education.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students are learning in ways that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago. The University’s College of Education, which is renowned for its innovative and progressive learning environment, made it their mission to give students a professional and gl…

#CiscoPublicSafety Series: Fire Departments Improve Training with Telepresence

There are roughly 10,000 firefighters in Los Angeles County who are responsible for the lives of 9.8 million residents. Getting the proper training for all of the fire departments in the county is of the utmost importance in order to maintain a safe community. Training difficulties Mandatory classes…

#HigherEdThursdays: Virtualizing Dual Enrollment

This time of year is always exciting – with students going off to college, coming home from college, graduating, switching majors and sometimes changing schools. It’s especially exciting when we hear stories like that of the 16 year old Florida student who received her college degree day…

Innovations in Higher Education: New Thursday Blog Series

Most of us have seen the incredible progress and subsequent challenges in the arena of higher education, and there’s no doubt it’s been a big topic of discussion amongst the Cisco Education Team. So, we are excited to announce an upcoming blog series that will highlight some of the key trends, chall…

Bringing Back Music Education to Our Schools

While many are arguing the existence of a comeback in liberal arts education, too many public schools are seeing a decline in arts education due to budget and resource cuts. The benefits of music and arts education are well documented, but we continue to see schools losing music programs. Unfortunat…