Rowan Trollope

Until now, the Internet-of-Things revolution has been, with notable outlier examples, largely theoretical and experimental. In 2018, we expect that many existing projects will show measurable returns, and more projects get launched to capitalize on data produced by billions of new connected things.…

One of the best things about working at a company with Cisco’s resources is you get to blend fundamental technology research with macroeconomic trends. For example, the inevitable improvement of AI and collaboration technology, empowered by the global rise towards building distributed work teams, wi…

  Last week we announced a major evolution to the Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA). It introduces a new era of networking, that brings intent-based management solutions and services to businesses. It protects networks like never before, makes them more flexible and responsive, and turns…

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we unveiled initial customer solutions from the Apple and Cisco partnership. We started off by seamlessly integrating enterprise calling, prioritizing business critical applications, and optimizing the Wi-Fi experience for iPhone and iPad on Cisco networks…

Every time a new technology comes along that shows promise for business, companies aggressively kick off studies and pilot projects. A proportion of these first projects fail. We saw it with client/server computing and again with data warehousing. It’s happening today with large-scale IoT projects.…

My dad got me my first computer for Christmas when I was 11 years old. It was a Texas Instruments 99-4a. He must have gotten it second hand because it had no box or any form of storage like a tape drive. But that didn’t stop me. I had been obsessed with the movie War Games, so my first program on th…

Communication and collaboration between employees, anywhere, using any device has never been more important. Secure communication is critical for all organizations.  But it has never been more top of mind for U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies. Cloud collaboration services offer quic…

Meetings By Design Cisco Spark Board just won Red Dot’s Best of the Best Award for “extraordinary, innovative design.” This is one of the world’s top design honors, and I could not be more proud of our team. Cisco won four more Red Dot Awards today, for Cisco Spark Room Kit and other tech components…

Do you like your job? If you do, you’re in the minority. According to a Gallup poll, 2/3 of workers report being “disengaged” at work. That means about 82 million U.S. workers don’t like their jobs. The cost of this: Employee stress, worker turnover, and demonstrably lower profits. Businesses with t…