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July 30, 2019

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The Law of Conservation of Agility

Remember the law of conservation of energy which is one of the basic laws of physics and therefore governs the microscopic motion of individual atoms in a chemical reaction? This law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one f…

July 29, 2019

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Closing out the 30th Cisco Live US

Though it is sad that Cisco Live San Diego 2019 is over, the 30th anniversary of this event did not disappoint! Arriving in the picturesque city of San Diego, the IT Roaming Reporters sprang into action to capture footage of our new surroundings. The people— effervescent, the city— charged up. There…

July 25, 2019

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“Do-it-yourself” isn’t practical for car assembly—or switch configuration

Imagine if whenever you wanted to drive somewhere, before you started your car you had to put on the fan belt, connect the battery, and mount the tires. At some point, hands covered in grease, a light bulb would go off: “Why doesn’t a specialist get the car ready to drive before shipping it to me?”…

July 10, 2019

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Staying productive on the fly

Today I’m publishing this post from Heathrow Airport in London. That’s not unusual because I work away from the office probably 50% of the time, either at home, my local café, or hotels and airports. I’ll collaborate with people across different time zones and luckily for me, working at Cisco…

July 3, 2019

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Collaboration Technology Evolves to Support Changing Workplace

Refreshing the 10-year-old Tokyo office At the end of 2017, the renovation of our Tokyo office was announced to Cisco Japan employees. It had been 10 years since the company had moved to the Tokyo Midtown Tower in the busy Roppongi district, home to several multi-national companies. It was time to r…

June 10, 2019

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IoT—Now on the Campus Fabric: Report from the Front Lines

This blog explains why and how we’re extending our campus fabric to the Internet of Things (IoT). Just interested in the engineering? Scroll down to “Start here if you just came for the engineering.” Our network infrastructure team has been building networks with Catalyst switches since before I sta…

June 10, 2019

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The Marriage of Webex Teams and Microsoft Office 365: Our Vision and Strategy

The documents my team produces aren’t solo efforts. When I build a presentation, for example, I’ll leave placeholders for colleagues to fill in, ask people to review, and maybe work with a designer. We have great collaboration tools at Cisco with Webex Teams, and with the new approach to bring Webex…

June 10, 2019

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Webex Teams + Office 365 + Implementation Part 1: Rollout and Change Management

One of the most ambitious steps in our journey to the cloud is rolling out Office 365 to 118,000 employees. Read about our vision and strategy here. This blog explains the rollout and our change management strategy. Part 2 of this blog explains how we managed the implementation using SAFe.   R…

June 10, 2019

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Implementing Office 365 at Cisco – Part 2: SAFe Bought Us Speed, Visibility, and Accountability

As we continue on our journey to the cloud, Cisco IT is rolling out Office 365 to 118,000 employees. You can read about our vision and strategy in this blog. Our implementation has two unusual angles that might give you ideas for your own move to Office 365. First, rather than using Office 365 as-i…