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Sniffing Out a Data Center’s PUE
Power Usage Effectiveness or PUE, is the most commonly used metric in Data Centers today. Data Center industry organizations tout it, major companies brag about their scores, and energy efficiency certifications use it in their ratings. Despite how thoroughly it has been embraced, though, it’…
The Network is Changing the World: New Business Realities Transform Network Architecture
Understanding future demands on the network are instrumental in developing a robust and scalable network architecture. As seen below, projected growth in mobile, video, and IP traffic is staggering.…
Data Center Metrics to Mull Over
How well is your Data Center performing? How do you know? I went shopping for a car last year and was pleased to see several models equipped with real-time displays of their miles per gallon performance. That’s a great feature, in my opinion, because it offers drivers up-to-the-moment insight into…
Telecommuting – A Working Dad’s Perspective
For the majority of my IT career, I’ve been very fortunate and grateful for the various technologies Cisco provides that allow me to effectively manage and juggle my professional and personal life. As a first time father to a beautiful and precious one-year-old girl, the flexibility to work anytime…
A Day in the Life of a Cisco Millennial: Around the World in One Day
Wednesday 20th March 2013, 06:30. Eight months into my new graduate job and the familiar, inevitable sound of my morning alarm starts to ring. Being the middle of the week, work is in full flow and it looks like I’ve got a busy day ahead but you know what? I’ve still got time. I click the snooze but…
Telework: A Manager’s Perspective
The benefits of teleworking—better work/life balance and more flexibility—sure sound great from an employee’s point of view. But from a manager’s perspective, is telework really successful for getting work done? Can a team really be effective if many of the members never work together in person? Yes…
Video is Key to My Team’s Telework Success
What makes telework so successful for Cisco and its employees? For me the answer is simple and powerful: video.…
Collaboration is Hot … How Collaboration Technologies Can Enable Corporate Healthcare
I’ve talked a lot about how collaboration technology helps companies better communicate and connect with internal and external teams – both locally and globally – and all of the business benefits that come along with that. What I haven’t addressed up until today is how collaboration technology can…
Collaboration is Good Dog Food – Crowdsourcing
In my last blog I talked about the importance of building your personal brand using your WebEx Social Profile and Expertise Tags. Today I’m going to explain how your Profile and Expertise Tags can play a greater role in crowd sourcing.…
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