Collaboration

Emmy® Award for HEVC, key tech behind ultra-high definition TV, goes to joint team. The Emmy Awards celebrate more than the people telling stories on screen. They celebrate the innovative technology that brings you those stories. This year, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is receiving an Enginee…

I love all aspects of traveling. (Well, maybe not the jet lag). So it’s ironic that I work for a marketing team that promotes the very collaboration technology that can help reduce business travel. How did I end up here?! Traveling is a passion of mine, but personal travel is not the same as busines…

Some people spend most of their time working in collaboration tools. They message, attend meetings, and share documents — living in applications designed to help them connect faster, better. Others work almost entirely in specialized applications. Healthcare staff, financial services teams, sa…

Contact Center Power Chord On Thursday, April 24th, 1964, the four young Beatles walked into North London’s Abbey Road studio for a recording session. When they left that evening, the music industry was forever changed. Why? The Chord. The most famous chord in rock ‘n roll history. The Beatles were…

The Cisco Spark Innovation Fund is a $150 million initiative to enable exceptional startups, developers, and ISVs to create new solutions to improve the Cisco Spark experience. We distribute funding in a variety of ways, including: Direct investments Partnerships with startup accelerators Micro-gra…

Welcome to the latest episode of the #CiscoChat podcast. In this edition, you’ll get a peek into one of our most exciting, innovative experiments to date: Cisco Spark in virtual reality (VR). Sure, you’ve heard about virtual reality, and probably associate it most with gaming and entertainment. But…

No business is an island. With apologies to John Donne, it’s a sentiment even truer today than in his 17th-century writings. We all rely on others for survival. The ability to connect for a quick chat was much simpler in Donne’s era. Or was it? Even if most of your employees are one place, it’s unli…

Gartner has positioned Cisco as a leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions. Just released, the 2017 Gartner evaluation brings together web conferencing and group video system markets under a single grouping. Gartner’s definition is clear but comprehensive: “Meeting sol…

Join Cisco in Orlando for 30 Days of Strategy in 30 Minutes Staying up-to-date on industry developments and best practices is critical for CIOs and IT leaders, whether through news sites, analyst reports, or in-person events. But, that task is often shuffled to the bottom of the to-do list, especial…