Collaboration

Whenever I contemplate a major purchase – whether a car or a laptop – third-party reviews and customer feedback has the most sway in my decision. When it’s a brand new product category, initial reviews and awards are critical in helping me reach a buying decision. And I know this holds true for many…

Are you headed to Orlando for InfoComm 2017? We’re packing up our favorite collaboration demos and heading to the Orange County Convention Center to share how you can use our tech to simplify the way your teams work. Working together should be simple. The technology you use to collaborate should be…

I pay for Netflix every month, along with almost 100 million other binge-watchers. I also pay monthly for Spotify, Amazon Prime, Dropbox, iCloud, and Google Drive. My life-as-a-service is incredibly convenient, and that’s just for cloud-based services. I have friends that pay monthly for their iPhon…

We couldn’t be more proud that the Cisco Spark Board has taken home the “Best of the Best” Red Dot Award. As product designer Torkel Mellingen discussed in his recent post, this award is a clear indicator that we’ve delivered on the promise we sought to make – a well-designed product that users woul…

Working smarter while we work together. That’s what we’re all about. In fact, it’s this exact idea that forms the foundation of the Cisco Spark Depot, the hub for all Cisco Spark integrations and bots. (See my previous post.) If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Cisco Spark Depot in the past…

Walk into a party early and suddenly realize that it’s only you and Bill Gates in the room. Congratulations – on average, you are a billionaire! This logical twist underscores how averages can be misleading indicators – how using averages can lead to some poor conclusions. However, Bill Gates and yo…

To gain competitive advantage, you need to get things done faster and we can help. Moving fast is critical in the disruptive economy. It is no longer just Uber in transportation and Amazon in retail that are disrupting industries. Traditional industries like agriculture and financial services are ch…

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” As I walked around Enterprise Connect 2017 this year, nothing seemed more refreshing to hear company leaders gloating that their products have the best user experience.  This was repeated throughout the…

This post comes from Marissa Liu, a collaboration product marketing specialist at Cisco. As a recent graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has seen firsthand the evolution of digital education and is optimistic about its future. Whether you’re in fourth grade or grad scho…