Collaboration

Our goal in working with Apple was to create a no-compromise business calling experience on iOS. And with today’s announcements at WWDC, we have taken a huge step forward in delivering that capability to end users and IT departments. So let’s get real, what did we announce? Well, we announced that C…

Cisco Spark is one of a growing set of tools that embrace the idea of team collaboration. These are tools that provide persistent workspaces for teams to work together. They provide persistent chat and messaging, file and photo sharing, and sometimes – real-time tools, such as voice and video confer…

In order for you to adopt video conferencing pervasively, we know we have to make it as easy to deploy and support as it is to use. On the user-experience front, many of you have told us that we have the best in the industry. On the deployment front, we’ve significantly accelerated our pace. In Marc…

We all know the story of Goldilocks and her ill-fated visit to the house of the three bears. What lesson, if any, one might take away from this story is that too much of a good thing doesn’t necessarily make it the right thing. Porridge is best hot, but too hot and that’s not good. Big chairs are bi…

Another day, another gathering focused on the evolution of technology at Code Conference. Big names, big ideas, and a lot to think about. Executives and activists. IBM, Google, Facebook, Gates Foundation, Twitter, Cisco, Musk… It’s too much for one post, but here are some highlights. Internet Trends…

Imagine a school where students use mobile devices to learn from anywhere at any time. Students can interact face-to-face with classmates around the world. Where students and educators who can’t be present in a classroom can still be part of the class. Educators, superintendents, administrators and…

It was a busy day to kick off this year’s Code Conference. A consistent energy of conversation and connection carried through the day. But that’s what happens when you bring together industry influencers to focus on digital technology, what it is today and how it will influence our future. Int…

On May 10, the world-class admin behind John Chambers’s success was honored with one of the top awards in her field: Debbie Gross received the Colleen Barrett Award for Administrative Excellence. Clearly, Debbie is a force. This CNBC story gives us a peek into her life keeping John at the top of his…

I have worked in the communications industry for over 20 years and never before have I been so excited by the amount of change I am seeing. Change can be scary, but it also brings new opportunities. One of the topics I hear about most is new business models enabled by digitization. It seems that eve…