Innovation

When the Olympics wrapped up in PyeongChang last week, the U.S. walked away with 23 medals—57 percent of which were won by women! I’m not sure if this is a first, but it certainly represents a trend in the right direction—in all the Winter Olympics since 1924, women have won just 40 percent of the m…

Fresh from the OpenFog Consortium members meeting last month in Hong Kong, I couldn’t be more pleased with our direction heading into 2018. First, the meeting provided an opportunity to tighten the focus of our technical workgroups, zeroing in on interoperability. Developing interoperability for fog…

You might not always think of the network as a source of implicit funding, but when it comes to digital transformation projects, consider taking a closer look. It’s no surprise that digital transformation remains top of mind for CEOs. As a recent Gartner CEO survey reported, 42 percent of CEOs are n…

It’s a small world. It’s also an increasingly hot, crowded and contentious one. The double wallop of climate change and society’s own impact on the earth’s atmosphere are intensifying struggles over natural resources while also threatening our infrastructure, food systems and quality of…

I’m pleased to introduce my colleague Chuck Byers, who is Principle Engineer and Platform Architect with Cisco’s Corporate Strategic Innovations Group. He works on the architecture and implementation of fog computing platforms, media processing systems, and the Internet of Things. He also serves as…

At the Cisco Toronto Innovation Center, we’re always looking to the future, including how the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming virtually every industry. We see this firsthand as our Center provides a “home” for Cisco Canada to partner with customers, academia, and start-ups. Together, teams…

The Internet of Things (IoT) has started to move to the mainstream in enterprises across all industries. With IoT spending set to increase by 15 percent to reach $772.5 billion by the end of 2018, the coming year will undoubtedly bring further growth in the number of connected devices and enterprise…

Cities around the world are embarking on their smart journey at a very fast pace. At the same time, law enforcement officers increasingly depend on connected police car services to carry out their duties effectively. These are positive signs of digital transformation powered by the Internet of Thing…

Four self-driving cars head toward an intersection at the same time. One plans to go straight, three want to turn, and all vehicles want to get their passengers to destinations as swiftly as possible. Approaching the intersection, each autonomous vehicle is aware of the others, wirelessly communicat…