Executive Platform

July 31, 2013

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Help Improve the Outcomes for Australians with Blood Cancer on Your Lunch Break

On Wednesday 14th August, Cisco Australia is partnering with The Snowdome Foundation to hold the Great Shake-Up; an interactive web-based fund-raising event that is streamed live into your own boardroom from 12.30pm – 1.30pm for an hour of education and entertainment. Cisco and The Snowdome Foundati…

July 29, 2013

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How Many Internet Connections are in the World? Right. Now.

Right now, in 2013, 80 “things” per second are connecting to the internet.  Next year that number will reach almost 100 per second, and by 2020, more than 250 things will connect each second. Liferay.Widget({ url: 'http://newsroom.cisco.com/widget/web/guest/ioe/-/connectioncounter_WAR_ConnectionCou…

July 25, 2013

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The We’re Listening Blog Series: Smart Licensing Gets a Great Reception at Cisco Live

In our most recent post, Steve Morrisey from the Ease of Doing Business team highlighted his key takeaways from Cisco Live US back in June, including the Cisco Software Simplification team’s exciting presentation of the new Smart Software Licensing solution. Smart Software Licensing is a major chang…

July 24, 2013

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The We’re Listening Blog Series: Learning from our Customers at Cisco Live

The “We’re Listening” blog keeps you in the loop about what Cisco is hearing from our customers and partners, and what we’re doing to address your top pain points. Teams across Cisco work together to fix these areas of concerns, and in this blog, you’ve heard from some of the experts who lead…

July 24, 2013

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Increasing the Value and Relevance of Data in Motion

If you’ve been following my past blogs and presentations, you’ve heard me talk about “Data in Motion.” That’s the catch-all term used to describe the swelling flood of data that is at maximum value while still in motion (and often at that fleeting moment in which it is created). Data in Motion requi…

July 23, 2013

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The Running of the Bulls – Cisco Style

Festivals come in all shapes and sizes. Some are cultural, some are religious and yes, some are entirely technical. At their core, however, they all share at least one trait in common. They are each – in their own way – a gathering of a faithful flock. When you host a technical conference for 25 con…

July 23, 2013

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Cisco Bolsters Security Strategy with Agreement to Acquire Sourcefire

Today’s threat landscape is more dynamic than ever before. Rapid changes in the world around us, driven by cloud, mobility and the Internet of Everything, are considerably affecting traditional security approaches. The notion of the “perimeter” no longer exists and threats are able to circumvent tra…

July 16, 2013

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The We’re Listening Blog Series: Faster Contract Updates with New RMA Front-end Swap Process

Cisco continues to listen to our customers’ feedback, and make improvements that address your biggest pain points. In a previous post, Jim Fuller, Senior Director of Technical Services focused on entitlement, joined us to talk about improvements that simplified the overall Services Entitlement proce…

July 16, 2013

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Partnering with Apple on BYOD and Great User Experience

I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Apple for its Tech Talk series, taped at Apple’s Palo Alto retail store, on the topic of BYOD. What prompted the invitation to speak was Cisco’s substantial use of Apple devices – Cisco is one of the largest enterprise users of Apple products today…