Executive Platform
A Tipping Point in Rebalancing Our Patent System
President Obama yesterday provided executive leadership on an issue that is of critical importance to American businesses, consumers and the U.S. economy. The U.S. patent system has long been held up as a model for promoting ingenuity and encouraging our national history of invention and entrepreneu…
The Smart City Council – Accelerating an Exciting Growth
The massive population shift towards urban areas has continued to evolve the challenges that community leaders and city planners need to address. With limited resources, obstacles that range from traffic congestion and pollution to infrastructure constraints and overcrowding are increasingly amplifi…
Dr. Robert Pepper and Ken Boal Present Australia and New Zealand’s Cisco VNI Forecast
In a multi-point TelePresence press briefing on Friday 31st May Cisco Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Managing Director, Ken Boal, and VP for Global Technology Policy, Dr. Robert Pepper, teamed up to deliver the Australian and New Zealand specific findings of the annual Cisco Visual Networking Index…
One step closer to realising Australia’s cloud computing vision
The Australian Government’s announcement last week of the National Strategy for Cloud Computing is a welcome development and one that really moves the needle on the government’s procurement policies for cloud computing. The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Step…
Is Your Company Achieving the Full Value of BYOD?
Robert Metcalfe popularized the idea of the “network effect,” where the value of a network grows exponentially in proportion to the number of users and things on that network. Many people these days wonder if this principle applies to the “bring your own device” (BYOD) trend—where the complexity of…
The 2017 Internet: A Look at the Future, Courtesy of the Cisco VNI Forecast
Visualize this: nearly half the Earth’s population – 3.6 billion people – connected to the Internet for communication, commerce, education, information, and entertainment. Think that’s too futuristic? Think again. By 2017, less than five years from today, that will be our reality. This prediction i…
The We’re Listening Blog Series: Making Licensing Easier through Automation and Increased Visibility
In our September We’re Listening blog, Brian Jeffries, vice president of operations, talked with you about steps taken to ease your challenges with Cisco software licensing. I asked Brian to update you about our progress around licensing and software management. Brian leads a Cisco-wide initiative f…
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire JouleX
Today, I’m pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire JouleX, a leader in enterprise IT energy management for network-attached and data center assets. JouleX provides software for networked devices for enterprise and data center energy management, analytics, policy governance and compliance. IT e…
How to Build a Happier and More Efficient Team
For those of us in large enterprises, it’s easy to feel lost in the sea of employees. With the rise of mobility, virtualization, and BYOD, many of us in the tech industry work from home, other offices, or even other countries. Because of this, many of us miss the chance to build good relationships w…