Perspectives

February 18, 2016

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IT Challenges with Hosting a Professional Sports Draft Event

Last summer, the BB&T Center and Florida Panthers hosted the 2015 NHL Draft. It was a great success and I am proud to work with such a great operations team. On the surface it looks like any other event, but there were a number of unique challenges that our IT group had to meet. To make the chal…

February 9, 2016

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#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 5. The Wonderful World of Spark and APIs

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing The Wonderful World of Spark and APIs with Cisco Subject Matter Expert Jose de Castro. Jose joined Cisco as part of the Tropo acquisition where he was the CTO. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode…

February 2, 2016

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#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 4. Insight Into New UCS Innovations

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Insight Into New UCS Innovations with Cisco Subject Matter Expert Dan Hanson. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View this ep…

January 31, 2016

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The We’re Listening Blog Series: Big Data Analytics Drive Faster Time to Services Quotes

Throughout the year, our customers and partners provide feedback to us about their experience doing business with Cisco. We take that feedback very seriously, and are constantly making improvements to address the most common themes we hear and improve the overall experience. In the We’re Liste…

January 26, 2016

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#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 3. 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing the 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report with Cisco Subject Matter Expert Tim Gurganus. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View …

January 19, 2016

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#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 2. Cisco Champions Crystal Ball: Your Predictions for 2016

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Cisco Champions Crystal Ball: Your Predictions for 2016 with Cisco Subject Matter Experts Kim Austin. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s downl…

January 12, 2016

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#CiscoChampion Radio, S3|Ep. 1. Open NX-OS Enabling a Dev Ops Driven Data Center

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re talking about Open NX-OS Enabling a Dev Ops Driven Data Center with Cisco Subject Matter Experts Parag Deshpande & Shane Corban. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on…

December 17, 2015

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Summary: IoT: Realizing Business Value through Platforms, Data Analytics & Visualization

Over the past few years of being immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT), I have found that customers have very specific problems they are trying to solve; e.g. gaining energy efficiency, early fault detection or remote diagnosis and maintenance of equipment. Decisions are driven by the need to red…

December 11, 2015

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How to turn your customer crisis into a competitive differentiator

Cisco strives to deliver a great customer experience, every time. It’s a top priority at our company. But even with that focus, we still trip up from time to time. With the increasing complexity of today’s IT environments and as our customers’ business networks grow, invariably things go wrong. When…