Small Business

In the 2019 Global SME Pulse, small and medium businesses around the globe said they anticipated slower revenue and profit growth, but 74 percent were still willing to take big risks to ensure their success. No surprise there. For small business owners, their work—and their success—is personal, and…

In today’s world, most businesses—regardless of size—face similar demands as they use applications and tools to drive deeper customer engagement through cloud-based IT environments. The benefits of scalable and multi-cloud IT solutions are critical and now expected at both large organizations and sm…

When I was growing up in a blue-collar town in the U.S. Midwest, it seemed like everyone got a job when they turned 16. Little did I know when I donned the red IGA apron (with coordinating skinny leather tie) for the first time that I’d spend the next six years working at that store. In those early…

When I was growing up, my room was one thin piece of drywall from the most important entrepreneur in my life, my mom. My mom was a hairdresser, barber, aesthetician, cosmetologist, and eventually, a proud small business owner and entrepreneur. Over the course of my childhood, she worked in different…

Today’s small businesses are a hotbed for disruptive innovation. These businesses operate in a rapidly dynamic digital world, and need the agility to adapt while maintaining operational efficiency – and we at Cisco are committed to building solutions that meet the evolving needs of your business jou…

Hello friends and colleagues, It was truly a fantastic week in Cancun, for the 2019 Cisco Live Latin America event. As always, the event was held at Moon Palace Resort, which is actually part of the resort which also includes the Nizuc Resort. I hear there was over 7,000 attendees, most of which we…

With cloud, virtualization, internet of things, 11ac and Wifi 6, businesses need a high-performance network to support the growing devices, applications and traffic. 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) may sound like an overkill for small and midsize businesses (SMB) a few years ago, but today it has increas…

The Cisco Small Business and the Cisco FindIT Product Teams are very pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the Cisco FindIT Network Manager and Probe. Some of the improvements mean that some use cases are now in play especially with larger scale scenarios. We think you all will be impres…

Happy Friday folks! The Toronto Raptors are the NBA World Champions, the St. Louis Blues have won the Stanley Cup for the first time, and Rafael Nadal won the French Open. Day 2 is underweigh at Pebble Beach for the 119th US Open. What are your plans for Father’s Day here in the U.S.? I know w…