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In the past few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has swiftly moved from the era of pilot projects and proofs-of-concept to mainstream production. Companies are starting to run their businesses on IoT, not just experiment with it. While IoT is picking up steam, adoption is still limited by busines…

One of the biggest frustrations in the financial services industry for both customers and employees are the multiple channels, handoffs, paperwork and processes that it takes to complete a complex transaction such as a new account opening, mortgage, insurance claims processing, etc.  From a customer…

Walk into a party early and suddenly realize that it’s only you and Bill Gates in the room. Congratulations – on average, you are a billionaire! This logical twist underscores how averages can be misleading indicators – how using averages can lead to some poor conclusions. However, Bill Gates and yo…

What comes to mind when you hear the term “digital transformation”? Do you get excited about the possibilities? Impatient for the budget to pursue your vision? Or do you have a more muted response? Something between annoyance at the thought that you need to do research on the topic, and anxiety that…

NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, aka GTC, is around the corner and it is a good time to reflect on the rise of GPUs in the data center and what they make possible. When I first attended GTC four years ago, machine learning and deep learning were barely on anybody’s radar outside academic circles an…

Reuven Cohen works for Aporeto—a company that delivers comprehensive security for cloud native apps, containers, and microservices. But that is probably the least interesting thing about him, and to his credit, he didn’t actually pitch the company’s products at all during our interview with him on M…

Things were a bit quieter at Enterprise Connect today as the event came to a close with a few morning sessions and the final summary panel concluding at noon. Panels Bots, AI and IoT: Will They Transform Customer Care? Sheila McGee-Smith brought together the panel to discuss some of the latest force…

In today’s episode, it’s really all about the Cisco keynote presentation from Jens Meggers and some pretty cool demos. If you missed yesterday’s post, check it out here. First off, thanks to everyone who followed my advice in yesterday’s post and visited the Cisco booth. From what I witnessed, you a…

Three-and-a-half years ago, an informal brainstorming session among a few of us started a broader discussion on how we should co-innovate with the startup ecosystem, which eventually led to the creation of a new corporate venturing program for startups and scaleups – Cisco Entrepreneurs in Res…