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October 23, 2018

HIGH TECH POLICY

What Washington Can Do for You: Enable Wi-Fi to Deliver the 5G, IoT, & AI-Powered Future

Here’s something we can all celebrate this week – Washington policymakers are taking the first step to increase Wi-Fi’s capacity as we move toward a hyper-connected era. Today, Wi-Fi represents nearly $2 trillion in global economic value and will continue growing as it enables 5G, IoT, and AI-powere…

October 20, 2018

DATA CENTER

Compute Innovations for the Digital Age at NetApp Insight 2018

Cisco is a Global Premier Sponsor at NetApp Insight Las Vegas, October 22-24, at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.  Insight is NetApp’s annual global technical conference, packed with keynotes, technical sessions, hands-on labs, networking events Engage with Cisco Compute and Networ…

October 17, 2018

GOVERNMENT

AI/ML: Shiny Object or Panacea?

Guest Blogger  This week we welcome guest author Anthony McKinney, Data Center Specialist Army Tactical/SOF at Cisco, as he discusses artificial intelligence and machine learning.   Collaborator: Michelle Tschudy, US Public Sector/DoD   You can’t swing a CAT 6 cable lately without hitting…

October 16, 2018

DATA CENTER

Machine Learning is NOT Rocket Science (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this blog, I point out that using machine learning algorithms is much easier today with packages such as scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and others. In fact, using machine learning has been relegated down to largely a data management problem and software development issue rather than…

October 16, 2018

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Machine learning’s importance to services

Machine learning (ML) has been one of the hottest buzzwords in technology over the past few years. It seems every segment of the high-tech industry has been impacted by ML. This technology has changed the way we service customers, allowed us to interact with in-room meeting devices, made our busines…

October 9, 2018

DATA CENTER

Machine Learning is NOT Rocket Science: Part 1

Movies have always created powerful mystique about artificial intelligence. For example,  2001: A Space Odyssey had the computer, Hal 9000, that recognized astronauts, spoke to them, and even locked the door to prevent an astronaut from entering the spacecraft. In the Terminator movies, Skynet was a…

October 9, 2018

DATA CENTER

Cisco Intersight: AI-Driven Proactive Maintenance

Intersight is cloud-based systems management built on a platform that supports artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This allows Cisco Intersight to deliver a wide range of enhanced customer support benefits, especially around systems maintenance and support. Guest Blogger: Jeff Fo…

October 9, 2018

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Cisco Business Critical Services: Helping Customers Increase Productivity, Innovation and Cost Savings

Digital transformation is forcing every company to rethink their core business strategies. As a result, IT operations and engineering departments are under more pressure than ever.  They are faced with immense expectations to drive business results, while they keep end-users happy, drive costs down,…

October 2, 2018

INNOVATION

Intelligent Chatbots: Have a Conversation with Your Data

Growing up, one of the things that fascinated me about the old Star Trek shows was the crew’s ability to find out virtually anything from the ship’s computer, simply by asking: “Computer, what’s the political situation on Rigel V?” The computer would respond instantly with an appropriate summary and…