analytics

Your Digital Treasure Map

Suppose there is a treasure at the top of a mountain worth $405B. It is more than one person alone can carry back down the mountain, and you have a chance at that treasure. Many people want the treasure and will work hard to get to the top to claim it.   All you have to do is make a plan on how to g…

Announcing a First of a Kind Technology Combining IBM’s Watson IoT Cognitive Computing and Cisco’s Edge Analytics

It is an exciting day for Cisco and IBM; as it marks the next step in our long-term strategic relationship. I’ve blogged recently about the importance of industry collaboration. Within the vast world of technology, there isn’t one vendor who can address all challenges with a single product. This is…

Need Help Putting your Data and Analytics Puzzle Together?

We all know data and analytics are important. Once something used only by a handful of large, data-intensive organizations, it has now evolved to be a factor critical to success in every organization today. But are you on top of your game when it comes to how data and analytics really work? Do you…

The Road to Digital Value Just Got Smoother for Banks

Today’s bankers have no shortage of headaches. Agile “fintech” challengers, tech-savvy customers, complex compliance demands, legacy-burdened IT environments — all conspire to keep them up at night. But there is great news for retail banks — as Cisco has outlined in a new research study, “A Roadmap…

May 20, 2016

INNOVATION

Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence Accelerates its Momentum and Extends Corporate Venturing into New Technology Areas with …

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…

May 18, 2016

DATA CENTER

Hey Big Data, what’s your problem?!

Guest blog by Wendi O’Neill, Splunk Platform Leader, Sirius Computer Solutions.  Follow Wendi on: Twitter  @WendiONeill9; or Linked in:https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendioneill.   Do you ever wish you could gather up ALL your machine data, lock it in a room, and grill it for answers until you fin…

May 17, 2016

DATA CENTER

Big Data and Analytics for Dummies

A: Knock Knock B: Who’s there? A: Dummy B: Dummy who? A: Dummy you without a big data and analytics project (jk). But you are in luck, I happen to have the book for you – Big Data and Analytics for Dummies. If you are so hung up on the words, “for dummies,” here is the rationale why we decided to us…

At the Intersection of Analytics and Your Connected Everything

By JT Taylor, Sr. Marketing Manager, Service Provider Marketing, Cisco Here’s something you undoubtedly already know: As consumers, we’re getting more and more connected. By some estimates, we fiddle with our phones every six seconds, on average. (Not you or me, of course. Absolutely not.) But some…

May 13, 2016

DATA CENTER

Why Quantium Chose Cisco and MapR to Transform Its Analytics Approach

Research has shown that businesses who leverage their data are statistically more likely to be successful in their respective industries. The opportunity granted by big data enables businesses to boost their competitive advantage, improve the business decision making process, and increase revenue. U…