artificial intelligence

Partners come together because of a common vision. In the open source world, that vision is directly translated into shared execution. With the rapid adoption of AI/ML, the Kubeflow project has made a tremendous amount of progress in the past year, and it is awesome to be recognized as Google Cloud…

Enterprise Connect, the Super Bowl of Collaboration, kicked off this week!  In full swing, vendors are sharing their best efforts, with this week’s news focused on the power of integrated platforms.  If any vendor isn’t moving at lightning speed in this direction, they’re about to be blown away.  Bu…

Is your data pipeline static?  Are you working with only fixed data sources with predictable data ingestion rate? Probably not?  Based on many customer discussions, the data pipeline is constantly changing to accommodate new data sources; hence, the data ingestion rate is often unpredictable.  The o…

In my January blog, I talked about many of the tools we provide to help all of our partners increase their marketing effectiveness. I heard a lot of feedback from you on that particular blog, and I promise to always share the most up-to-date information on how Cisco can help you with co-branding, de…

Cisco’s Collaboration Vision Receives Third Party Validation It’s certainly a great feeling when industry analysts – those people charged with the responsibility of knowing the market and scrutinizing its players – come out on social media with positive assessments of a company and its products. Thi…

I hope you join us at the Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies event March 12-14 in Denver.  It promises to be a great event that takes a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges facing the cable industry and creates a roadmap for the industry’s future course. Cable operators know tha…

Keeping the Human Element in Cognitive Collaboration  When Cisco set out to deliver a cognitive collaboration platform, we placed the focus squarely on the human element. After all, making sure people connect is an essential part of making them feel engaged, which leads to more productive business o…

A few months ago, I wrote a piece dispelling some of the most common misconceptions about the ubiquitous internet of things (IoT). But as I mentioned in the article, IoT by itself is not truly transformational. To deliver the greatest impacts — creating new business models, markets and value proposi…

When you were a youngster, did you ever ride a merry-go-round and couldn’t quite reach the brass ring that streaked by upon every rotation? You were so close, but didn’t have the full reach to grab the coveted prize. I’m hearing a similar frustration from business leaders around the world when it co…