artificial intelligence

December 4, 2018

INNOVATION

Future-Proofing your IoT infrastructure

IoT infrastructure plans may seem intimidating, but they don’t have to be, says Cisco’s Maciej Kranz. The internet of things (IoT) is digitally transforming businesses before our eyes. Throughout the past few years, companies across industries embarked on their IoT journeys with high hopes, focusing…

Why I’m Developing for Mars and Sustainable Life in Space

This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Natalie Rens, CEO of Spaceport AI. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. We explore Mars for many reasons, be it the risk minimization of distributing our species across multiple planets or the fact that our population is growing at a…

October 25, 2018

EDUCATION

Is this legal? For AI and IoT, W&M Law School aims to find out

Innovators have been developing artificial intelligence (AI), IoT, cybersecurity, and related technologies for some time, yet the legal world has had limited engagement with the issues likely to arise from these technologies—except for those in the area of privacy. And this poses real challenges. Fo…

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

DATA CENTER

Cisco Intersight: AI-Driven Proactive Support

The Cisco Customer Experience organization works closely with the Intersight engineering team to ensure customers have seamless access to Cisco’s unparalleled device knowledge.  This allows Cisco Intersight to deliver a wide range of enhanced customer support benefits, especially around systems main…

October 10, 2018

ANALYTICS & AUTOMATION

Is Your IT Team Innovating?

This week the Gartner Symposium/IT Expo 2018 will take place in Orlando, Florida, and executives will hear about how companies are deploying new technologies that change the way they do business. Highlighted are sessions on artificial intelligence, blockchain, customer experience, data analytics, an…

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…

September 28, 2018

INNOVATION

Overcoming the Dark Side of IoT

From Alexa’s random outbursts of laughter to claims that your smart refrigerator wants to kill you, it is easy to see why the Internet of Things (IoT) invokes negative connotations. Some may even say IoT has a dark side, fueled by security and privacy concerns along with uncertainty about what these…