Case Study

June 20, 2018

COLLABORATION

Improve Healthcare Experience with Collaboration Technology

Amid population growth, aging baby boomers, and millions more Americans with health insurance, the time to schedule a doctor’s appointment has jumped 30% in over the last five years. The average wait time to see a specialist in 2017 was 29 days, an increase from 12 days since 2012. Outside of the Un…

November 9, 2017

HEALTHCARE

How one hospital system is stealthily solving security challenges

Most of the people who work and receive care at Sentara Healthcare facilities in Virginia and North Carolina didn’t notice when the organization underwent a substantial technology infrastructure upgrade. And that’s just the way the system’s leadership wanted it. To get the full sto…

It’s Time to Rethink the Value of “Support”

With the network serving as the foundation for digital business, maintaining the highest availability, performance, and security are the three end states that matter the most. A new standard of service is required for today’s business critical networks, and Cisco Services is leading the way. But don…

July 11, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Protect the network. Protect your patients.

Just think of the volume of healthcare data being transferred and stored every day—data from connected medical devices, electronic health records (EHR), clinical workstations, and smart hospital applications for patients, clinicians, researchers, and administrators. Is it safe? What role can the net…

June 7, 2017

HEALTHCARE

The prescription for better patient outcomes? Better collaboration.

It’s Tuesday, and an orthopedic surgeon in Vail, Colorado and a research scientist in Oslo, Norway are discussing results of the latest study on reconstructive knee surgery. Together, they look at data, review x-rays, and sketch ideas on a whiteboard. By the time they’re done, the surgeon has a new…

May 17, 2017

NETWORKING

Cisco and the iSchool Initiative Bring Technology to US Schools

The most difficult part of teaching students is making sure that they’re stimulated enough to learn. When anyone—not just a child—is bored, their mind wanders and the lesson is lost. The iSchool Initiative knows that keeping a brain active and present is no small feat and they’re able to do this, al…

May 10, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Healthcare behind bars: Can technology improve outcomes for inmates?

Making a trip to the doctor’s office isn’t a whole lot of fun for anyone. But if you happen to be in jail, well, it’s downright grueling. You can probably picture it based on what you’ve seen on TV and in the movies: the searches, the restraints, the uncomfortable bus ride–all part of the reason why…

February 27, 2017

COLLABORATION

Guest Post: Starting a Business While Raising Two Sets of Twins

  This post comes from Cecilie Sindum, a co-founder of Orthodox Design. Based in Denmark, Orthodox Design is a homeware interior design studio for which she is also the creative director. space “If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains w…

November 2, 2016

NETWORKING

CMX Lets the University of British Columbia Improve Comfort and Save Money

It seems almost counterintuitive. How can a solution that improves the campus experience for students and staff also save the university hundreds of thousands of dollars annually? Better and cheaper rarely co-exist in the same idea. But with Cisco CMX, they do. The University of British Columbia has…