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Homeless for a Night – Chicago’s Sleep Out
I love the way the city of Chicago glows at night – it’s beautiful enough for me to forget about the miserable traffic I just sat through to get here. Chicago has brought me into its skyline for a multitude of reasons over the years from client meetings, sporting events, concerts, to dining – The Wi…
Putting Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence into High Gear: More Startup Innovations for the Internet of Everything
Cisco’s leadership in the emerging market for the Internet of Everything (IoE), Smart Cities and Big Data/analytics rests on our ability to harness the technologies and business models of our global partner ecosystem – especially those of early-stage startups who are building truly disruptive capabi…
Accelerating open innovation on all fronts at Cisco
I introduced Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR) earlier this year as a cornerstone in our strategy of embracing open innovation at Cisco. I also shared how we were extending Cisco EIR and open innovation across the US through local incubation partners, and I announced the launch of Cisco E…
Internet of Things World Forum 2014 – Why, What, Who and How #IoTWF
The Internet of Things is Here and Now. Looking outside of Cisco you can see this in the many and accelerating IoT companies that have been purchased this year – Google’s acquisition of Nest Labs, Facebook’s acquisition of What’s App, and many more. Internet of things has been around a…
The Internet of Everything in Business: a Roundtable Discussion
Yesterday afternoon, Cisco hosted an “Internet of Everything in Business” roundtable discussion–featuring executives from Stanley Black & Decker, AeroScout Industrial, salesforce.com and FH Celebration Health–which spotlighted how the Internet of Everything (IoE) is fueli…
Open Innovation Everywhere: Extending Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence to Innovation Hubs across the U.S
Back in March, I wrote about Cisco’s continued focus on innovation and my personal goal of accelerating innovation by making openness part of our DNA. Similarly, at the recent Cisco Live event in San Francisco, I talked about the incredible Inertnet of Everything (IoE) journey in front of us and off…
Cisco at IEEE Event in Chicago this week!
The 2014 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition is in the Windy City, bringing a half-century of industry innovation to the biggest and most exciting conference yet! Check out Cisco’s presence at the IEEE show: McCormick Place; West Hall; Level 3, 2301 S. Lake Sho…
Chicago is Host City for 2014 Internet of Things World Forum!
This week, Cisco is hosting over 70 companies and organizations for a second annual in-person Steering Committee meeting to plan the second Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF). The goal of the Steering Committee is to shape the eventual Forum’s agenda and ensure it addresses top market opportu…
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