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Finding the right fitting room As shoppers, we expect a store associate to be a bridge of knowledge, connecting our nebulous desires with their artfully arranged inventory and getting us into a fitting room. However, most fitting rooms are anything but thoughtful. Their function is usually served wh…

Goodbye, 2018.  For the healthcare industry, it was another bumpy ride, and U.S. policy is STILL anything but settled. But politics aside, digital transformation in healthcare hasn’t slowed down. To the contrary, it’s picking up steam! Just like last year, we decided to take a look back…

Cisco’s goal is to deliver best-in-class solutions that make a difference for our customers and the world. But, just as important, we are committed to delivering those solutions in lockstep with our partners. Our partners enjoy a unique vantage point because they work with Cisco, as well as with oth…

Thinking about our new corporate theme Bridge to Possible, unveiled at the 2018 Partner Summit, it seems to me that phrase encapsulates what we have been doing for many years in Enterprise Networking. We’ve been building bridges from data center to campus to branch to mobile workforce—with bridges t…

The Catalyst expansion with the Catalyst 9200 addresses a large target in the mid-size and branch office markets. Try to imagine that these markets represent 25% of all the network ports in the world. To think about this in another way, 25% of all the land mass on earth would represent the combinati…

We’re witnessing digital transformation all around us, and it’s driving fierce competition, new challenges, and compelling opportunities in every industry. In our last blog, we talked about some of the ways business are using the Internet of Things (IoT) to extend operations beyond traditional carpe…

  “If you can not measure it, you can not improve it” — Lord Kelvin The field of machine learning is progressing at a break-neck speed and new algorithms and techniques as well as performance improvements are being published at such a high frequency that it is impractical to…

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…

In my last blog, I communicated how customer expectations are rising, and as partners, we need to rise to the occasion too. Partners that understand and embrace this shift will step ahead and thrive in the years to come. During the weeks leading up to Partner Summit, the team and I talked to dozens…