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October 2, 2019

INSIDE CISCO IT

Principles of Agile Infrastructure

Agile has long been considered an exclusive software paradigm. Agility as we all know is a mindset and as the Law of Conservation of Agility states, it needs to be inculcated. Imagine that you want to go on a healthy diet, and you focus only on lunch, ignoring the dietary considerations of breakfast…

September 30, 2019

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Collaboration Is Less Like Eating, More Like Breathing—With Webex Teams

Collaboration used to be something like sharing a meal. We met in a designated space, like a conference room or someone’s office. Everyone came together at the same time. And if the meeting was in the middle of the night in our time zone, we had to make do the next morning with leftovers (notes or a…

August 28, 2019

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The Agility Quadrant

Last evening, I had a lively discussion with my friend Paul on the state of agility in his organization, a midsize company of about 6000 employees. He mentioned that agile is the flavor of the year in his organization and that their executive Samuel had set a goal “We shall be agile by the end of th…

July 30, 2019

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The Law of Conservation of Agility

Remember the law of conservation of energy which is one of the basic laws of physics and therefore governs the microscopic motion of individual atoms in a chemical reaction? This law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one f…

July 29, 2019

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Closing out the 30th Cisco Live US

Though it is sad that Cisco Live San Diego 2019 is over, the 30th anniversary of this event did not disappoint! Arriving in the picturesque city of San Diego, the IT Roaming Reporters sprang into action to capture footage of our new surroundings. The people— effervescent, the city— charged up. There…

July 10, 2019

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Staying productive on the fly

Today I’m publishing this post from Heathrow Airport in London. That’s not unusual because I work away from the office probably 50% of the time, either at home, my local café, or hotels and airports. I’ll collaborate with people across different time zones and luckily for me, working at Cisco…

July 3, 2019

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Collaboration Technology Evolves to Support Changing Workplace

Refreshing the 10-year-old Tokyo office At the end of 2017, the renovation of our Tokyo office was announced to Cisco Japan employees. It had been 10 years since the company had moved to the Tokyo Midtown Tower in the busy Roppongi district, home to several multi-national companies. It was time to r…

June 10, 2019

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IoT—Now on the Campus Fabric: Report from the Front Lines

This blog explains why and how we’re extending our campus fabric to the Internet of Things (IoT). Just interested in the engineering? Scroll down to “Start here if you just came for the engineering.” Our network infrastructure team has been building networks with Catalyst switches since before I sta…

June 10, 2019

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The Marriage of Webex Teams and Microsoft Office 365: Our Vision and Strategy

The documents my team produces aren’t solo efforts. When I build a presentation, for example, I’ll leave placeholders for colleagues to fill in, ask people to review, and maybe work with a designer. We have great collaboration tools at Cisco with Webex Teams, and with the new approach to bring Webex…