Cisco Retail

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about blockchain in recent months. The technology offers new opportunities for better security for retailers, but so far it does not have a clearly defined roadmap or protocols. As of September 19, Cisco has co-founded the Trusted IoT Alliance, a consortium of 17 c…

Long wait times. Out of stock challenges. Pricing inaccuracies. Dissatisfied customers. Operating in the physical world of retail can be tough. And more often than not, the retail associate takes the heat for painful situations like these given that they are on the front lines. Day after day the ass…

Hackers have been around for a long time, and they are becoming more sophisticated every day. With more information added to the cloud, data centers, and the network, companies are exposed to greater vulnerabilities, and an increased risk of attacks. As more customers turn to mobile payments, wearab…

Leading into 2020, picture a world where Millennials are the shoppers in store with THEIR kids, and Gen Z, your teenagers, the “partial attention generation”, is the new growth demographic for retailers. So the definition of consumers is changing: technology-driven shifts empower customers, guests a…

What an incredible Cisco Live event! During the week of June 25, 2017 over 28,000 people from all over the country traveled to Las Vegas, NV to take part in a superhero-themed Cisco Live. From CEO, Chuck Robbins, opening the show with surprise guest, CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, to Bryan Cranston closing…

Today we hear about “transforming the customer experience,” but for developers and IT staffers, what does this really mean? Join us in Las Vegas at Cisco Live on June 25-29, where you’ll learn how your store, hotel, and entertainment operation can use today’s digital technologies to deepen customer…

Thousands of companies around the globe were affected this week by a major ransomware attack called WannaCry. Ransomware is a type of cyberattack that encrypts data until the user pays a specified fee, and is one of the industry’s top evolving cyberthreats. As these and other threats continue…

In the digital age, the security landscape only continues to become more complex, and well into 2017, we continue to witness the escalation of security threats across almost every industry. Especially, we are seeing a marked increase in the sophistication of security threats as they hit the front pa…

“In a world that’s changing so quickly, the biggest risk you can take is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg Digital transformation is no longer a buzzword, it’s happening today and in every industry. According to research from the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation,…