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Who is your favorite superhero? Is it the iconic Spider-Man/Peter Parker whose “good guy” demeanor is undeniable? Or is it Iron Man/Tony Stark who uses his gift of intelligence to not only save himself, but to help protect the world? It may be hard to pick just one since each hero has a unique perso…

In a digitally disrupted world full of new online experiences, there is a blind spot lurking offline in our physical spaces – data without context. While digital transformation continues to rock industries, it’s also creating mountains of data that can be the greatest source of opportunity for busin…

Retail Industry My preparations for NRF 2019 gave me insight into the retail industry as a whole and the challenges it faces, along with ideas of how Cisco is addressing these challenges. For a while, the likes of Ebay and then Amazon seemed to disrupt retail at a scale like nothing before. In a wor…

Analysts suggest that 90 percent of the world’s data was generated within the past two years, but only a small percentage of that data is actually used to drive insights. AI promises us a world in which cars can predict when to swerve, to avoid hitting mothers crossing the street with their babies.…

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…