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The tech-fest that is the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is just under a month away, and we’re celebrating it with a live Tweet-chat from Las Vegas, to dig into the intersections between devices, and the cloud. The numbers alone make it a big topic: An astonishing 80% of the w…

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about a Wainhouse review that evaluated the ease of use and deployment, and cost efficiency of the Cisco SX10 Quick Set for small group video meetings. I wouldn’t have thought when we introduced the SX10 a few years back that we would be able to do even more to reduce c…

Every single day, I’m reminded that a digital revolution is taking place—from researching local coffee places on the dashboard of my car to ordering coffee on my mobile device—it’s clear that our lives are becoming more digitized. This is also apparent for the businesses and industries that manufact…

This is part of a series on the evolution of the Cisco Collaboration Cloud platform, exploring the technical and design principles behind its unique architecture. So far in this series my colleagues have talked about various elements of our Cisco Collaboration Cloud platform. Rowan mentioned its ori…

This is part of a series on the evolution of the Cisco Collaboration Cloud platform, exploring the technical and design principles behind its unique architecture. In the last post in this series, Jens Meggers talked about the huge importance of user experience, and how essential it is to simplify, c…

We are at an inflection point in video adoption. In the enterprise alone, less than 10 percent of the conference rooms in the world are connected via video and only 1 percent of users have video systems on their desktop today. The market is poised for dramatic growth, with IP video expected to repre…

Wainhouse Research polled a group of video conferencing users to gauge their feelings about video conferencing. What they found is great news for those who want to integrate video into their collaboration strategies. Comparing their experience to 2 years ago: 95% agreed that video is more reliable…

This is part of a series on the evolution of the Cisco Collaboration Cloud platform, exploring the technical and design principles behind its unique architecture. In the last post in this series, Rowan wrote about revolutionizing enterprise communications through the cloud to deliver amazing experie…

This is the time of year for crystal-ball gazing when everyone starts talking about what the new year might bring. It’s no secret that I’m passionate about video. I can pinpoint when this passion was sparked: November 2012. It was my first month at Cisco. Excited to dig in and meet my far-flung new…