collaboration

Have you ever found yourself preparing for an important meeting where you need to make key decisions? There’s last-minute scrambling to get the right information and prep for the presentation. Now, all you have to do is get into the meeting. You get to the conference room and open your calendar only…

Today’s workplaces don’t exist in one place. Companies are spread out across the world, with employees and teams working across geographies. But collaboration tools are helping teams catch up from afar. Allowing you to meet face-to-face across time zones as easily as across the office, without the h…

The movie Titanic swept the Oscars. Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls were NBA champions (again). Apple unveiled the iMac. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google. And I was a fresh-faced kid out of college, beginning my career as a consultant for an IT management consulting firm. The year was…

Welcome to your competitive edge. Announced today, Cisco Webex Edge is a set of services that allows you to realize savings on PSTN and bandwidth costs while providing better meeting experiences with improved audio, video, and content quality. Why do we need Cisco Webex Edge? The way we work is chan…

Regardless of industry, every organization today needs to innovate in order to keep up with the pace of change in the digital economy. In many organizations, more than ever before, it has become the communication department’s mission to encourage, empower and activate employees to innovate. That’s b…

College can be hard for some students. Between a new campus, new friends, and a new busy schedule—there’s a lot of pressure.  It can be too much, especially straight out of high school. And because of the stress, some students end up dropping out. Colleges across the US recognize this as a major pro…

During the last 25 years, organizations have had to reinvent themselves every three to seven years to keep up with the pace of change. Companies that missed one technology transition might scramble to catch up, but missing two meant a slow fade to obscurity, irrelevance, and death. Consider the rapi…

Companies with goals of rapid growth need to combine an innovative startup mindset with enterprise-level focus and resources. When you think of a typical startup, what words come to mind? “Progressive and trendy?” “Lean and innovative?” “Agile and engaged?” Now, think of a classic Fortune 500 enterp…

My global team of infrastructure and cloud engineers spans more than 22 locations worldwide. When I have my team meetings, people join from many continents using Webex. And because video meetings are more productive than just audio meetings, I require my team to use video. Now imagine having users a…