collaboration

Earlier this year when I told you our acquisition of Acano was complete I said fasten your seatbelts… I meant it! The newly combined team is on fire and today we’re announcing the availability of our first product to come of this incredible meeting of the minds. And it is pretty awesome. I have alwa…

Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Yet even today, when there’s never been a better time to innovate, many still believe that all you need is the next brilliant idea to disrupt markets. Wrong. In today’s digital world, innovation takes as much p…

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you might have realized that the U.S. National Conventions happened last month. As the Official Network Provider for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Cisco helped transform Cleveland and Philadelphia into mini smart, connected citi…

When we think of collaboration, we often picture a corporate setting or consider the remote worker connecting from home. In the early days, that was probably accurate. Yet, with video and productivity apps becoming far more common, the only barriers we have now are the limitations of our own imagina…

Introducing Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government Security has never been more important. This is especially true for our U.S. federal, state and local government customers. Their employees and their constituents have become more mobile and more virtual. They expect communications beyon…

At the end of 4th grade, 10-year-old Peyton Walton learned that her family was moving 600 miles away. She also learned that she was diagnosed with cancer. As Peyton began her cancer treatment, doctors stressed the importance of Peyton continuing to attend school in order to minimize isolation and de…

In February, Tim Banting of the Business Technology and Software group at Current Analysis, produced a report analyzing the growth and changes around SoCoMo Platforms. I’ve summarized the focus and themes of that report below. When you hear the acronym SoCoMo for the first time, what comes to mind?…

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing Cisco Spark Service. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View this episode in iTunes Cisco Guest Louis Pratt (@orangeballdome…

Last week, Gartner named Cisco a leader in its 2016 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications. Gartner placed our “dot” highest and furthest right for vision and execution among the participating vendors. In a related post, Tom McCafferty provides insight about the process of participating in Gartne…