Connected

Healthcare is something that, at one point or another, touches upon every single person – whether it’s their own health or that of older or more vulnerable relatives. Yet, across Europe, access to both reactive and preventative healthcare resources is being stretched as a result of people living lon…

This post was written by guest blogger Aditi Chadha, Founder and CPO of DAZL. She will be guest speaking as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT broadcast series on April 18th. Globally, one in three women experience some kind of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, per a recent United Nati…

Last week I attended the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, joining the world’s leading brands, marketers, media platforms, and creative minds for a week of great discussion. It was so inspiring to see the incredible work being done, with a huge focus on innovation, technology, distr…

I love coffee. I think it not only helps me to open my eyes in the morning, but it also helps connect people in extraordinary ways. Perhaps my love of coffee comes from my roots as I lived near Italy, or maybe it is because my grandmother used to prepare coffee for me since I was little – whatever t…

An intelligent building that reacts to the movements and behavior of its inhabitants might sound like the opening scenes of a sci-fi movie. But it’s not. And it could open up a whole new world of opportunities for service providers. The connected workplace  offers countless possibilities. Imagine an…

In a world of constant change, one thing that has remained consistent over my past 18 years at Cisco is that customers and government leaders truly believe in the transformative power of technology. As technology moves increasingly to the forefront of our daily lives, we know the power it has in dri…

There’s no doubt that learning is changing. In the past, learning was constrained by time and place. We all might remember, fondly or not, the traditional classroom, static desks in rows, plumes of chalk dust permeating the air, and trips to the library on foot as a group.  Now, lecture halls are e…

The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) is becoming more important now than ever – and that sentiment was heard loud and clear at last week’s complementary Cisco Live Melbourne and Rockwell Automation ConnectED events. Held for the first time under the same roo…

The New York Academy of Sciences has recently released a report that redefines the global STEM crisis as a “STEM paradox”: there are sufficient numbers of STEM graduates, but low numbers of grads who are actually prepared for work, “brain drain” from developing countries and the lack of women in STE…