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March 9, 2020

PARTNER

Cisco and AWS: Making It Easier for Businesses to Accelerate their Cloud Journeys

When I discuss the close partnership that Cisco enjoys with Amazon Web Services (AWS), I’m frequently greeted with surprise. Some people actually think Cisco and Amazon compete against each other. But this is simply not the case, as Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins commented recently on a CNBC i…

February 18, 2020

PARTNER

AppDynamics Delivers an Optimal User Experience to SAP and Non-SAP Environments Alike

Co-authored by Brian Paul As one of the top five enterprise software companies, SAP claims that more than 77 percent of the world’s transaction revenues touch SAP systems. The user experience during all these transactions is vitally important to SAP and its customers. With resilient architectures a…

Cisco Edge Intelligence: IoT data orchestration from edge to multi cloud

The next frontier of Internet of Things (IoT) is going to be won with the right applications. Applications deliver business outcomes that drive metrics for growth and profitability. However, the most common problem witnessed with these applications is getting clean and well-groomed data securely, re…

DeepNude- the AI that “Undresses” Women- is Back. What Now?

Update July 9, 7:55 p.m EST: GitHub removed the DeepNude source code from its website. Read more here. After 4 days on the market, the creator(s) of DeepNude, the AI that “undressed” women, retired the app following a glut of backlash from individuals including leaders of the AI community: Althoug…

Cisco Vision Brings Data to Life at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach

There is truly nothing more special than the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. The storied history; the incredible views; the atmosphere unlike any other. As the best golfers in the world face golf’s ultimate test, Cisco is delivering advanced data and analytics straight from the practice range all champio…

June 11, 2019

COLLABORATION

Bringing Reality to the Cognitive Contact Center

Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Analytics, and Collaboration Create Cognitive Experiences in the Contact Center Every interaction between your contact center agents and your customers is a reflection of your brand – positive, negative, or neutral. According to a study by PwC, in the U.S. one bad expe…

Data Evangelism: Oxymoron, Fluff, or Business Driver?

At first pass, data evangelism may sound more like an oxymoron than a corporate function. Most of us (and our dictionaries) associate evangelism with faith, while data & analytics is core to the scientific method. Evangelism is predominantly qualitative while data & analytics is the definiti…

May 23, 2019

COLLABORATION

Demystifying Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Contact Centers

AI is shaping the future of customer experiences and the contact center. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creating a lot of excitement and there are good reasons for this. According to Forbes, 50% of IT professionals believe artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing a role in cloud com…

Data, Technology, and Women’s Economic Empowerment

This post was written by guest blogger Charu Adesnik, Deputy Director of the Cisco Foundation. Our economic empowerment programs connect underserved people to skills, meaningful employment, financial products and services, and opportunities they need to thrive and develop careers. With the strategic…