#DigitalTransformation

Envision if you will that it’s January 15th, 2012 and I am a week into my career at Cisco. On this day I would make my maiden voyage to the Cisco world headquarters in San Jose, CA. I would do all the new employee stuff, like getting my badge, laptop, and other meet and greet items that day. I would…

Change is a word that to some sparks curiosity, anxiety and opportunity. That “change” happens a lot in life, technology industries, families, you name it and one that I have learned to get comfortable with (to some degree that is). Life changes as we go from college to the “real world”,…

Recently one of Cisco’s Sports and Entertainment customers, Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, was awarded Sports Business Journals, Facility of the Year Award. An incredible accomplishment for the arena, beating out other Cisco customers Notre Dame Stadium, SunTrust Park/The Battery Atlanta…

I often get asked by partners how we work in industries.  Those conversations start with partners asking us about our sales offers (think of these as the industry message and use case that driving the architectures), then they want to know about trends, and then finally, the question is how we work…

For several years we have been tracking the progress we have made in the Media and Broadcast industry. The rapid move to IP, the cloud based workflows and the business model challenges that surround our end customers. It’s a wild ride, with lots of change. As a guy from Oklahoma City, I like the Wil…

Every quarter I conduct a partner facing enablement webinar for our partners entitled Industry Digital Transformation for Retail and each time I am struck with the opportunity we have right NOW in retail!  Just recently completed another one of these sessions so  I thought I would share a few of the…

Recently, I conducted a partner facing webinar entitled Industry Digital Transformation with a focus on Sports & Entertainment. This webinar was part of a series that our Partner Digital Transformation & Industries Team at Cisco has been hosting for the past year as we look to create enablem…

With the National Retail Federation in full swing, the Cisco booth is bustling with visitors. The team has deployed its Toy Box – a fully functional toy store featuring solutions for seamless experiences among shoppers, store associates, managers, and IT teams. The Toy Box demonstrates how Cisco an…

I loved Toys when I was a kid!  Who didn’t?  I remember researching the latest and greatest on my wish list.   I remember specifically one year when I wanted a new basketball goal and I was set to get the very best one…or at least recommend the best one to my family for purchase.   I did…