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February 6, 2019

INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)

One Utility Network for the Modern Grid

Utilities are transforming. In working with over 200 utilities worldwide, we find that they are facing three key business imperatives – securely improving grid reliability and efficiency, integrating distributed energy resources (like wind and solar), and identifying new revenue opportunities. Take…

February 5, 2019

INNOVATION

Blockchain: Separating Hype from Reality

A few months ago, I wrote a piece dispelling some of the most common misconceptions about the ubiquitous internet of things (IoT). But as I mentioned in the article, IoT by itself is not truly transformational. To deliver the greatest impacts — creating new business models, markets and value proposi…

February 5, 2019

COLLABORATION

Cisco Webex Video Conferencing – Room Kit Mini delights users.

What, Whoa, Really, No Way! Those are the utterings of delight that marketers love to hear about a product or service. I’m almost gleeful when I discover a new feature that makes my life better in ways I didn’t know it was lacking. It’s that “how did I ever live without this” moment. As a consumer,…

February 4, 2019

PERSPECTIVES

Dissecting Cisco DNA Center, a Cisco Champion Radio Podcast (S6|Ep.1)

In this episode of Cisco Champion Radio, we chatted with Prakash Rajamani about the latest developments with Cisco DNA Center. Interviewing our Director of Product Management are Cisco Champion hosts, Daren Fulwell and Pieter-Jan Nefkens. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode in SoundCloud Listen…

January 31, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Top 10 Smart City Trends for 2019

The way we think about Smart Cities will undergo a major re-think in 2019. As smartphones reach peak saturation and the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes a normal part of our lives, we expect a long overdue refocus from the technology to the people it helps. And best of all, we think the smart city m…

January 29, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Raising the Bar on Multicloud Management

In my last blog post, I talked about how we are seeing more and more use cases where customers are using multiple clouds to build the next generation of digital experiences. It’s clear to me that many of these cloud use cases involve successfully spanning across multiple environments on and off-prem…

January 29, 2019

COLLABORATION

Aragon Research Annual Report Names Cisco a Leader in Web and Video Conferencing

Aragon Research just revealed its annual Web and Video Conferencing report and it’s no surprise to us that Cisco is positioned as a Leader. I’m really excited to see Cisco Webex once again placed highly among recent head-to-head comparisons in the Web and Video Conferencing market. We’ve been commit…

January 29, 2019

INNOVATION

Meet the Startups Pioneering Enterprise-Level Disruption and Business Growth at Cisco Live! Europe

As one of the world’s most active corporate VC’s, Cisco believes that keeping a pulse on the start-up ecosystem is one of the best ways to understand what’s next in technology. Our goal is to then harness these insights from external innovation and bring them to our customers. That’s why at this yea…

January 29, 2019

DATA CENTER

Cisco Fulfills on the Vision for ACI Anywhere

The vision for ACI Anywhere was as simple as it was elegant: Enable customers to build the most agile data center networks without compromising the scale, availability, security, and operational simplicity. Agility is paramount as data centers have become more distributed, applications are more dive…