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Five to Thrive in a Disruptive Environment: Part 1
At last count, Gartner tracks more than 450 IoT platforms in the market. And that’s just today. It’s astounding the number of tools and the amount of technology continuously being invented and reinvented. The impacts and the stakes are extremely high. Nine out of ten companies will experience a reve…
Cisco Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions
Gartner has positioned Cisco as a leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions. Just released, the 2017 Gartner evaluation brings together web conferencing and group video system markets under a single grouping. Gartner’s definition is clear but comprehensive: “Meeting sol…
Cisco in 2017 Gartner Unified Communications Reports
Digitization, workplace transformation, investment protection. These are all top-of-mind subjects that come up in my conversations. Many of you are currently evaluating your collaboration strategies and thinking about how to evolve your unified communications solutions. There’s no doubt that the UC…
Cisco AMP for Endpoints Included in Gartner’s “The Evolving Effectiveness of Endpoint Protection Solutions” 2017 A …
Endpoint security comes in many different shapes and sizes: “Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP)” “Antivirus (AV)” “Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)” “Next-Generation Endpoint Solutions” The list goes on. Faced with so many different options, it can be tricky to know which type of endpoint se…
It’s Summertime, So Analysts Turn Up the Heat on Data Virtualization
While everyone else is enjoying summer’s warm days and fun-filled vacations, the analysts at Gartner and Forrester are busy working on their next set of reports covering the data virtualization market and key products in the space such as the Cisco Information Server. What new data virtualization re…
Building a Strategic Roadmap for Networking?
Take A Few Tips From Gartner… Analyst reports are a valuable tool I often use to help me better gauge the market and plan out my team’s strategy and goals. I relish taking a deep dive into industry intelligence and insights to help shape my approach to enterprise networking – and at times chal…
A Major Shift is Underway in IT – See What is on the Horizon
Attend Cisco Sessions at Gartner IT Operations Summit IT leaders from all over are traveling to Orlando, Florida to attend the Gartner IT Operations Solutions & Strategies Summit, May 8-10, 2017. The theme, “Beyond Business as Usual: Increase Relevance, Engage Change,” perfectly captures the te…
Cisco Collaboration a Leader in 5 Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports
We’ve worked passionately over the last few years to deliver the best collaboration products and solutions on the market. And we continue to march toward our vision to bring all communication modes together for amazing experiences on any device. This vision includes delivery on-premises, from the cl…
2017 Predictions for SD-WAN (#sdwan)
For me, 2016 can be described as “SD-WAN euphoria.” Everyone was talking about SD-WAN. But when listening to analysts, attending tradeshows or presenting to customers, one of the most common questions I asked, or was asked, is “What exactly is SD-WAN?” To highlight just how much opinions differ, IDC…