innovation
Announcing Open Submissions for the IoT Innovation Grand Challenge!
At the recent IoT World Forum Steering Committee meeting one of the topics that came up again and again was innovation – the need for innovation in business models, the need for innovation in our lives as the Internet of Everything approaches, and the need for innovation with developing the “things”…
Ask The #InternetOfEverything Futurist: “How Will the Future of Technology Integrate into our Five Senses?”
In my role as Cisco’s Chief Futurist, I get many questions about what the future holds and how new technology and emerging solutions will change our lives. Be sure to check out previous Ask the #InternetOfEverything Futurist blogs and videos about the advances of battery technology, the future of sm…
Ask The #InternetOfEverything Futurist: “In the Future, Will Clothes be Delivered to your Dressing Room in Your Size? …
In my role as Cisco’s Chief Futurist, I get many questions about what the future holds and how new technology and emerging solutions will change our lives. Given the positive feedback and the volume of questions being submitted from the community around the first series, I’ve decided to do another s…
Best Ways to know if you have a Breakthrough Solution: Cisco UCS case
These past two weeks have been a time for celebrating the 5th anniversary of UCS and an extraordinary achievement in terms of market penetration. Click on the images for more data We made it thanks the strong and tireless support from our partners , but (make no mistakes here)…
A Symphony of Sensors Drives Value, Insight, and Opportunity
To cross a busy intersection safely, it’s best to have all of your senses alert. That way, if you don’t happen to see that oncoming truck ignoring the “Walk” sign, you will probably still hear it. In the case of a heavy cement mixer, you may even feel the low rumble of its powerful engine first. In…
Open innovation: Harnessing the ideas, talent and passion of the startup eco-system
What does an already innovative company like Cisco do more to innovate? What do we need to do differently to influence or shape the next breakthrough that will fundamentally change our industry and Cisco? As we embark on a journey to transform Cisco into a #1 IT solution provider, we know we must…
Ask The #IoE Futurist: “In an Internet of Everything World, Will the Smartphone Become Superfluous?”
In my role as Cisco’s Chief Futurist, I get many questions about what the future holds and how new technology and emerging solutions will change our lives. Given the positive feedback and the volume of questions being submitted from the community around the first series, I’ve decided to do another s…
From the Mine Shaft to the Store Shelf — an IoE Revolution in Manufacturing
Since Henry Ford, the alchemy of turning raw materials into mass-produced products has been complicated and challenging. At best, it has been a delicate and precarious balancing act; at worst, something akin to herding cats. The trick has always been to align ever-shifting patterns of customer deman…
How the Internet of Everything Will Shape the Next 25 Years of Internet History
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web, an important milestone as we look at how far we’ve come and how the Internet of Everything (IoE) is shaping our future. Developed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, the Web was borne from the need to keep track of complex, large-…
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