innovation

Too often, enterprises spend significant sums on application development, deployment and planning, only to see a small fraction of users actually use the application. And convincing users to adopt newly released features? Even harder. Traditionally, enterprises focus on improving application adoptio…

Today, I am excited to announce that Cisco is launching a new, independent venture capital firm, Decibel, focused exclusively on early stage investing in the Enterprise. This is the first truly independent effort ever formed by a major technology company. Decibel is designed to bring together the be…

Last week, the world’s largest mobile event, Mobile World Congress Barcelona, brought together more than 100,000 people from over 2,400 companies showcasing the latest leading-edge technology and innovations. Cisco had a strong presence at the event this year, and our Chief Technology and Architectu…

It’s Mardi Gras week in New Orleans and this year’s celebration promises almost constant parades, unending music, and streets filled with costumes beyond imagination. During a recent visit, we saw first hand just how exciting the party can get. But we also caught a glimpse at just how ef…

Have you ever been to a fast-moving square dance? Partners dance together, spin around a time or two, and then move onto new partners. As the dance progresses, some people return to their original partners, while others will dance once and leave the floor. If you pay attention, this resembles a fast…

Stretching the imagination of what’s possible. That’s how we often think about Cisco’s global network of 14 Co-Innovation Centers, and it applies perfectly to our newest Center in Singapore we inaugurated last Friday. Cisco’s Singapore Co-Innovation Center not only expands our global network, but ad…

At Cisco Engineering, innovation isn’t just something we do; it’s a way of life. With tens of thousands of developers churning out an equal number of cutting-edge solutions at high velocity, Cisco truly is at the helm of technological innovation. For context, Cisco has a vast amount of DevOps activi…

Digital disruption, accelerated global competition and heightened consumer expectations are transforming industries around the globe, reshaping markets, creating new business models and overturning long-standing incumbents. As a result, companies are realizing they must become more innovative – and…

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…