IoT

February 26, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco@MWC: New Capabilities, Services & Customers, Setting the Foundation for 5G

Global leaders in wireless are here in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, the gathering place for top-of-mind topics like architecting and building cloud-based service and IoT offerings – all while positioning for the inevitable shift to 5G. Cisco is here, showing off new technologies and solution…

February 24, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

5G Performance: More than an upgrade and potential for a mobile blockbuster

Commercial deployments for 5G are expected to launch in 2020 and to be available in every major global mobile market by 2021. Ovum Informa Telecoms and Media predicts that more than 50 operators will be offering 5G services in close to 30 countries by the end of 2021. However, the majority of 5G sub…

February 24, 2017

NETWORKING

Applications Meet Infrastructure at Cisco Live Berlin: DevNet Zone

By all rights I should be exhausted.  But I’m not.  To the contrary, as Cisco Live Berlin 2017 winds down, I’m totally energized.  So much creativity.  So many amazing people, with innovative products and ideas that are truly transforming the way we live and work.  I saw this first-hand in our DevNe…

February 23, 2017

MANUFACTURING

IoT Innovation Heats up in Berlin

When you think of Berlin, the first things that come to mind could be bratwurst, beer, or the Brandenburg Gate. But in the world of Manufacturing, Berlin is also a hotbed for innovation. And we were right at the center of this during our special Manufacturing conversation earlier this week at our op…

February 21, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

How To Navigate Your Path to a Digital-Ready Network

As we face the biggest network disruption in 25 years, these tools can help light up the path ahead for IT leaders “Digital transformation” often sounds like the latest buzz, but it’s not. Everything – and I mean “everything” – is being connected over the network: processes are connected across busi…

February 21, 2017

NETWORKING

Enterprise Network Security: Is it in your DNA?

If you were driving a race car without brakes, chances are you’d keep your speed in check. How else could you manage the corners? Pushing the pedal-to-the-metal on the straightaways and actually reaching the car’s peak performance would only end poorly when the road turns. The same can be said for e…

February 20, 2017

MANUFACTURING

Smart Manufacturing Rises from the Ashes: Campofrio’s La Bureba Factory

Rising from a devastating fire two years ago, Spanish food manufacturer Campofrio Food Group rebuilt its La Bureba factory from the ground up to be a state-of-the-art, digital food processing facility. The executive team at Campofrio Food Group knew that this factory could become a true showcase of…

February 20, 2017

DATA CENTER

Edge-to-Enterprise IoT Analytics – Powered by Cisco and SAS

Welcome to Cisco Live Berlin!  Today, I want to introduce the industry’s first comprehensive edge-to-enterprise analytics solution in partnership with SAS. In my earlier blog, I discussed the promise of connecting the unconnected. Here I will be talking about how to make this a meaningful real…

February 16, 2017

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Which Mobile Provider Will Win the UK’s Autonomous Car Race?

I had the misfortune recently to have a car accident.  Airbags deployed, two cars written off, scary stuff.  Thankfully, both the other driver and I both walked away, very much shaken, but unhurt.  And thankfully the crash happened at not too high a speed which contributed to what I will call our ‘g…