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October 12, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

How to Digitize: Create a Culture of Agility

In my previous blog, I discussed the most common question I receive, “How do I begin the digitization journey for my company?” The next question is often, “How do we change our corporate culture?” Corporate culture is key to the success or failure of digital business transformation. From my conversa…

April 12, 2016

COLLABORATION

When Collaboration Meets Network Programmability

Have you ever dreamed about a network where your users get exactly the experience they need? A world without frustrated people complaining about poorly performing applications or video calls? With the recent introduction of the Cisco Digital Network Architecture (or Cisco DNA, as we like to call it)…

October 13, 2015

COLLABORATION

The Mobile Workspace For Collaboration

The first thing you may wonder is how can you have a mobile workspace. After all, the point of being mobile is that you can be anywhere and if you’re anywhere, you may not have a physical workspace. This means your accessories must also be mobile. They should fit in your pockets, or at least a…

October 7, 2015

COLLABORATION

My Job Moves with me Anywhere I Go

In the last five years I have moved from Siberia to San Francisco, to Berkeley, to San Jose, to Phoenix, and now to Minneapolis. Unlike most people, moving so many times almost feels like a privilege to me. My husband and I have been able to explore the “sparkle” of Silicon Valley. We enjoyed Phoeni…

September 3, 2015

COLLABORATION

Which Collaboration Applications Are Right for Me?

As a member of the Sales Engineer Organization,  I spend lots of my time staying close to midsized customers observing how teams that do great work are leveraging applications to collaborate.   The number of choices available can make choosing the right tools an interesting journey. Is there one sol…

July 27, 2015

TECHWISETV

Microsoft Lync Made Better

Made better with Cisco Collaboration Meetings Rooms (CMR for short) offering a standards based approach. Jabber supports Lync interoperability despite having to work with proprietary Microsoft protocols. https://youtu.be/eE8tuB0I2pc CMR can be deployed on premise, in the cloud, or as a hybrid mix of…

June 2, 2015

COLLABORATION

Collaboration System Release 11.0: Experience, Simplicity, Ubiquity

When we talk to customers about collaboration and communication, we ask how they work today. Then we ask how they’d like to work in the future – and what tools and capabilities they want. Sometimes the things they want are simple, sometimes they’re more complex. But we take them all seriously – and…

June 1, 2015

COLLABORATION

Say Hello to Our New Advanced Video IP Phones

Have you ever suffered phone envy in the office? You stroll by someone’s desk and notice that they have a better, newer, cooler desktop phone than you do? Maybe it’s one with a smooth sleek design, embedded video capabilities, and a higher-resolution display. If so, now might be a good time to raise…

May 27, 2015

INSIDE CISCO IT

Inside Cisco IT: Enabling the Collaboration Culture

After too long, business is becoming more immediate and visual. Think of it this way – a couple of thousand years ago business was often done in a market place or trading post, face to face in person. Technology meant supply lines and trade was able to extend geographically so business had to be con…