meetings

I am pleased to announce that Cisco was again named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Meeting Solutions 2018. The report evaluates meeting solutions from multiple vendors in the market. Cisco products placed highest in the ability to execute and in completeness of vision. Gartner’s assessme…

As my colleague Damien McCoy wrote recently, Webex Teams is much more than just a rebranded Cisco Spark app. If you used the product for a while, you’ll be the first to agree. We’re revamping the user experience. Colors are changing. Layouts are different. Tools streamlined. And more features are co…

How do you know if you’re getting the most out of CLUS? A simple indicator: If your feet don’t hurt and your step-counting device of choice isn’t smoking, you’re not trying hard enough. And Tuesday in Orlando has drawn to a close. It was another busy day in the wonderful world of networking technolo…

I recently led a project to develop a hands-on product demonstration for customers.  A group of us across the United States and India worked together to create demos. I started the project by creating a space in Webex Teams. We sent messages, shared a few files, posted some images. A picture was com…

This week at Cisco’s Collaboration Summit in Phoenix, we made a series of significant announcements regarding the convergence of the Cisco Webex and Spark platforms. This included a new Webex Meetings application, a new Webex Teams application (formerly known as Cisco Spark), the new Webex Assistant…

If you are like me, you’ve probably found yourself stuck in traffic on the way to the office with no chance of making it to your 8 a.m. meeting. But with WebEx, I can join the meeting on my way to work with a single tap of the big green button in my WebEx app. My daily routine has me on the go a lot…

What does video-first really mean, anyway? I define it as making it even easier for people to visually connect and collaborate in richer ways — no matter where they are in the world. I use video for most of my meetings because I need to connect with my team, customers, and partners whether I’m in an…

There’s nothing like user feedback for continuously improving your products. It’s why our developers speak directly to the people who use our products. And it’s even better when that feedback is so positive that customers want to share it with their peers. That’s why we are particularly happy to rec…

We are on a mission to reduce complexity. You expect your workplace tools to be as easy to use as the products you like to use at home. When there are too many buttons to push or you can’t navigate controls, you give up. Yet, when you walk into most rooms used for video conferencing, the screens are…