mobile
Join Cisco at Mobile World Congress 2013
Last week, CES kicked off an exciting 2013 for the industry and Cisco. With just a select few of our innovations modeled in our video and SP/ mobile demos our customers, partners and press expressed great interest in our approach to helping carriers monetize these connected experiences. During the…
Observations from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
I am just back from attending the 2013 Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas where I was meeting with customers and visiting the massive show floor. CES is an intriguing blend of extremes and contrasts: biggest and the smallest; connected and unconnected; wired and wireless; high tech – low tech. …
Reflections from the Floor at NRF 2013
After a long day of showing the Cisco BYOD Smart Solution and Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences solutions at the 2013 National Retail Federation (NRF) trade show, I am waiting for a colleague to meet me for a well-deserved dinner. I had many, and yes there were MANY, conversations with Retail IT pr…
From Internet Video Consumers, a Call for Content
By Leszek Izdebski, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) These days, professionally produced video can be accessed through a dizzying array of hardware and delivery choices. But which concerns are top of mind for typical video consumers? To better understand the dramatic changes in the con…
Cisco and Verizon showcase the Connected Athlete Experience – a pathway to Internet of Everything
By Kiran Matty, Marketing Manager, SP Mobility Solutions Doesn’t it boggle your mind to see how more objects are becoming embedded with sensors and gaining the ability to communicate? Indeed, we live in a “Connected World.” According to Cisco IBSG, a whopping 37 billion intelligent things would be…
Big Data Could Spawn a Retail Revolution
Success in retail hinges on a deep understanding of consumers. Anticipating their wants and needs — then offering the right product, in the right place, at the right time, and for the right price — has always been paramount. To truly understand today’s consumer, however, retailers need to address a…
Paper (and Other Things) That Come Alive #TomorrowStartsHere
Here is something fun you can do today with your smart phone or tablet. It’s an app that brings the Internet of Things alive from a newspaper or screen. How to get it: 1. First, go grab a copy of today’s global Wall Street Journal and find the Cisco TOMORROW Starts Here ad, which is in…
Mobile Business Users Embrace Wi-Fi
Once the exclusive domain of senior executives, mobile devices are now indispensable to most employees for conducting both their business and personal lives. The insatiable demand for smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices is generating staggering amounts of mobile data. In parallel, the…
You Can’t Wait for Connected Mobile Experiences
Ten billion. That’s the estimated number of connected devices by 2016. That’s more than the whole world population today. According to data from the Cisco Visual Networking Index, mobile connection speeds and data use are anticipated to rise with this influx of smartphones, tablets and laptop comput…