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Chasing a Dream: Security, Data Protection, Privacy, and the Law
As teenagers on the cusp of adulthood graduate and head into their college years, we tell them it’s okay to not fully know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. Some, of course, do and will go on to chase down those dreams. While others may struggle to find where the fit in the work fo…
Why Wait for 5G? The Challenges of Railway Connectivity – Solved – Today (Part 2)
Recently I blogged about how Cisco are working with ScotRail (the train operator) and Network Rail Telecom (the track operator) in Scotland to deliver a trial of the world’s fastest in-train WiFi, an evolution of work done earlier on “Project SWIFT”. I also described a school of thought that sugges…
Why Wait for 5G? The Challenges of Railway Connectivity – Solved – Today (Part 1)
This year’s UK budget day (23rd November 2017) has been an interesting day for technology. Technology plans were central topics – including a significant government 5G investment. As my Cisco UK colleague Matt Houlihan blogged earlier, Cisco is already working with Government to ensure that…
Four Ways Cisco Enables Me to Be Me
As the summer holiday season in Europe has drawn to an end, and I reflect on the time spent relaxing in the sunshine – I’m reminded of the saying; TIME is a gift, use it wisely! I believe Cisco is a great master at enabling us all to use the time we have more effectively. As a full-time marketing st…
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…
Part 2: The Ski Centre Queues and the Service Provider Internet of Things Opportunity
Last week, in Part 1, I blogged about the bizarre association of queues at my local ski centre and unreliable access to cloud payment services. Being located in an area of poor internet provision, the resulting unreliable and slow access to cloud services means that credit card payments process slow…
The Connection between Long Ski Centre Queues and the Cloud: The Service Provider Internet of Things Opportunity
Back in 2010, not long after I started blogging here on Cisco.com, I discussed some of the challenges customers were fearing regarding the feasibility of cloud adoption. In my market research work, the survey I ran back in 2010 came up with some interesting concerns: that lack of bandwidth and inter…
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