technology

May 16, 2014

GOVERNMENT

#CiscoPublicSafety Series Kick-Off: New Technologies in Public Safety Systems

We are very excited to announce the beginning of our new blog series on public safety. This series will include a number of posts that examine the intersection of technology and public safety as well as identify solutions to promote greater awareness and action. Having worked in this field for over…

May 13, 2014

NETWORKING

Midsize Renewable Energy agency in India optimizes network for efficiency

The World energy demand will be 41% higher in 2035 with India and China accounting for half the growth. The development of renewable energy sources ranks as a key responsibility for the top economies in the world. India, as one of the top 5 emitters of greenhouse gasses, has prioritized the developm…

May 9, 2014

NETWORKING

What, Why, Where, When, How: The New FCC Ruling Around 5 GHz

You don’t need me to tell you to know that we are in the midst of a technology revolution.  It’s mobilizing the internet.  And it’s transforming the way billions of people around the globe collaborate, communicate, and connect to the internet. •           The education customers I work with are inco…

May 6, 2014

NETWORKING

Setting the Stage for the Cisco Mobile Workspace Solution with Citrix CVD

The times keep changing: first there were devices, then there were apps, and today, if you don’t develop a strategy for enterprise mobility and get ahead of the trend, the mobile wave will leave you behind. A year ago, after talking with many of our customers, partners, and our own technical sales t…

April 30, 2014

NETWORKING

Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing

It’s exciting to watch the explosive growth of mobile and hyper local based services. Mobile location based services and marketing is rapidly becoming BIG business, with an estimated $4.5B of mobile advertising being location based (rising to over $10B by 2017). Let’s look at some of the funda…

April 18, 2014

NETWORKING

Bring Out Yer Dead: 5 Steps to Eliminate 802.11b From Your Networks

Now that US tax day is over, we in the wireless field can get back to focusing on P1: optimizing and maintaining network performance. Keeping your network in good shape is like gardening: if you don’t pull out the weeds, it’ll never look as good as it could. My friend Jim Florwick detailed the gory…

April 7, 2014

NETWORKING

Mobile Marketing & Location Context @ ClickZ New York 2014

Digital Marketing Executives, trade press and specialist companies gathered in New York this week for the latest ClickZ Live NYCevent. Location, location, location…!!! A very clear trend visible here is how location had become a key part of the digital marketing language. It was part of the Ke…

April 1, 2014

NETWORKING

RetailMeNot Leverages Cisco and Plixer for WLAN Optimization

Founded in 2007, RetailMeNot.com is the largest digital coupon site in the US.  They help hundreds of thousands of customers save money when shopping online. They are headquartered in Austin Texas, in the hip “Live Music Capital of the World”.  Since the company went public in 2013, the company has…