UX

November 5, 2019

NETWORKING

Cisco and Microsoft Advance Technology Partnership to Improve SD-WAN and Cloud Connectivity

When I meet CIOs in small and large enterprises, they almost always ask if Cisco can do more to help their employees get the best application experience in cloud apps and services, while maintaining high security. While the internet is rapidly becoming the preferred method of connectivity due to cos…

May 16, 2018

DEVELOPER

Design Thinking at Cisco DevNet

Cisco technology can help individuals and organizations around the world build pretty much anything they imagine. But before you build it, you should ask the right questions to make sure you are making the most of your resources and your ideas.  It’s important to always keep the user in mind.…

April 27, 2018

DEVELOPER

Design Your APIs with a UX Mindset

The ushering in of the app era has resulted in an increased focus on User Experience (UX) in practically every product, including those, like (say) networking products, that were traditionally considered as too technical to be simplified.  The “Consumerisation” of IT has led users, who a…

May 16, 2017

COLLABORATION

Product Adoption: The Overlooked Phase of User Experience

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” As I walked around Enterprise Connect 2017 this year, nothing seemed more refreshing to hear company leaders gloating that their products have the best user experience.  This was repeated throughout the…

Developers, Meet DevNet Create

You’ve heard us talk about it for months! #DevNetCreate: Cisco’s first developer conference, where applications meet… Applications have met a variety of challenges and ideas. We’ve collected our favorites here: blog.devnetcreate.io   Now, we invite YOU to join the conve…

April 3, 2017

COLLABORATION

A Designer’s View: Winning Red Dot’s “Best of the Best” for Cisco Spark Board

Today feels like what it must be to be a race driver winning the Le Mans or an actor winning the Oscars. As a product designer, it’s an amazing feeling to be awarded “Best of the Best” Red Dot Design Award. No doubt it is a privilege to win this award, but like the race driver at Le Mans, it can’t b…

March 21, 2017

COLLABORATION

Experiencing Collaboration at Enterprise Connect

I’m really excited for next week’s Enterprise Connect in Orlando. Why? Because this show is so focused on what matters most to us: Collaboration. We’re looking forward to having you experience our latest products in our demo area. Because it is all about the experience with us. I find that more than…

October 13, 2016

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Digitally Sell at #FullSpeed: Cisco dCloud Demos Help You Avoid Death by PowerPoint

In the summer of 2012, I was asked to pick up a high profile project with time restrictions for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (BAML). The brief was to implement a mobile phone recording solution for UK traders to comply with UK’s FSA rules on mobile call recording for financial institutions. Part of…

Building an Experience-Centric Network

By Melissa Zelyez, Cisco Marketing Manager Why are 50% of all businesses open to changing cloud providers? Service providers can be the top choice, if they prepare now… Today most businesses currently using cloud services do so through cloud providers, value-added resellers (VAR), system integrator…