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Why are huddle spaces so important and relevant now? Because we’re no longer in the age of “oil and water at work.” What do I mean by that? Well, since people started working together in offices, let’s say for the past 100 years, meetings and collaboration efforts have had two primary ingredients: p…

A recent article by James Henderson in Channel Asia, “Cisco pulls ahead of Microsoft in $45B collaboration market” (January 24, 2019) is, to me, a fitting and pleasing testament to the efforts and vision of all the members of the Cisco team who are working to build a better approach to collaboration…

After a much needed and well-deserved rest, it’s time for us to jump into the spring semester. I always enjoy this time of year in the classroom because there’s so much excitement about pushing toward the finish line of another school year. However, sometimes the distractions of spring c…

Yes, we know that you have been asking this for years: “How can I show other content and signage on my connected Cisco video screens when they are not being used for screensharing, whiteboarding or conferencing?” Sure, there were workarounds – you could set up custom wallpapers or connect dedicated…

Winter can be a tricky time to travel. Whether you are in the snowy Midwest or sunny California, mother nature might have a different plan for you than your travel itinerary states. On a Sunday morning in December, I was getting ready to head to the airport to travel to a Cisco Design Thinking works…

We all know live, online webinars and events are great ways to engage with your dispersed audiences. But, until recently, the ability to connect deeply with your audience was fairly limited. They used to experience a low definition talking head video, some slides, and maybe a survey – I wouldn…

When you have a globally dispersed team, sometimes celebrating life’s moments means you have to do things a little differently. On my team, we’ve had virtual baby showers, bridal showers, new house tours, and now a WEDDING on Webex – because thanks to the cloud engineers at Cisco who build the soft…

The pace of business meetings today demands a new level of communication ability. It’s not enough anymore to sit in a meeting room around a conference call speaker or try to attain synergy by email. Busy people need a fully interactive experience to collaborate and communicate. They need to see body…

It was 7:00am and 17 degrees when the worst possible thing happened: my alarm clock went off. Okay, let me be honest: seven snooze cycles of alarms went off. The struggle of waking up was magnified by the chill from a snowstorm that hit Raleigh the night before. Since I was late for work, I got read…