Cisco is once again sponsoring the DoGooder Video Awards, which recognize the creative and effective use of video in promoting social good. New this year is a category for young do-gooders, aged 12 to 21, who best commun...
As information consumers that depend so much on the Network or Cloud, we sometimes indulge in thinking what will happen when we really begin to feel the effects of Moore's Law and Nielsen's Law combined, at the edges: th...
Technology has had a dramatic impact on education over the past few years, with tablets, digital chalkboards and new collaboration technologies changing the way students learn and professionals advance their careers. The Internet ...
In my last blog, "Has Hybrid Cloud Arrived? Part 1: And How Will it Shape the Role of IT Going Forward?" we looked at the business drivers of a hybrid cloud and previewed the key requirements. In this blog, we will look at Cisco I...
As Cisco Live, one of our annual, regional training, networking, and education conferences, wraps up in Milan, Italy today, we are pleased to report that our first-ever Academy Day drew more than 8000 Cisco Networking Academy stud...
We announced the Network locality project at SC'13, and generated a LOT of interest (far more than I even anticipated!). As a refresher, here's a link to a a blog entry we wrote about Netloc back in November. There...
About two years ago, I went into a customer workshop on private cloud. As we were introducing ourselves around the table, the CIO turned to me with a pained expression and said, "Bob I have a different problem. My CFO and CEO just...
Each week, we'll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here's what you might have missed this week: We cont...
Businesses of all sizes are looking for Cloud solutions to solve some of their biggest business and technology challenges-reducing costs, creating new levels of efficiency, transform to create agile environment and facilitate...
On January 16, 2014, Proofpoint discussed a spam attack conducted via "smart devices which have been compromised." Among the devices cited by Proofpoint as participating in the "Thingbot" were routers, set-top boxes, game consoles...
As Wi-Fi continues to be the primary mode of access, enterprise Unified Communication(UC) applications usage is increasing with smartphones, tablets and laptops. Customers are asking, is there anything I can do to prioritize Jabbe...
Today is the final day of a very busy and successful Cisco Live Milan 2014. Read my initial observations from the event earlier this week. As the event draws to a close, lets look at some of the location analytics available via C...