We did it again! Gartner recently published its annual Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwidereport. And for the fifth year in a row, Cisco is positioned highest in "Ability to Execute." Gartner bases Ability ...
Looking to move away from purpose-built physical network appliances and take advantage of the benefits of NFV? NFV is about much more than cost savings, it is about moving at the pace of software. But how do you get started?...
It's that time of the year again -the Cisco Meraki team is packed and ready to attend ISTE 2016 for the 5th year! If you're also planning to attend, be sure to stop by booth#2537 and say hello to the Meraki team. There's no way to...
We can no longer debate the reality of digital disruption and its impact on each of us in all we do, at work, at home and at play. Today's challenge is to embrace the connected world and address security on a comprehensive continu...
Cooperation, co-development, co-opetition. What does it take to succeed in the "co-economy"? Just as the "sharing economy" has changed the basic assumptions upon which the hotel and taxi industries are built, the "co-economy" is c...
As I author this, I am in my hotel room in Chicago and its Thursday evening. Ourcore Cisco Big Data team has been here for the past two days focused on planning our worldwide 2017 activities. One thing that is stuck in my mind no...
My first InfoComm experience proved to be quite insightful, especially regarding the 100+ degree days we faced in Las Vegas! As a booth tour guide, it was interesting to see the parts of the Cisco booth that gained the most a...
In the latest annual update to Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, 2015-2020 we forecasted that the global number of IP connected devices and connections will grow from 16.3 billion in 2015 to 26.3 billion in 20...
Since our Digital Ceiling launch earlier this year, together with our ecosystem partners, we have been successfully implementing a good amount of customer implementations. This year's RealComm/IBCon conference, right in the h...
My role has always involved connecting with external partners and suppliers. Not knowing what platforms they used for video conferencing created a challenge, and often resulted in using an audio-only bridge. This meant I couldn't ...
When I think about the future of business, the behavior of consumers gives me serious pause. Their demands are changing how we do business-even how we innovate. I know we've heard this before. But something's quite different. The ...
When we talk about digitization and "There's Never Been a Better Time", the assumption is that we're only talking about the future-and putting aside the past. That's not true. The city of Biel, Switzerland has been settled for hu...