Year: 2014

May 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
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Why Should You Participate in the Cisco #IoT Security Grand Challenge?

Eight weeks ago, Cisco launched the Cisco IoT Security Grand Challenge, an industry-wide initiative to bring the global security community together to secure the IoT. Despite its overwhelming business benefits, IoT adoption also significantly increases security risks. So this Challenge is really just a blatant attempt to bring the best and brightest security minds to the table to help us find innovative IoT security solutions. Thus far, it’s worked – we have some fantastic submissions. But we know there are more out there and we’d love to see what you can do!

If you’re interested in learning more about the Challenge, please plan to attend a free one hour webinar on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 12:00pm EDT. Dave Evans, Cisco’s Chief Futurist, and Dr. Tao Zhang, Cisco’s Chief Scientist for Smart Connected Vehicles, will talk about why the Challenge is so important to the future of IoT, and answer any questions you may have. This is a live, interactive webinar, so bring your specific questions. I’ll see you there!

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Jeff Aboud

IoT Security Manager

Internet of Things Technologies

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#EngineersUnplugged S5|Ep9: Why ACI?

In this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged, Jim French (@CiscoJimFrench) and Bill Gurling (@vDingus) talk about Why ACI in the modern data center.

Abstract the Unicorns!
Abstract the Unicorns!

This is Engineers Unplugged, where technologists talk to each other the way they know best, with a whiteboard. The rules are simple:

  1. Episodes will publish weekly (or as close to it as we can manage)
  2. Subscribe to the podcast here: engineersunplugged.com
  3. Follow the #engineersunplugged conversation on Twitter
  4. Submit ideas for episodes or volunteer to appear by Tweeting to @CommsNinja
  5. Practice drawing unicorns

Join the behind the scenes by liking Engineers Unplugged on Facebook.



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Amy Lewis

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Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing

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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 fundamental factors, drivers and numbers behind this growth to put it into context. Continue reading “Explosive Growth in Mobility and Location-based Marketing”



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Brendan O'Brien

Director Global Product Marketing

Connected Mobile Experiences

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Video: the Super Sensor of the #InternetofEverything

A key advantage of the Internet of Everything (IoE) is the ability to “see” the world around us in unprecedented ways.

One way to do this is through the millions of cheap, tiny digital sensors generating data from shoes, tires, shopping carts, jet-engine parts, medical equipment, and just about anything else you can imagine.

But another type of sensor promises even deeper visibility and insight: video. Connected video — when deployed in the right situations and combined with other IoE components, such as analytics and mobility — can truly transform the ways in which we sense the world. And for organizations, video will provide rich, real-time insights that will drive hyper-aware decision-making and predictive strategies.

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Shaun Kirby

Director and Chief Technology Officer

Cisco Consulting Services

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Unified Gateway: More is better, but sometimes less is more!

There are times where more is better; more sunshine, more vacation time, more cupcakes!

However, less is also good. Think of a round of golf, or perhaps root canals!

Or how about the quantity of customer premises equipment (CPE) you need to deliver a compelling video and data experience to your subscribers?

Imagine one box of tricks that does the lot… and more!

Well at Cisco, we just made one.

It’s called Continue reading “Unified Gateway: More is better, but sometimes less is more!”



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David Yates

as Director of Service Provider Video Marketing at Cisco

SP360

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Java Bindings for Open MPI

Today’s guest blog post is from Oscar Vega-Gisbert and Dr. Jose Roman from the Department of Information Systems and Computing at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.

We provide an overview of how to use the Java bindings included in Open MPI. The aim is to expose MPI functionality to Java programmers with minimal performance penalties.

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Jeff Squyres

The MPI Guy

UCS Platform Software

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There is No Limit to Innovation

There is no limit to innovation.  Cisco has embraced that idea for more than three decades with our build, buy, partner and integrate growth strategy.  Part of that strategy is investing in order to gain insights and drive new innovation.  True to that spirit, we have just announced the next evolution of the Cisco Investments[1] platform and a set of investments in support of an exciting new investment theme. These announcements build upon the foundation of our current $2 billion investment portfolio, which fuels innovations across many domains and geographies.

In addition to our primary strategic investment activity, we are also allocating $150 million in theme-based investments over the next three years to explore new, disruptive markets, including: big data/analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), connected mobility, advanced storage, silicon, content technology ecosystem, and India innovation. The $150 million in funding builds on our previously announced $100 million plan to invest in IoE-focused starts ups and funds.

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Hilton Romanski

No Longer with Cisco

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European Cybersecurity Policy Priorities

As an Internet society we are generating digital information at an exponential rate. It’s coming from more devices that are more connected than ever and getting smarter all the time.  Next year we will hit the zettabyte era – that’s 1000 exabytes of IP traffic each year, the equivalent of 36 million years of HD video.  By 2017, there will be almost three times as many devices as people on Earth.

As we increasingly rely on more and more elements of our world becoming connected, it is natural that there are growing concerns over keeping society safe and secure – it’s in the interest of both government and the private sector to make sure we can rely on these connections, that we trust them and can maximize the opportunities they present us.

Today will be the third plenary meeting of the NIS Platform – the EU’s public private partnership for cyber security.

It’s one of many ways that we can work together with other stakeholders to stay ahead of the game.  The European Commission has designed its own approach via the European Cybersecurity Strategy and by drafting the first pan-European legislation on cybersecurity, the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive.  As the legislative discussion heats up in the Council, I have outlined Cisco’s perspective on this important issue in this short video:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A18kZA3XgCw&feature=youtu.be

 



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Chris Gow

Senior Director, EU Public Policy

Government Affairs

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This isn’t your fathers connected life!

chowj-300x400By Joe Chow, VP & GM, Connected Devices Business Unit, Cisco

With the proliferation of IP devices and ubiquitous access to broadband, consumers are increasingly enjoying the benefits of “being connected”. But being able to adjust your thermostat while on vacation or remotely limit your child’s internet access is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a wealth of revenue opportunities that service providers can extract from the business market place.

One example is energy.

What does a service provider have to do with energy you ask? Well Continue reading “This isn’t your fathers connected life!”



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David Yates

as Director of Service Provider Video Marketing at Cisco

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