Articles

August 5, 2013

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

What the British royals are teaching the rest of us about social: What companies can learn to do

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Social media is quickly becoming ubiquitous in our lives — not only giving us news on our friends, but news of the day. We found out all about the recent birth of the newest heir to the British throne on social. The royal baby is merely two weeks old and already doing a lot to […]

Internet of Everything: Connecting your city, one home at a time

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“Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how.” – Edward T. McMahon Does your housekeeping list look like mine? Turn on the lights. Take out the trash. Clean the living room. The list […]

The Customer is King at Cisco Live

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Last week, I was at Cisco Live in Orlando, Florida where I experienced first-hand the magnitude of opportunity and marketing value that lies in interacting with the customer. This...

June 18, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Women Leading in the Workplace

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Long after she made it cool to be a woman in high tech, Sheryl Sandberg is now making it popular to talk about gender in the workplace. The Facebook COO...

How Women Lead In the Workplace

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Long after she made it cool to be a woman in high tech, Sheryl Sandberg is now making it popular to talk about...

Riding the Internet of Everything Wave

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Last week I attended the Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) expo in San Francisco – home of delicious seafood and great surfing. At the conference I had a chance to talk about the changing tide of IT and how we can prepare for the next big swell. Throughout history there are moments in […]

Driving Success for Midsize Businesses with New Website

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I’m happy to announce a new resource for companies with 100-1,000 employees:  the Cisco Midsize Business Solutions website. Built for midsize IT and business leaders, it discusses current market influences and top challenges with insights on how to address them. With solutions, case studies, videos, and tools, it provides these leaders with the information they […]

How to Build a Happier and More Efficient Team

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For those of us in large enterprises, it’s easy to feel lost in the sea of employees. With the rise of mobility, virtualization, and BYOD, many of us in the tech industry work from home, other offices, or even other countries. Because of this, many of us miss the chance to build good relationships with […]

Making Connections When Mother Nature Hits

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When natural disasters strike, our first instincts are to phone or text loved ones; check news and social media sites; and go online to lend support. These connections become our lifelines. In the process, mobile devices become paramount in connecting people to people and people to data. That’s why the Internet of Everything (IoE) is […]

April 29, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Innovation: Turning Childhood Dreams into Today’s Reality

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 “All grown-ups were once children –though few of them remember it.” — Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince Recently, I attended one of my favorite events – the EG conference in Monterey, California. Speakers ranged from musicians to rocket scientists to pickpockets and everything in between. Embracing the theme of “everything is learning, learning […]

January 28, 2013

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The Internet of Everything Has Begun

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When most people think of their early experiences with the internet, the memory comes with a sound: the scratchy noise of a dial-up modem. What a long way we’ve come. We have gone from clumsy desktop computing to a world of mobile computing with smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Businesses can interact with customers real-time through […]

January 22, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cutting Through The Techno-Babble

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The Cisco Aironet 3600 features the Highest 802.11n performance with Cisco CleanAir™ technology and is the industry’s first 4 x 4 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) access point with three spatial streams. It has add-on options for 802.11ac or Wireless Security and Spectrum Intelligence (WSSI) Module and standard 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) . All right. Who […]

January 7, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Nobel Peace Prize Concert and Visioning Open Society

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For the past 10 years, Cisco has had the unique privilege of sponsoring the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. This sponsorship has provided Cisco the additional opportunity to host global public sector leaders for a public services forum. I attended last month, where the theme of the forum was ‘Visioning Open Society’ and provided attendees the […]