This morning, a colleague told me that her motto for this year is “time to shine in ’09.” I told her that could connote that she wasn’t shining in previous years. She said maybe that was true. Cisco’s blogging efforts in 2008, however, have shone through. A little while ago, I hoped we would do more and more blogging and we have. I did a Best Blogs of 2007 last year and it, sadly, was mainly looking at my old blog entries. This past year, however, we now have 13 “corporate” blogs to choose from and many, many Cisco bloggers. And, as I am self-appointed judge and jury, I’m picking my favorites and keeping it to the top 10.So, here we go:1. From the Platform, the top blog entry of 2008 is: “Internet Traffic: What is a Zettabyte” If I had to sum up the top blogs of the platform in a word, it would be VIDEO. This blog captures the numbers.2. From Collaboration blog, my favorite blog entry was: “Team of Rivals” by Alan Cohen. “As we face the darkest business climate in a generation, working across corporate and geographic boundaries can play a critical role in determining whether companies survive or thrive during these tough times.” 3. From Data Center blog, my favorite blog entry is: “A Cloudy Day.” Doug Gourlay is opinionated, smart and willing to take a stance. He has helped grow the Data Center blog into one of our most popular blogs at Cisco. 4. From DigitAll Consumer blog (new in ’08), Johanna Fry and Mike Kisch have done a great job being creative on this consumer oriented blog. My favorite blog from this site is: “Enter the ‘Digital Cribs: Heaven or Hell’ Video Contest to win $10,000.“5. From Ecolibrium (new in ’08), the top blog entry is: The inaugural post on this blog by SVP Laura Ipsen launches the focus of this new blog, “The Green Backbone for Climate Change” 6. From Innovation blog: The I-Prize was a great competition driven from this blog by David Hsieh. An indicative blog is “And the Cisco I-Prize Semi-Finalists Are…” 7. From Mobility blog: “Mobility Superheroes” -- Alan Cohen is definitely the 2008 MVP of executive bloggers at Cisco. This blog sums up the importance of mobility in a way that only Alan could do.8. From SP360: Service Provider: Doug Webster is the motor behind this blog…my favorite entry from this past year is from this creative series “Cisco Launching a Car?” 9. From Web Experience blog, Martin Hardee created this blog and drives it…a blog post that I found helpful and cool , “Is this Web 3.0?” 10. I’m going to leave this one blank, as I would be interested to hear what YOUR favorite Cisco blog entry of 2008 was…just leave a comment and we’ll keep a running list.Go to our (newly redesigned) YouTube Channel to see the top videos from 2008, but the most viewed by far is our demonstration of onstage TelePresence to the King of Saudi Arabia…close second is Chairman and CEO John Chambers discussing Q109 earnings. And, finally, we’ve also learned more about blogging this year…see our updated blogging policy here. *And, for those of you who might get this if I put the words President-elect Obama in here…here are my thoughts on him from 2005 on education.Thanks to our readers and commenters in 2008 and we look forward to a great 2009. Time to shine! Happy New Year!
My Favorite Cisco Blogs of 2008
January 5, 2009 at 12:00 pm PST
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John. Appreciate the shout out for DigItAll Consumer. My favorite blog post of the year was Doug W. finally realizing that he was getting older and that his musical tastes weren’t as hip as they once were.Note: Kisch is referencing this blog entry, Why Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Is The Greatest Album of All Time”": http://blogs.cisco.com/sp/comments/why_thriller_is_the_greatest_album_of_all_time/“
As many of you know, I am a complete PUSHOVER for all things basketball. The great playmaker, the point guard of Cisco’s entire blogging effort is our own John Earnhardt. He has written so many great entries for Cisco, it’s hard to pick out my favorite.But I will never forget his endorsement of office pools around March Madness as an actual enhancement of employee goodwill. In his own words: You may lose 10 minutes of productivity here or there from the NCAA tournament, but you have to take the happiness of the employee into consideration.”"Hm. As Mark Twain wrote in “”Pudd’nhead Wilson”" : It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.”"”^0^1^^^0^0
12173^6339^Character Education^webmaster@iamgoingtocollege.com^http://www.iamgoingtocollege.com/character_education/^116.71.244.34^2009-01-05 23:17:57^2009-01-05 23:17:57^”This is very true It’s risky making these types of predictions in such a public way”":)”
Alan:As always, you are too kind…but as I was a benchwarming point guard on my high school team, I will take your compliment.I would also like to note that in the blog Alan references, I am not talking about NCAA office pools, but checking NCAA scores and progress of games. Office pools, of course, are not sanctioned by Cisco in any way, shape or form. Right, Alan?!!!Here is blog he references: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/spring_fever_first_steps_and_march_madness/Talk to you in March, Alan. I’m pulling for my Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Johnthanks for the clarification. Of course, we know the Internet is NEVER used to support gambling in any way.There is substantial pressure, I would imagine, for you to change your vote from Wake to Duke, but I will let you figure that outAlan
I really enjoyed Alan Cohen’s follow-up to Team of Rivals”" called “”Collaboration – A Top Down Process!”" And I couldn’t agree more:”"The second wave of the Internet – is about variation and innovation at speed. It is about playing in new market segments and a global market place at speed and scale. Senior management plays a critical role in supporting this transition to the second wave of the Internet, as well. To successfully navigate the collaboration journey, organizations must have trust. They must have rules of the road – operating principles – on how collaboration works within their enterprise. The senior management team plays a critical role in establishing a trusting environment and protecting its success, transforming the corporate culture from the primacy of the individualâ€â€ÂÂÂbe it the executive, the team or business unit – to the primacy of the total organization.”"”^0^1^^^0^0
12141^5883^Mihir^mihir@inbox.com^^76.109.97.20^2009-01-07 17:30:46^2009-01-07 17:30:46^I just watched youtube video from mobilize 08.I share the same vision of stop separation of mobile applications and internet application.Would you be open to take any suggestion ???^0^1^^^0^0
12144^6015^Purushothaman^rpsman@gmail.com^^122.167.234.72^2009-03-27 02:14:27^2009-03-27 02:14:27^what is the exam cost of 1.CCNA Voice, 2.CCNA Wireless, 3.CCNA Security? If we can directly write the above three exams without CCNA Certificate?^0^1^^^0^0
12145^6388^JB^jb619a@hotmail.com^^76.97.113.1^2009-01-05 23:27:48^2009-01-05 23:27:48^It’s a sad day. Looks like Cisco is killing off Postpath and blending the technology into a cloud. I’ll keep looking for something else to replace my Exchange platform. 8-(^0^1^^^0^0
12146^6628^Steve^steve@manymoon.com^http://www.manymoon.com^67.101.218.13^2009-01-05 23:22:54^2009-01-05 23:22:54^Manymoon is a free web based project and task tracking tool which apart from having all the regular features which an online task management tool is expected to have, has a special feature – it allows you to easily attach your documents and sheets in your Google Docs account from within its interface. It also allows you to create private tasks, collaborate with co-workers, turn email into tasks and track the completion of projectsIts like facebook but secure and for work http://WWW.MANYMOON.COMGreat FREE Web 2.0 tool for collaboration^0^1^^^0^0
12231^6726^Roland Dobbins^rdobbins@cisco.com^http://www.cisco.com^64.104.95.195^2009-01-10 06:32:19^2009-01-10 06:32:19^VMs <> cloud computing. Virtualization technology is a containerization strategy, not a data/computing/processing portability strategy, nor will a high degree of Brownian VM mobility be common in cloud computing environments.Cloud applications will be written utilizing distributed modularization, with common sets of APIs and even algorithmic modules which can be called via ‘shorthand’ signaling routines between computing elements within a single cloud or inter-cloud. Much as the WAAS is capable of caching and then making short ‘signatures’ for binary data which can then be transmitted from one end of a WAN to another, these algorithmic modules and data structures will be represented and signaled in a similar fashion; the first time a call is made for a particular chunk of code or data, the recipient cloud may need to fetch it across once, but after that, this ‘shorthand’ signaling will be used in order to weave together dynamic code fragments and data structures into a truly distributed program execution environment (same with data storage).Associated algorithm/data structure metadata will allow for ‘follow-the-law’, ‘follow-the-sun’, ‘follow-the-capacity’, ‘follow-the-price’, etc. types of dynamic arbitrage.But the current concerns about VM migration are merely a transitional consideration during the period in which traditional OSes and applications/data are virtualized. It simply isn’t a consideration for true cloud computing.^0^1^^^0^0
12185^6711^John Earnhardt^jearnhar@cisco.com^^171.71.109.73^2009-01-06 00:11:12^2009-01-06 00:11:12^”The economy was clearly the story in the last half of 2008 and I would also add this thoughtful blog from SVP Corporate Communications, Blair Christie…entitled, The Tomorrow Economy”" it delineates the strengths of Cisco and the opportunities and challenges in our current economy…read here: http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/the_tomorrow_economy/“