Key to the development of effective public sector strategies for resilience, innovation, and productivity is the ability to navigate at unprecedented scale and speed, complex and distributed communities (networks) of information, people, and things. By tapping the power of these networks, communities can effectively share ideas, expertise, and knowledge, encouraging richer levels of participation. Smart City development and services through part…

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Tags: #lonconf, Cisco, cloud services, IBSG, infrastructure, London Policy Conference, network, S+CC, Smart City, Smart+Connected Communities, urban services, urban sustainability

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Soni Jiandani about the nature of innovation at Cisco.  For those of you who know her, you know she knows a thing or two about bringing innovation to market.  Soni is currently a VP in the Server Access and Virtualization Business Unit. In a prior role, she was Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s LAN and SAN switching business unit within the Data Center, Switching and Wireless Technology Gro…

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Tags: Data Center Business Advantage, FCoE, innovation, Research and Development

Inspiration: We all lose it from time to time. Sometimes we find it again in the strangest places, and other times, in the most obvious. How many times have you gone into a meeting expecting minimal outcome only to have the light bulb go off after someone’s comment? Today, we have access to some of the brightest minds in the world thanks to collaboration technologies and virtual networking.  And as a result, the spark can come from anywhere. Tak…

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Tags: innovation, networking, video

Cisco UKI Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Ian Foddering interview before and after a Cisco Twitter Chat. Focused on technology innovation in the workplace and how these breeds a new kind of business/entrepreneur and London 2012. Ian said “Thanks to everyone who joined our recent Twitter Chat on technology and innovation. Full of insights, it was great to hear a range of views from the IT industry about the trade-off of cost savings versus inve…

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Tags: Business Innovation Gateway, Entrepreneur, infrastructure, London Olympics, UK

Well, first of all, Cisco IBSG stands for Internet Business Solutions Group. IBSG is the premier thought-leadership group within Cisco when it comes to helping customers realize the benefits of the trends and advances in technology, networking and new business processes. Listen to one of the key IBSG leaders for Industry to find out more in the video. The Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) is comprised of industry influencers and…

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Tags: Cisco, collaboration, disruptive technologies, IBSG, innovation, knowledge work, manufacturer, process, productivity, strategy, TelePresence, visual workplace