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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…
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…
Tags: Business Innovation Gateway, Entrepreneur, infrastructure, London Olympics, UK
Please Welcome Arun Saksena to the Manufacturing Industry Blog. It is with great pleasure I introduce Arun Saksena as our latest Manufacturing Industry Thought Leader. Arun has had a distinguished career at Cisco and is currently Director and Global High-Tech Lead, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). I had the pleasure of meeting up with Arun recently. In his role as Global High-Tech Lead in IBSG, Arun has been instrumental in form…
Tags: Arun Saksena, Cisco, High Tech Industry, IBSG, Internet Business Solutions Group, Manufacturing, manufacturing industry, manufacturing Innovation, Peter Granger, thought leader
In late 2010, when Cisco began thinking about how best to respond to the Prime Minister’s call for corporate involvement in East London Tech City initiative, we quickly saw a great opportunity for us to contribute to a wider UK economic and social development agenda. Because we were already committed to creating a legacy of educational and entrepreneurial opportunity from our sponsorship of London 2012, we immediately saw many ways of using Cis…
Tags: BIG Awards, British Innovation Gateway, innovation, National Virtual Incubator
The 2012 Summer Olympics are underway in London, and Cisco is there as the official network infrastructure supporter. But delivering voice, video, and data traffic for London 2012 is only the starting point of our involvement. By the time we reach the finish line, we hope to foster Science, Technology, Education, and Math (STEM) skills in young people and cultivate entrepreneurship and innovation in the UK’s information and communications techno…
