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…

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Tags: Arun Saksena, Cisco, High Tech Industry, IBSG, Internet Business Solutions Group, Manufacturing, manufacturing industry, manufacturing Innovation, Peter Granger, thought leader

Any number of case studies can be cited as evidence that innovation and creativity are crucial to business success. Yet results from the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) suggest that many countries have much to do before they can be described as ‘innovative’. So a real problem facing European organisations is that they just can’t recruit enough of those special ‘creative’ people — right? I’m not so sure. I’d suggest that the statistics say…

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Tags: creativity, diversity, inclusion, Inclusion and Diversity, innovation

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

Co-written by Joe O’Connor, Senior Executive Director, Cisco Smart+Connected Communities Seattle, famous for technology and innovation, couldn’t be a more perfect place to attend and participate in the 2012 Every Building Conference & Expo hosted by Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and BUILDINGS. This summer meeting is one of commercial real estate’s premier events and a place to develop new ideas and showcase Ci…

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Tags: 2012 Every Building Conference & Expo, BOMA, Cisco, Commercial Real Estate, emerging technology, energy savings, high-performance space, IBSG, innovation, network as the 4th utility, next-generation buildings, real estate industry, smart+connected cities, smart+connected real estate, Sustainability, urban community

All too often, vendors talk about products or features when customers really want solutions and “how do I get there?” models for evolving their business. Cloud Computing is a topic that definitely falls into the latter category because it isn’t a single piece of hardware or software, but rather it’s a new way to align business needs with technology capabilities. For many companies, Cloud Computing represents both an oppor…

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Tags: automation, Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Hybrid Cloud, innovation, integration, network, Open, private cloud, virtualization