People are talking about our Meet an NBA Legend Sweepstakes, with good reason! We partnered with the NBA to give you the opportunity to talk to NBA legend Bill Russell on ūmi. ENTER HERE Our online community is excited about this once-in-a-lifetime chance. We think the comments speak for themselves: Luke Walton of the LA Lakers even created his own ūmi video from home to get you pumped up about the opportunity to meet NBA Legend Bill Russell…

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Tags: Bill Russell, Celtics, Cisco umi, consumer, LA Lakers, Luke Walton, ūmi

What did everyone do for Mother’s Day? Were you lucky enough to celebrate with your mom in person? Or did you have to find a creative way to get in touch with her, similar to what NBA player Kevin Durant did? Kevin, a forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder, praises Cisco ūmi’s ability to keep him closer to his mom: “For a second I had to stop myself because I wanted to get up and give her a hug.” In never-before-seen videos exclusive for ūmi fans…

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Tags: Cisco NBA, Cisco umi, Extreme Home Makeover: Home Edition, home telepresence, Kevin Durant, nba, ūmi, video

The 2012 Olympics are just weeks away and NBCOlympics.com has pledged to live stream every event and sport for the first time ever — more than 3500 total programming hours, all viewable from your tablet or smartphone. While watching the Olympics, you’ll be able to view instant replays, send highlight videos to your friends, tweet on the latest play action, check stats…in short, enjoy a rich multimedia Olympics experience over the mobile ne…

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Tags: ASR 5000, asr 5500, asr5000, asr5500, mobile, mobility, nba, NBC, New Normal, Service Provider, video

Thanks to our Cisco ūmi community, we’ve been receiving great stories about how people are using ūmi to spend time with friends and family when they can’t be together in person. Some of my favorites are from the NBA at Home with Cisco ūmi video series. We set up NBA players and their family members with ūmi telepresence systems so they can stay connected despite their extremely busy lives. As a Boston native, I am especially excited that two out…

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Tags: Bill Russell, Cisco umi, home telepresence, Paul Pierce, ūmi

This weekend marks Cisco’s second participation in the NBA All-Star Game. As it takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, it takes on a twin importance for us: both global and local.We share the NBA’s commitment to the revitalization of New Orleans and the Gulf region — we, through our 21st Century Schools Initiative (21S) and the league through its NBA Cares program — still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katr…

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