A very warm welcome to David Bell, Industry Solutions Consultant Architect, to the Manufacturing Industry Blog! David is a Cisco Consulting Solutions Architect, and has a wealth of experience with a  number of industries: he works in a global consultancy role at Cisco working closely with customers to deliver innovative industrial networking solutions. David has extensive experience in Manufacturing, Utilities, Mining and Transportation indu…

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WAN Optimization is an essential element of Cisco’s network-centric platform strategy, enabling key transitions such as data center consolidation, virtualization, cloud, virtual desktops and BYOD. Cisco is continuing to invest in the Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) portfolio to drive our strategy of integrating WAN Optimization into the network fabric to achieve unmatched scale, performance, and simplicity, while reducing overall customer…

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As world leaders ponder how to meet the growing demand for energy and resources, while reducing global carbon emissions, cities are challenged even further. The exponential growth of cities has resulted in enormous urban challenges:  scarcity of resources; skyrocketing passenger, cargo, and digital traffic; and outdated and overloaded infrastructures. The continued expansion of the Internet and our society’s increased connectivity seemingly ampl…

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Tags: Cisco, city services, city systems, collaborate, connectivity, efficient, IBSG, infrastructure, integration, Schneider Electric, smart, sustainable, urban life

The investment in technology to support London 2012 was staggering. Now, post-Games, the challenge turns to keeping it alive; utilising what remains to help build businesses, serve the community, and create a brighter future for technological innovation in the UK. One way Cisco is helping to achieve this is through the RAPTOR grant scheme. In a nutshell, RAPTOR’s goal is to build a digital ecosystem of SMEs that will develop new applications, s…

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Tags: economic development, London 2012, RAPTOR, Smart Cities, SME, UK

You may already be using a personal tablet — for news, social networking with friends, video on demand, and face-to-face video interaction. Now, thanks to the Cisco® Cius™ tablet, government organizations with hundreds of thousands of mobile workers can apply these various uses to a work environment in a way that would be impractical and cost-inefficient with commercial and personal tablets. The Cisco® Cius™ tablet is built specifically for busi…

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