An explosion of new technologies is creating new winners and losers in nearly every industry. You only have to look at the changing fortunes of Apple and Hewlett-Packard in the personal computer/tablet arena over the last decade to see how innovation can propel one company into superstar status, while another becomes irrelevant in the same market space. So how can companies gain and hold an edge in technology innovation? In an engagement with a…

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Tags: Cisco, Disruption, disruptive technologies, ecosystem, global, IBSG, innovation, interactions, management, manufacturer, market, partners, process, product, strategy, technology, technology scan

If you missed BIO 2012, you missed a lot.  The public and private sector came together this week on Boston to examine innovation opportunities to promote economic growth through collaborative research and development projects.  The event drew 16,505 industry leaders from 49 states and 65 countries.  Boston was host to universities, researchers, state, local and federal government economic development representatives, clinicians and private indus…

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Tags: #economic growth, biotech, economic development, healthcare, innovation, private sector, public sector, research, university

Is there a nurse in your organization who has taken the lead in implementing technology in order to deliver better patient care?  If so, the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) wants to hear from you. AONE, the national organization of nurses who design, facilitate and manage care, is now accepting nominations for the 2013 AONE Innovation in Technology Award.  This award, sponsored by Cisco, honors an outstanding nurse leader who de…

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Tags: Cisco, healthcare, innovation

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that US manufacturing productivity’s average annual rate of growth (AARG) from 2007 to 2010 is 2.0%. In addition, the report cited that from Jan 1972 to August 2010, the number of people employed in US manufacturing jobs fell from 17,500,000 to 11,500,000 while manufacturing value rose 270%. Upon reading these statistics, I began to reflect on how technology has radically changed every facet of h…

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Tags: automation, Cisco, collaboration, economy, globalization, healthcare, innovation, innvision, Manufacturing, Obama, philanthropy, poverty, volunteering

A number of forces are changing how we work, live, and innovate: pervasive technologies, distributed ways of working, “space rather than place” as a work ethos, new methods and modes of work, access to shared services, open versus closed innovation, a new generation of workers, environmental concerns, and macro socioeconomic shifts. Given a choice, people will demand freedom to work, live, and innovate in ways that meet their individ…

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Tags: Big Data, Cisco, cloud services, device proliferation, future of work, IBSG, infrastructure, network, S+CC, security, smart applications, Smart+Connected Communities, urban services, urban sustainability, work-life