Spotting the next innovation that could bring benefits to customers, or that could challenge the continued success of existing products, is a challenge that is front-of-mind for every company. But keeping a finger on the pulse of every innovation that could bring such a disruption is a daunting prospect. That’s certainly true for Cisco. We are a leader in more than a dozen industry segments. As a result, we have to keep our ear close to th…

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Tags: Cisco, Emerging Technologies, innovation, Stephan Monterde, Technology Radar

Today, everyone at Cisco is excited about the release of a new book — “The Human Face of Big Data” by Rick Smolan, a former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer best known as the creator of the “Day in the Life” book series. Cisco is a sponsor of the Human Face of Big Data Project, which also inlcudes a “Data Detectives” youth program and a smart phone application that allows users to compare their answers to questions about he…

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Tags: Big Data, Cisco, CSR, data, data in motion, smolan, social innovation

Last week I spoke with Louis Zacharilla and Robert Bell co-founders of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF ).  They were both very busy getting ready to announce the Intelligent Community of the Year at the Building the Broadband Economy summit in New York City June 6-8. Each year, ICF presents an awards program for Intelligent Communities and the public-sector and private-sector partners who contribute to them.    This year the 2012 Revolution…

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Tags: broadband, Connected Government, innovation, intelligent community, network platform

In my last blog, I wrote about HP’s disturbing pattern of suing non-California employees under ‘non compete’ clauses, often imposed  years after employment began.  Apparently it’s relatively recently that HP decided to abandon its Silicon Valley roots and tie up its  non-California employees in legal knots.  HP is in fact the only large Silicon Valley-based company to have two classes of employees and try to impose mobili…

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Tags: employee mobility, employment law, general counsel, HP, innovation, legal

…s on how they use their network as an innovation engine to drive their business, there will also be live Q&A. Please join us and submit your questions for the panel. Broadcast Details Date: Wednesday 15th June 2011 Time: 08.00 PT / 11.00 ET / 16.00 UK Time / 17.00 CET Link: Please go here to register. If you cannot attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available via the same link within 48 hours of the event. In addition, please join t…

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Tags: Borderless Networks, Columbus Regional Airport Authority, customer, ENGN, innovation, Paul Mountford, Roundtable, Tesco