Today, in East Rutherford, NJ, USA, the New Meadowlands Stadium showcased innovative new stadium technologies designed to seamlessly transform the look and feel of the venue to host both New York Football Giants and New York Jets games, as well as other sporting and entertainment events.  The New Meadowlands is implementing technologies from Cisco and Verizon to offer stadium sports fans and entertainment followers leading-edge cus…

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Cisco has caught World Cup fever by collaborating with Control Room to showcase the Cisco® Digital Media Suite solution at the FIFA World Cup™ Kick-Off Celebration Concert.  The concert, which took place last week in the newly renovated Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, featured international superstars Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Shakira, and the Parlotones.   Cisco provided 25 42-inch high-definition…

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It’s that time of year again: the race that stops a nation. Computers are switched off, tools are put down and everyone in Victoria gets a public holiday, just to watch the famous Australian horse race, the Melbourne Cup. The richest and most prestigious horse race in Australia will be held, as it is every year, at 3 p.m. AEDT on the first Tuesday of the month (today!), at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. A racecourse that is soon to become t…

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Tags: Australia, sports and entertainment

Does it really matter where you are? Increasingly it might; even for the rich media applications that customers are starting to deploy on their networks. Location services are already emerging as a powerful transformative force in consumer electronics. Smartphone applications can already use your location to do anything from finding you the nearest Thai restaurant to locating the nearest available parking space. Increasingly essential tools for…

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Tags: business video, enterprise networks, medianet, rich media applications, video

London 2012 is here, schools are out and I’m reflecting on the successes of a very popular Games initiative. Cisco’s promotion of STEM skills – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – has just reached a fantastic conclusion with lots to celebrate. Two years ago, we set out to use the Games to focus and sharpen young people’s STEM skills. We wanted to inspire budding scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers and tomor…

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Tags: education, ICT, London 2012, stem