Cisco Live’s first ever “Industrial Intelligence Day” focusing on manufacturing and industrial customer needs was judged a great success according to the feedback  given at the sessions in Las Vegas this week. In an action packed day attendees heard about trends in network convergence between business IT and Industrial plant networks, and how standard Ethernet IP protocols were becoming prevalent in industrial and control netwo…

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Post by Gordon Feller, Director, Urban Innovations, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group Perhaps more than ever before, public sector leaders are concerned about their organizations’ ability to respond to new policy and service demands, budget reductions, and the need to engage new technology platforms for innovation and service delivery. This scenario is further complicated by today’s uncertain and volatile socioeconomic environment, and by…

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Tags: IBSG, innovation, meeting of the minds, public sector, smart+connected cities, Sustainability

The need for cities to balance social, economic, and environmental resources is becoming increasingly critical. Cities, however, now have an opportunity to use the network as the platform for visualizing and modeling urban infrastructure to provide innovative urban services and manage urban sustainability. Using the network as the fourth utility (in addition to electricity, water, and natural gas), cities can integrate multiple systems to delive…

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Tags: Busan Metropolitan City, Cisco, cloud services, IBSG, infrastructure, meeting of the minds, network, S+CC, Smart City, Smart+Connected Communities, u-City, urban services, urban sustainability

City of Baltimore: Benefits of Secure Cities and Smart+Connected Community approach The City of Baltimore is a remarkable example of a successful project demonstrating the clear benefits of a Smart+Connected community approach for government agencies worldwide. The City of Baltimore deployed an integrated video sharing platform that allowed 20 city, state, federal and private agencies to easily and quickly communicate, collaborate and share reso…

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Tags: City of Baltimore, PSIM, Secure Cities, Smart+Connected Communities, video surveillance, VIDSYS

You’ve just finished a UCS installation for a customer—as the final tests are conducted you think, “UCS is fantastic. My customers will enjoy better application delivery and solid performance—all for low total cost of ownership. Perfection!” If thoughts like that have run through your mind, then you should jot them down, because guess what—you just might win an iPad2! Here at Cisco Channels, we’re launching a contest–we want Cisco partners to…

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