Like many IT organizations, Cisco IT provides help-desk support only for Microsoft Windows-based PCs. Yet many Cisco employees choose to use a Mac, even if it means they are on their own for resolving problems, obtaining repairs, installing software upgrades, and similar support tasks. By the end of fiscal year 2009, Cisco had over 8,000 Mac users, and by fiscal 2010, over 12,000.

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This question was posed by the Manufacturing IT Director for a major Pharma producer, as part of an annual customer advisory board hosted jointly by Cisco and Rockwell Automation. One answer:  Good luck! …And why would you want to?

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Chet Namboodri talks about how consumer products are entering production and maintenance workflows and how “Rockwell and Cisco are in the forefront of enabling those solutions” during a recent customer innovation council session.

The migration of technology and applications from Consumer to Business to Industrial has become a well worn path, and the use of Smart Phones, Tablets, Mobile Video and other Operator Interfaces powering work flows and industrial intelligence has become a mainstay for Manufacturers.  Read More »

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Continuing the spirit of true collaboration, innovation and partnership, Cisco WebEx offers video conferencing on the Apple iPad.  For those of you already using the app and new users, this is a great addition to the WebEx meeting experience.

Download the new WebEx for iPad app, and enjoy the freedom to collaborate more effectively with video — anywhere.  Let us know what you think.

Hear more details from Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group CTO, David Knight:  http://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-webex-brings-mobile-video-conferencing-to-the-apple-ipad/

Tags: Apple, Apple iPad, Cisco WebEx, iPad apps, video conferencing, web conferencing