Cisco Spark

5 min read

Recently there has been a lot of buzz in the news around people getting fed up with enterprise messaging applications. This began with a well written and widely read article in Medium titled, “Slack I’m Breaking Up with You.” A twitter hashtag called #slacklash started to rise in usage. Others jumped on the same bandwagon […]

2 min read

In today’s world of digital disruption, the customer experience is king and end-users are becoming sovereign decision makers who select their own portfolios of collaboration and content sharing SaaS tools. This pattern is driving tremendous innovation in the market and exponential growth for dozens of major new collaboration applications in use by knowledge workers globally. […]

1 min read

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco Partner Ecosystem news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Off the Top Happy Friday all. We’re still getting back into the groove of things around here […]

2 min read

This week at Enterprise Connect we announced the $150M Spark Innovation Fund. The fund will aim to foster even more innovation on Spark and Tropo within our developer community, through equity and non-equity investing.

3 min read

If you like the idea of Cisco Spark, you will love it with Cisco Spark Hybrid Services. On its own, Cisco Spark is a compelling tool: I can message, meet, and call and get my work done with all my teammates. Pretty cool. But, not everyone or everything is in Cisco Spark. So to be […]

3 min read

Another busy day of Enterprise Connecting comes to a close in scenic Orlando. With Cisco’s announcements and Rowan’s keynote yesterday, my Wednesday was a bit quieter than Tuesday. (Not quiet, mind you — just quieter…) Collaboration Platforms with Jonathan Rosenberg My first session this morning was at what felt like a very early 9 a.m. […]

2 min read

Without Cisco Spark, we wouldn’t be launching the Spark service now. Of course, we’d launch it, but the key is the timing. Now. What I am talking about is Spark’s impact internally on our ability to accelerate all the launch-related activities. Don’t get me wrong. Spark didn’t magically change how we approached the launch projects. What really changed was the efficiency of communications and decision making -- what the marketing guy in me is supposed to call “agility.”

3 min read

Apparently Monday was just a warm-up. Tuesday started with several announcements before sunrise and just kept going past sundown with the Cisco Reception. The energy level throughout the day? A strong buzzing. And there was a lot to buzz about, starting with the morning press release kicking off the day with announcements tied to Cisco […]

3 min read

Yes, Cisco Spark has arrived! That cool mobile business messaging app we launched a year ago has grown up. What Is Cisco Spark? Cisco Spark is a business collaboration service that enables you to message, meet, or call anyone, anywhere, anytime.