Cisco’s Value Incentive Program (VIP) is now in its fifteenth consecutive period. For those who haven’t yet gotten involved, it’s a program designed to help increase margins and differentiation for customer-focused partners. In short, VIP rewards partners that focus their …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on January 29, 2010 at 10:43AM
Is your wireless network ready for business video? Watch this video to see if you have been in a similar situation, and to see how Cisco Media Ready Wireless supports real-time video streaming, keeping your ideas in motion.
Posted by Ed Tan on January 21, 2010 at 01:04PM
As we enter a new decade in 2010, forward-looking communication solutions providers will continue to invest in building and evolving their IP NGN infrastructure. They are preparing for the increased demand from their business customers, as the Enterprise 2.0 phenomenon …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on January 15, 2010 at 09:03AM
As we enter a new decade, it seems appropriate to reflect on the transformation of the “Enterprise.” No, I am not talking about the starship! I am referring to the organizational framework that has been the mainstay of business structure …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on January 11, 2010 at 04:25PM
Anyone who has seen Cisco EVP Wim Elfrink in the flesh knows he has an infectious enthusiasm for innovation. So perhaps it is not surprising that the Cisco Chief Globalisation Officer’s no-holding-back attitude has spawned a new approach to learning …Read more.
Posted by Jason Deign on December 21, 2009 at 02:16PM
Yesterday, I had a chance to take part in a seven city Global TelePresence session that Cisco and AT&T conducted in association with The Nature Conservancy. The intent was to enable a live dialogue between the leaders of the TNC …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on December 17, 2009 at 04:34PM
”The fundamental social problems faced in the 21st century are shared global problems that do not respect national boundaries. The solutions require the engagement of all of humanity in its full diversity.” Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, University Professor, NYU Immigration Studies …Read more.
Posted by Ayelet Baron on December 17, 2009 at 02:35PM
Our Chief Demonstration Officer, Jim Grubb, has been demonstrating technology on stage with our Chairman and CEO John Chambers for years. Not everyone gets to see these demos so we thought we’d capture this one and share it a bit …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 14, 2009 at 01:25PM
“Me? In love with a pig? Wait ‘til I tell the guys in marketing.” - Kermit the Frog, The Muppets take Manhattan When the rock band Queen released “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975, they accompanied the single with a groundbreaking promotional …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on December 14, 2009 at 05:00AM
You may have caught the rumor a few weeks back that former E*TRADE, Microsoft and NBA executive, Debra Chrapaty, was about to join Cisco. Well, we can confirm on The Platform today that the rumor was true and that Debra …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on December 04, 2009 at 01:47PM
Watch Murali Sitaram, Vice President and General Manager for Cisco’s Enterprise Collaboration Platform (ECP), as he talks about Cisco’s recent announcement of ECP. The Cisco Enterprise Collaboration Platform is an enterprise-class, highly secure, policy driven social software application that allows …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on November 20, 2009 at 04:01PM
Be sure to stop by Cisco’s booth—#221—and enter to win a Flip Mino HD video camera. You can learn more here. And if New York City is too far for you, be sure to watch the conference online at http://tv.interop.com …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on November 17, 2009 at 11:08AM
The idea of a global CERT has been proposed multiple times in the course of several years. And while it has not always been proposed in the same form, the concept is the same nonetheless. The idea is very simple—we …Read more.
Posted by Damir Rajnovic on November 17, 2009 at 09:21AM
Cisco’s new collaboration solutions announced yesterday hold the promise of collaborating and communicating in new ways. Given the broad scope of the tools—from WebEx Mail, a hosted email solution, to the InterCompany Media Engine, a a solution that offers business-to-business …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on November 10, 2009 at 02:39PM
Watch this video of Alan Cohen, our Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, (and MVP of executive blogging here at Cisco), talk about our collaboration solutions that we launched yesterday. Additionally, you can now watch and listen to our CEO John …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on November 10, 2009 at 02:02PM
A multitude of new collaboration tools announced today, simply put, will help improve communications and bring us closer to an easy one-button approach. TelePresence, Unified Communications, and WebEx solutions have all been updated with new capabilities—for instance, a new feature …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on November 09, 2009 at 02:38PM
At Cisco, we are our partners. Which is why today’s Virtual Computing Environment Coalition announcement is about you and how we can forge ahead together in a new collaborative world. Cloud computing and virtualization have transformed the way we do …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on November 03, 2009 at 07:24AM
I’m really excited about our latest version of Cisco WebEx Meeting Center for the iPhone. In version 1.3, available now in the AppStore, you can now hand off your web conference session from your iPhone to your desktop, join by a meeting number, and when …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on November 02, 2009 at 05:11PM
Collaborate with Confidence By Maurizio Taffone, Business Development Manager, Cisco There is no doubt that collaboration technologies - from social networking to unified communications and video technologies – offer substantial business benefit and competitive advantage. These range from reduced travel …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on November 02, 2009 at 01:46PM
At the end of last week, there was some significant speculation and rumor in the media about our offer to acquire TANDBERG, a global leader in video communications. As a result, I wanted to reiterate a few important points about …Read more.
Posted by Ned Hooper on November 02, 2009 at 10:00AM
Guest blog entry by Dean Walters, CIO, Austar As Chief Information Officer for Austar United Communications for the last 10 years, I’ve been working hard to ensure that we evolve our systems to support future customer service strategies and achieve …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on October 29, 2009 at 12:01AM
Proctor & Gamble (P&G) today is a ninety billion dollar company with about three billion people around the world that use their products. Increased collaboration with Cisco Unified Communications and TelePresence has helped P&G meet its sustainability goals. Watch this …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on October 27, 2009 at 02:09PM
Is it time to reconsider the notion of “rich versus reach” with respect to the way we hold extended events? For years, technologists have described the tradeoff between high quality, sophisticated products and those that are available to a very …Read more.
Posted by Mike Bergelson on October 22, 2009 at 04:23PM
If your customers are asking for managed services, but you don’t have an infrastructure in place just yet, partner-to-partner collaboration may be that missing puzzle piece you need.Essentially, traditional partners can out-task their NOCs to partners like Heit who already …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on October 15, 2009 at 06:51PM
by Alan S. Cohen, vice president, Enterprise Solutions, Cisco. I am a recovering (semi-competitive) mid and long-distance runner. At an advanced age (in my late 20s), I finished my last serious competitive race at 5:20 a.m., skidding a finish line …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on October 13, 2009 at 08:41AM
Most companies have barriers within functions and across functions, for example a sales person wanting to collaborate efficiently with another sales person or a sales person collaborating effectively with purchasing and R&D. The situation is further complicated in a world …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on October 09, 2009 at 02:39PM
Since my last post talking about the launch of the SP Mobility Community, there have been thousands of visitors and many great discussions. The community is starting to have a life of it’s own and it has been exciting to …Read more.
Posted by Kittur Nagesh on October 09, 2009 at 09:59AM
Truly productive collaboration means being able to interact quickly without boundaries – without being hampered by the need to change devices, launch new applications, or switch between screens. It’s long been recognised that business users don’t care about the technology …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on October 06, 2009 at 03:07PM
50. That’s the number that today inspires me to relentlessly drive Cisco’s Customer Contact business forward into the future. While email and phone interactions of traditional call centers are still growing, 50% of all customers are now using social media …Read more.
Posted by John Hernandez on October 05, 2009 at 03:22PM
Large-scale, all-virtual meetings are rapidly becoming the norm at Cisco. What’s the underlying concept at work in transforming the way we conduct these events? Network-enabled collaboration. By beginning to adopt our own video and collaboration solutions with Web 2.0 technologies, …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on September 30, 2009 at 01:09PM
G’day. In the next of our series of video blogs from Cisco Networkers in Southern Australia, we hear from Peter Hughes, director of Collaboration and Unified Communications for Cisco ANZ. Peter outlines how we are really looking to scale human …Read more.
Posted by Marc Musgrove on September 29, 2009 at 12:34PM
Cisco recently conducted a focus group with executive level IT decision makers in several major metropolitan cities to better understand enterprise perception of Software as a Service (SaaS). Having been in the SaaS business over 12+ years with the Cisco WebEx …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on September 24, 2009 at 10:00AM
Arnold Clark Automobiles, Europe’s largest independent auto dealer, probably is no longer asked “dude, where’s my car?” thanks to a Cisco Unified Wireless Network and an AeroScout Vehicle Tracking solution at its Stafford, U.K. dealership. To the consumer, the mobility …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on September 23, 2009 at 09:41AM
Our Pass the Ball site features an ongoing series of webinars about how to share and grow your own ideas to make them better. This Thursday, Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computer Inc., will share how he has taken his ideas …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on September 22, 2009 at 10:30AM
Cisco has been espousing the true business benefits of Web 2.0 for awhile and a recent survey by McKinsey & Company confirms that, indeed, these tools have a place in business. For three years the management consulting firm has tracked …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on September 21, 2009 at 05:00AM
In celebration of the recently approved 802.11n standard, we would like to share a fun video that shows a world trying to collaborate without wireless, yearning to set their ideas in motion.
Posted by Ed Tan on September 16, 2009 at 10:48AM
US investment newspaper Investor’s Business Daily devoted its weekly ‘Managing for Success’ column to Cisco’s collaborative leadership model this week. IBD’s J. Bonasia interviewed John Chambers, Marthin de Beer (SVP, Emerging Technology Group) and Cisco’s organisational design guru, Ron Ricci, for the article, which includes …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on September 16, 2009 at 09:00AM
Cisco’s brand and global reputation as an innovator, networking leader and socially responsible company makes it a great place to work. I had the privilege to speak at the opening of the NASDAQ yesterday with London’s Mayor Boris Johnson and Ben Gallop, head of BBC Sports Interactive. …Read more.
Posted by Carlos Dominguez on September 15, 2009 at 01:41PM
The social media movement is causing noticeable acceleration in communication technology innovation. It wasn’t that long ago that our communications service providers touted “call waiting” as innovation with nationwide marketing campaigns but these days we see entirely new communication platforms …Read more.
Posted by Tod Famous on September 14, 2009 at 09:46AM
This is the name of an innovative initiative from Cisco in Chile in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy to support and help small companies to use the network as a competitive advantage—to improve processes, increase productivity, reduce operational costs …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on September 11, 2009 at 02:03PM
The recent news that Cisco shipped its 22 millionth Unified IP Phone to Foster’s Group Ltd.seems a good indication that recent media reports projecting the imminent decline of the desk phone are at minimum premature in their predictions. Is it …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on September 10, 2009 at 08:51AM
In September the IEEE will close the final chapter on a standards ratification process that will have lasted almost exactly seven years. The IEEE will ratify the 802.11n standard for high-speed wireless, removing the final hurdle for adoption by even …Read more.
Posted by Chris Kozup on September 09, 2009 at 04:10PM
In a tough economic climate cost savings are a priority, but at the same time it’s important that organisations remain competitive and assess how they can use technology to help them escape saturated markets and embrace new opportunities ahead of …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on September 08, 2009 at 11:43AM
Last week in sunny Acapulco, we were joined by more than 1,800 colleagues in the IT and networking industry. In its 13th year, the Networkers Mexico is as vibrant this year as ever before, despite the economic slowdown. We’re energized …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on September 08, 2009 at 08:11AM
As we continue to integrate Cisco’s acquisition of PostPath into the Cisco SaaS-based Collaboration portfolio , below are some salient characteristics of how email will evolve and change: Universal. Email will be delivered from the cloud (or from mixed cloud-and-customer-premise …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on September 03, 2009 at 08:53AM
“Tous pour un, un pour tous. ” (All for one, one for all.) - Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers The fifth and final key finding from the study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards (pdf), is the most unexpected: …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on August 31, 2009 at 11:28AM
“Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.” William Simon Continuing in my series of blogs on the study, Collaboration: …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on August 27, 2009 at 11:09AM
In days of yore, if you visited any design shop, you'd see scores of printouts, sketches, and other design work tacked and taped on walls throughout. In fact, in our design teams at Cisco we still do a lot of …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on August 24, 2009 at 05:45AM
Cisco recently co-sponsored a survey which asked over 1800 consumers from six countries (USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, and Australia) a set of questions focused on their perceptions of Speech Recognition and Self-Service as used for customer care. Although this …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on August 21, 2009 at 06:01PM
The other day I was blogging about how ready-made off-the-shelf templates can be just the ticket if you have a small business and need to update your web presence. But what if you’re in a much bigger company, and you …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on August 18, 2009 at 03:35PM
“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi In my recent blog on the study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards (.pdf), I reviewed …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on August 17, 2009 at 09:32AM
Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers was featured in this weekend’s “Corner Office” series by The New York Times. To be fair, Chambers doesn’t have a corner office. His office is the same as any other office at Cisco…really a …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on August 04, 2009 at 09:52AM
“People do what you inspect, not what you expect.” —Lou Gertsner, Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? In my last blog, I shared the first finding from the study, Collaboration: Know Your Enthusiasts and Laggards (.pdf doc), which grouped collaborators into …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on July 15, 2009 at 02:26PM
I had to share this amusing photo from a Cisco TelePresence meeting we had with one of our design agencies on Friday... Janet, from our Cisco.com design team, was in California. Dan, with the agency, was in Virginia 2,400 miles …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on July 13, 2009 at 05:44AM
Going into CiscoLive! in San Francisco, we asked our Cisco Twitter-ers (@CiscoSystems, @padmasree to name a few) to gather questions for Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers to answer from the show. This was our first Twitter Q&A and we …Read more.
Posted by Elizabeth McNichols on July 02, 2009 at 01:32PM
Thinking a bout the possibility of a BART strike, I got to thinking about telecommuting and other flexible work situations. I am a full time telecommuter, as are several of my colleagues. For example, a salesperson must be very flexible, …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on July 01, 2009 at 09:46AM
I’ve just finished watching the CiscoLive keynote webcast of Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers from San Francisco. All this talk of video, collaboration and virtualization makes much sense to me as I’m a whopping 45 miles away in San …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on June 30, 2009 at 11:42AM
We love to hear collaboration success stories. It’s collaboration that allows us to share a conference table and our ideas—when in reality, we’re a continent away. These tools are breaking down barriers, making us more productive and bringing technology to …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 26, 2009 at 08:12AM
Cisco set out to evaluate the social, economic and environmental impacts associated with allowing employees to telecommute. The results were released today. There are some obvious gains; like access to Cisco collaboration technologies enabled them to do their jobs better …Read more.
Posted by Molly Ford on June 26, 2009 at 05:07AM
I am delighted to announce the formation of the Cisco SP Mobility Community. This community will bring together mobility experts to collaborate and discuss technical and business challenges in the mobility space. If you are not already a member, please …Read more.
Posted by Kittur Nagesh on June 25, 2009 at 10:08AM
As Marie and Pat have mentioned in previous posts, we are busy applying the final edits to the 2009 Cisco Midyear Security Report. Cisco will provide an overview of what Security Intelligence Operations analysts have observed during the first six …Read more.
Posted by Russ Smoak on June 24, 2009 at 07:44AM
The new Apple iPhone 3G S on the new 3.0 operating system has many features that will be helpful to WebEx users on the iPhone. Here are my top three new features: Spotlight Search for WebEx meeting invitation You can …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on June 17, 2009 at 03:43PM
“To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” - Henry David Thoreau For technology companies, demonstrating how its solutions yield benefits to potential customers is …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on June 17, 2009 at 03:41PM
Joining Cisco has been transformative in the way I work, and the use of video for work place communication has played a large part in that transformation. All around me, I hear the top leaders within Cisco constantly talking about …Read more.
Posted by Kaustav Bhattacharya on June 16, 2009 at 08:14AM
Here's a hidden gem on Cisco.com: A "bake your own" Cisco TelePresence video starring you -- or even better, a colleague you want to have fun with. Here is the video my colleague Maureen sent me, having purloined a picture …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on June 10, 2009 at 10:08AM
So Twitter is everywhere! Obama @barackobama, Guy Kawasaki @guykawasaki, Darth Vader @darthvader and John Cleese @johncleese use it. I know any time I watch any news station a plug to get the latest breaking news via following @blank on Twitter …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on June 09, 2009 at 03:00PM
In my recent blog entry Cisco’s Collaboration Imperative, I reflected on why collaboration was a natural adjacency for Cisco. Over the past 8 years, as documented recently in Fast Company, we have evolved our operating model to be the sine …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on June 09, 2009 at 09:40AM
On day two of Partner Summit 2009 in Boston, I sat down for a chat with Cisco’s CTO Padmasree Warrior. During our discussion, she revealed her insights on the future of IT and collaboration. And, she makes one thing clear: …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 04, 2009 at 04:21AM
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on June 01, 2009 at 09:02AM
Earlier this year I wrote about the benefits of remote usability testing. Here on Cisco.com, we routinely use remote collaboration tools such as WebEx Meetings to run tests with our customers worldwide. These tools are highly effective, because they let …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on May 29, 2009 at 10:25AM
At Cisco, we firmly believe that the network enables collaboration—the type of collaboration that is required in today’s business environment where you need to work with people around the world. It’s the network that enables the people to connect, communicate …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on May 28, 2009 at 04:43PM
In a recent Q&A our Chairman and CEO John Chambers reflected on Cisco’s future growth, sharing a “Back to the Future” moment with the financial and industry analyst community: “We believe that we are very well positioned in the industry …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on May 26, 2009 at 10:33AM
Fred Mednick, the founder of Teachers Without Borders, shares an experience to show that no matter what a person does for a living, they have something to teach or share with another individual. Visit the Pass the Ball site to …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on May 26, 2009 at 09:56AM
Though Partner Summit is being held in Boston June 2-4 this year, you can attend the event no matter where you are in the world—no need to pack a suitcase or even book your airline tickets to attend. Simply log …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on May 22, 2009 at 01:25PM
Watch Tom Wesselman, manager of software development for Cisco Unified Communications, and Tugba Goksel, integrated marketing for Cisco Unified Communications, discuss next generation architectures for collaboration and a few of the exciting trends from this year’s Interop show. Find out …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on May 21, 2009 at 03:22PM
“We have friends of friends networks and reputation scores when we trade online. We share our preferences and our tag clouds as well we make sure that we are recognized in our professional lives in a given social network or …Read more.
Posted by Dennis Mancini on May 19, 2009 at 10:28AM
Cisco continues its saga of uniting collaboration and mobility with Collaboration in Motion, a strategic approach with the goal of overcoming the barriers of distance and time that enable people to connect, communicate and collaborate. More simply put, Collaboration in …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on May 19, 2009 at 10:27AM
I love the WebEx conferencing application for the iPhone. It makes my life easier by marketing itself. People download it, demo it to their friends, and bingo - their friends download it too. There are now over 100,000 WebEx Meeting …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on May 19, 2009 at 07:26AM
It’s 6:15pm EST on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 and I have just gotten up from my chair to get a cup of coffee before joining the next session. This is Day 2 of Cisco’s annual Strategic Leadership Offsite (SLO) where …Read more.
Posted by Carlos Dominguez on May 14, 2009 at 01:08PM
A new case study from Cisco-on-Cisco describes how WebEx interactive features engaged the company’s global salesforce during training for an important corporate initiative and formed the core of Cisco’s largest virtual training deployment: Late in 2008, Cisco’s entire global sales …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on May 08, 2009 at 09:36AM
The Cisco on Cisco team recently published its first case study created entirely by leveraging the three pillars of a Web 2.0 environment: people, communities, and information (P-C-I). We met with the Worldwide Sales Process and Systems team (the people) …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on May 06, 2009 at 03:39PM
Don’t think of this blog as a way for us to talk at you, rather think of this as a place where we can collaborate to share information and ideas to drive mutual success. Consider this your opportunity to start …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on May 01, 2009 at 02:44PM
Cisco Live in Second Life TechChat: “Learn How to Keep Your Network SAFE” This TechChat featured Bill McGee, Manager, Security Solutions and Calvin Chai, Security Solutions Marketing Manager, both from Cisco. During this TechChat our speakers discussed how a solutions-based …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on April 30, 2009 at 10:00AM
By Kara Wilson, vice president of marketing, Cisco Unified Communications Collaboration technology is in the midst of a perfect storm. We’re in the worst bear market we’ve seen in decades, yet savvy companies are using the downturn to plan for …Read more.
Posted by Kara Wilson on April 30, 2009 at 09:19AM
Restructurings, layoffs, slashed budgets. These are the words we’re hearing everyday in the news as we continue to wade through the current economic crisis. It’s a challenging and uncertain time to be sure, but it’s also an excellent time to …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on April 29, 2009 at 06:30PM
There are many times in our lives when joining a meeting runs up against a glitch. You might be stuck at the airport or unable to find a connection in that hotel basement conference room. Maybe you ran into traffic …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on April 28, 2009 at 11:53AM
Earlier this week Cisco announced a series of new security solutions designed specifically to secure web-based collaboration and a new application delivery cloud that combines the reach, scale, costs and control benefits of both on-demand and on-premises solutions. The new …Read more.
Posted by Colin Smith on April 24, 2009 at 10:32AM
Here is my fifth (and final) prediction regarding the future of collaboration. Prediction #1. Prediction #2. Prediction #3. Prediction #4. Prediction 5: Information Technology will evolve into Information Fabric A recent report from Deloitte talks about “Cognitive Overload.” They estimate …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on April 24, 2009 at 09:15AM
Here is my fourth prediction regarding the future of collaboration. Prediction #1. Prediction #2. Prediction #3. Prediction #5. Prediction 4: Organizations without boundaries will drive the next wave of productivity This prediction is rooted in the fact that business processes …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on April 23, 2009 at 09:29AM
Here is my third prediction regarding the future of collaboration: Prediction #1. Prediction #2. Prediction #4. Prediction #5. Prediction 3: Innovation will be redefined by Operational Excellence There is a long-standing debate about what drives long term success: Is it …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on April 22, 2009 at 11:13AM
I was just chatting with one of Cisco’s systems engineering managers, Roy McLean, and he told me a story that reminded me how important efficient communications can be, even something we take for granted, like voicemail. Roy works out of …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on April 22, 2009 at 09:20AM
Yesterday I shared my first prediction regarding the future of collaboration. Here’s my second prediction: Prediction #2: It is not about “on-premise” versus “on-demand”, it will be all about the User Experience In the technology industry we tend to focus …Read more.
Posted by Padmasree Warrior on April 21, 2009 at 09:43AM
Baseball season is in full swing now (pardon the pun), and I can’t help drawing comparisons with smart game management and smart business management—especially in the security arena. With baseball, it’s really about making sure you have defenses fanned out …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on April 21, 2009 at 07:06AM
Last year, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers partner uber-venture capitalist John Doerr wrote a nice essay on Cisco CEO’s John Chambers passion and focus on collaboration and education for the Time 100 list. This was the first year that Chambers …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on March 31, 2009 at 11:19AM
By Kara Wilson, vice president of collaboration, Cisco Today at VoiceCon we are continuing to fulfill our vision of the unified workspace – where customers can connect, communicate and collaborate with any device, any operating system, any network, anywhere, with …Read more.
Posted by Kara Wilson on March 31, 2009 at 09:04AM
There has been a lot of buzz about virtual tradeshows and events lately. With a lot of folks speculating on whether they are ‘here to stay’ or ‘only result of the current economic state’. Check out these five reasons on …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on March 30, 2009 at 06:00PM
In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. – F.D.R., Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 In …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on March 23, 2009 at 09:17AM
by Joe Burton, chief technology officer, Cisco Unified Communications Forrester coined an interesting term not too long ago: IT-To-BT Transformation. According to Alexander Peters of Forrester, ubiquitous computing and business technology (BT) are the two forces coming together that will …Read more.
Posted by Joe Burton on March 10, 2009 at 10:58AM
This morning, the news came in that Cisco TelePresence will be part of a Heidi Klum venture. The popular German TV show “Next Top Model” has a segment running next month with a contestant in LA talking to family back …Read more.
Posted by Erica Schroeder on March 09, 2009 at 04:48PM
I was reading Alan Cohen’s blog on the collaboration stimulus plan recently and couldn’t help chuckling about his reference to the very funny and creative work of Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip. Most of us can relate …Read more.
Posted by Jacqueline Pigliucci on March 06, 2009 at 09:12AM
It was less than 24 hours ago when I blogged about a few interesting examples of engaging digital content. Well here’s more! Today a series of engaging videos and songs came my way from a musician known as Kutiman, aka …Read more.
Posted by Chuck Fishman on March 05, 2009 at 02:29PM
Sad to see the latest outage with Gmail; how confident should individuals and companies be in web services? At their best, web services allow a concentration of expertise and best-practice that many organizations might not have internally. Many individuals and …Read more.
Posted by Duncan Greatwood on March 04, 2009 at 08:07AM
To be truly collaborative, employees require access to the right information at the right time across different workspaces. Enabling this collaborative experience requires consistent connectivity capable of supporting rich media communications. End users and businesses are well served by wired …Read more.
Posted by Chris Kozup on March 02, 2009 at 02:07PM
The OpenSpime project by WideTag on the Internet Of Things has announced a new series of of events, the Spime Design Workshops in Second Life. The hosting of the event is a collaborative effort between WideTag, Cisco, Feeding Edge, in …Read more.
Posted by Dennis Mancini on February 27, 2009 at 10:50AM
Post by Nick Earle, senior vice president of Cisco Services, European Markets A few weeks ago, I sat down with five CIOs of leading German companies. All from different industries with drastically different business challenges, but all intent on one …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on February 24, 2009 at 02:01AM
“Can you come to a meeting right now.” “No, it’s almost lunch time. If I miss lunch my day will be 12 hours of uninterrupted misery.” - The Boss and Dilbert Inspiration hits you at unusual times. I was standing …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on February 23, 2009 at 05:30AM
Do you write clear use cases when you begin a project? Can you explain how using a virtual world compares to typical learning modalities we’ve seen used in the last two decades? Hello world…I’m Barry Shields and I’m a new …Read more.
Posted by Barry Shields on February 18, 2009 at 05:32PM
There isn’t a technology customer in the world right now not focused on ROI but small businesses care more than most about getting a quick, tangible benefit to their business from a technology investment. Cisco small and medium business partners …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on January 27, 2009 at 11:00AM
In Barcelona earlier today, John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive told Networkers 2009: “We are at the beginning of the second phase of the Internet.” This message was delivered to the event’s largest ever audience. “If you look at …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on January 27, 2009 at 09:39AM
Most governments around the world realize small businesses are the engines of innovation. It’s why so many of their stimulus packages have been designed to help small businesses weather the downturn and evolve, create new ideas and generate new business …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on January 26, 2009 at 06:17PM
A very worthy recent posting by the Sierra Club offered a Top Ten list of ways to work greener. It can be found at http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2007/03/10_ways_to_go_g.html. In reading this Sierra Club entry, I was reminded of a presentation I first did …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on January 23, 2009 at 02:15PM
Posted on behalf of Michael Stevenson, vice president of Global Education, Cisco It’s no good teaching 21st century skills and then testing students on traditional facts and knowledge. During the Learning and Technology World Forum in London this week, Cisco, …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on January 13, 2009 at 12:57PM
802.11n for the enterprise has come a long way since we launched the first enterprise-class Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n access point in late-2007. We’ve shipped more than 175,000 Aironet 1250 11n access points since then, and today we are announcing our …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on January 13, 2009 at 07:25AM
Like many of us, I am the child of parents born during the Great Depression who came of age in the great upsurge of the post-World War II economy. As a young man entering the workforce, my father, a WWII …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on January 12, 2009 at 11:33AM
Tune in January 13 to Cisco Mobility TV to hear how Cisco is taking 802.11n wireless mainstream. Representatives from Cisco and NEC Unified Solutions will discuss new approaches for simplifying the transition to 802.11n wireless networks that deliver high-performance, collaborative …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on January 08, 2009 at 05:16PM
I'm sure you'll be reading more about this, but I wanted to give a small shoutout to the Cisco WebEx team for their MacWorld Best of Show award (for the new Cisco WebEx Meeting Center iPhone app, which you can …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on January 08, 2009 at 03:25PM
by Laurent Philonenko, vice president and general manager, Cisco Unified Communications Business Unit The growth in 3G cellular networks and proliferation of WiFi gave rise to one of the most compelling mobile service delivery platforms ever made.. I am pretty …Read more.
Posted by Laurent Philonenko on January 08, 2009 at 03:24PM
January 7th UPDATE: I just learned that the Cisco iPhone application won a Best of Show award today at Macworld. Congratulations to the collaboration team and thank you to the Macworld editors! Today, Cisco made an exciting announcement about the …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on January 06, 2009 at 01:08PM
This morning, a colleague told me that her motto for this year is “time to shine in ‘09.” I told her that could connote that she wasn’t shining in previous years. She said maybe that was true. Cisco’s blogging efforts …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on January 05, 2009 at 02:28PM
January 2009 – While the end of December usually provides a brief moment for a retrospective of the past year, the beginning of January always manages to usher in additional time for a more contemplative deliberation of our hopes and …Read more.
Posted by Morgan Elliott on January 05, 2009 at 11:17AM
Last October, I presented a paper on Video-delivery networks at the MPLS 2008 conference. The audience reaction was quite positive and I enjoyed talking to a bunch of service providers, some other vendors and a few Enterprise customers on how …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on December 17, 2008 at 01:52AM
My prior blog entry, “Teams of Rivals”, explored how the triptych of process, culture and technology must come together to enable a productive, innovative collaborative working environment. In this post, I want to offer an integral, related variable to the …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on December 15, 2008 at 09:44AM
Today, we are hosting industry analysts at our annual C-Scape conference. If you didn’t tune into the webcast events today, you can do so tomorrow starting at 8:45AM PT.. Some coverage: NeworkWorld files this: “Cisco to Shift Resources to Consumer …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 09, 2008 at 01:49PM
Today, Ed Sperling of Forbes has an interesting Q&A with our CIO, Rebecca Jacoby. The Q&A covers such topics as Web 2.0, collaboration, employee behavior change, the role of the CIO, and IT budgets. My favorite pearl of wisdom from …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 08, 2008 at 02:16PM
A recent study commissioned by Cisco and conducted by Forrester Consulting found a pervasive need for specialized networking skills. Some of the findings include: -36 percent of global companies surveyed said they have dedicated wireless specialists on their IT staff …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on December 04, 2008 at 11:03AM
Later today, Cisco and the Ponemon Institute will host a live webinar on policy and collaboration. I encourage you to attend but wanted to give you an advance look into our thinking about the interaction of these two critical technologies. …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on December 03, 2008 at 04:00AM
Fast Company’s December/January cover is on our favorite company…you got it: Cisco. Reporter Ellen McGuirt takes an in-depth look at our company’s collaborative management leadership model and our technology strategy. A few of my favorite quotes: “Cisco, (Chairman and CEO …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 02, 2008 at 12:31PM
An article in the New York Times on Yammer and Twitter caught my eye this morning. I’ve been experimenting with both sites and much to my surprise, I’ve actually added them to my regular tech routine. Even more relevant to …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on October 21, 2008 at 10:35AM
Recently, Alan Cohen called collaboration ‘the second wave of the Internet.” In this video, I investigate how much business value collaboration should be expected to create. Learning from historical patterns of productivity trends in countries and corporations following the introduction …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on October 14, 2008 at 04:47PM
I had planned to cover the Virtual Worlds Forum event this week but it was cancelled because of an incident in the parking lot at the venue which forced the venue to close. So instead I thought a round-up of …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on October 06, 2008 at 11:00AM
In this clip, Rick McConnell, Vice President of Market Development in Cisco’s Voice Technology Group, reviews the transition from selling to IT to business decision makers; in relation to changes in customer needs and expectations. Cisco’s recent collaboration portfolio announcement …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on October 03, 2008 at 04:19PM
Post by Alan S. Cohen, Vice President, Enterprise & Mid-Market Solutions “Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come, In yours and my discharge.” - Shakespeare, The Tempest In preparing for our …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on September 24, 2008 at 12:05AM
Post by Alan S. Cohen, Vice President, Enterprise & Mid-Market Solutions “A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space.” —Albert Einstein, 1954 Last week we experienced one of the …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on September 24, 2008 at 12:00AM
Yesterday Cisco announced the next phase of the popular Human Network campaign called The Human Network Effect. Cisco is transforming the way people work, live, play and learn by embracing new media and the web 2.0 tools that we all …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on September 23, 2008 at 10:15AM
Post by Doug Dennerline, SVP, Collaboration Software Group Getting work done today requires us to navigate complex global networks of customers, colleagues and partners. Finding and connecting with key stakeholders has become an important part of our daily business process. …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on September 19, 2008 at 07:00AM
Don Proctor, Senior Vice President, Software Group, gives a sneak peek of his FAC presentation, and also speaks about the future of collaboration.
Posted by Ken Lotich on September 16, 2008 at 03:43PM
Pankaj Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Service Provider Group, speaks about what technology he believes is the “killer app.” He also touches upon what he sees down the road for his group in FY09. …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on September 16, 2008 at 12:23PM
In preparation for the Financial Analyst Conference, I sat down with several executives before the event to get a feel for what’s on their mind heading into the conference, and more broadly, what they are looking forward to in FY09. …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on September 16, 2008 at 09:56AM
What a jam packed week it was in LA this week at the Virtual Worlds conference. I am beyond sorry to have missed it but folks did a great job of blogging and tweeting about the activities so it felt …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on September 04, 2008 at 06:00PM
Post by Doug Dennerline, SVP, Collaboration Software Group Communications, globalisation and automation have flattened the world and transformed the competitive landscape. The traditional competitive advantages of size and scale have been replaced by speed and flexibility. In this new world, …Read more.
Posted by Doug Dennerline on August 27, 2008 at 07:10AM
Post by Doug Dennerline, SVP, Collaboration Software Group Communications, globalization and automation have flattened the world and transformed the competitive landscape. The traditional competitive advantages of size and scale have been replaced by speed and flexibility. In this new world, …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on August 27, 2008 at 07:10AM
If you were not able to attend the July 29 Mobility TV live webcast on 802.11n performance testing results, the video-on-demand is now available for playback at http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=78662. Think TiVo meets Cisco Mobility TV. For your convenience, you can jump …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on August 06, 2008 at 05:15PM
Collaborative crowd sourcing is evolving above and beyond the norm through 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life. The use of Wikitecture in Second Life is emerging as something significantly different and is proving to be a successful way that …Read more.
Posted by Dennis Mancini on July 18, 2008 at 12:00PM
Earlier today, TechCrunch announced that TokBox, one of an increasing number of online based video chat companies (including Skype and WebEx) is débuting new technology to increase the user experience of Visual Networking. Visual Networking… does the phrase ring a …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on July 14, 2008 at 04:27PM
Alan S. Cohen, Vice President, Enterprise and Mid-Market Solutions, Cisco Systems “Our brains developed under the pressure of natural selection to make us great foragers, which is how humans have spent 99% of their time on earth. The presence of …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on July 08, 2008 at 03:35PM
If you caught the keynote by Padmasree Warrior, our CTO, at Cisco Live, you know that the concept of “innovation through collaboration” is a key priority. So what does that mean? Well, one example is Jamey Heary’s recent discussion on …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on July 01, 2008 at 02:49PM
Doug Dennerline, SVP and GM, Collaboration Software Group, on pervasive trends in the enterprise, and how these impact IT: George Kurian, VP and GM, Data Center Technology, talks about trends in virtualization and what Cisco’s vision is for this technology. …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 25, 2008 at 12:34PM
Padmasree Warrior, Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer, just finished her keynote here at Cisco Live! 2008. In her presentation, one of the key concepts she touched upon was driving innovation by collaboration through inclusion—bringing together talented people from around the globe …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 25, 2008 at 09:14AM
I spoke with several industry analysts today to share their thoughts on this year’s show. I asked each analyst to give his or her perspectives of Cisco Live! thus far, and what they hope to hear/see during the rest of …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 24, 2008 at 02:24PM
Today is the first day of the formalized program here at Cisco Live! in Orlando. Carlos Dominguez, SVP, Office of the Chairman and CEO, takes a few minutes to break down the day’s events. He also explains our use of …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 24, 2008 at 07:44AM
Leo Scrivner, Vice President, Human Resources, Globalization Center East (India), gives an update of the Globalization Center’s progress. He also shares his thoughts on globalization trends and the role collaboration will play.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 23, 2008 at 12:18PM
Greetings from Orlando! In this video, Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer of Cisco, welcomes all attendees to Cisco Live! 2008. This will be a busy next couple of days—stay tuned here for live coverage of the event. Also, we’ll be …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on June 23, 2008 at 07:50AM
Last year we worked to extend our Cisco Live (formerly known as Networkers) conference into Second Life via on-demand video of some of the keynotes and panel discussions from the physical event as well as unique Q&A’s within Second Life …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on June 09, 2008 at 05:11PM
Today, we announce our mobility vision called “Cisco Motion.” Evolve your mobility network with the Cisco Mobility Services Engine and a suite of mobility services software. Fully integrated with Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Unified Communications, the mobility services engine …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on May 28, 2008 at 11:48AM
Cisco’s Rob Sloan introduces the third installment of the Campus Communications Fabric (CCF). As Cisco’s vision for the enterprise campus LAN, CCF provides an evolutionary approach to deploying video applications. Post by Tugba Goskel
Posted by Cisco PR on May 01, 2008 at 12:40PM
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