IBSG

Preparing for an Uncertain Media Future: Even Challenging Scenarios Offer Ways To Grow

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In the midst of tremendous disruption, it is impossible to tell where the global media industry is ultimately heading. But a recent analysis from the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) explores four possible future scenarios for the media industry. While they do not “predict” the future, the scenarios help build our understanding of possible […]

April 26, 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

The Future of Payments and Commerce: Digital Payment Strategies in the Age of Omnichannel Banking

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Banks, for the most part, have realized the importance of mobile as a channel. Across the globe, empowered executives are being appointed to head up digital channel programs. Their primary mission: define and implement the mobile banking channel and seamlessly integrate it with the other major digital channels—online banking. For the most part, they have […]

The Mobile Paradox

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Today’s world is characterized by what I call the “mobile explosion”—an environment defined by mobile cloud becoming a platform for delivering everything. It is a world of heterogeneous networks, licensed...

April 23, 2013

GOVERNMENT

Cloud for Local Government Global Blog Series, Cloud and the Smart City: A Brighter Tomorrow

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In my last blog, I discussed the benefits of Smart City cloud management capabilities. An intelligent IP-enabled network unites multiple services onto one infrastructure, allowing for tight operations management and lower expenses. Operating this network remotely, through the cloud, further enhances the capability for sustainable, effective city management. As Smart City visions emerge in various […]

Realizing the Benefits of Internet of Everything for Customer Experience: Part 1 #IoE

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We’re entering the age of the Internet of Everything (IoE), which is about connecting the Internet to the physical world (people, process, data, and things). We’re early in the process, with approximately 10 billion devices already connected. By 2020, Cisco projects that this number will reach 50 billion “things.” One of the key areas of […]

Welcome to the Next Generation of the Internet

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No one could have imagined the fundamental impact the Internet would have on both society and the economy—changing our lives forever. The Internet has already transformed the way we work, live, play, and learn. And, this is only the beginning. The extraordinary growth and transformation of the Internet is unprecedented, but what does the future […]

The Future of Media: Four Key Drivers Altering an Industry

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Until recently, the global media industry had been relatively stable, with a robust value chain and well-defined business models. Today, multiple factors are tearing at the fabric of those...

With Targeted Professional Services, Service Providers Can Tap Small and Medium-Sized Business’s Demand for Cloud

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By Uwe Lambrette and Evgenia Ryabchikova, IBSG Service Provider Cloud is no longer a nascent market. The explosive growth of public-cloud providers —coupled with the relevance of the network in the delivery of cloud and IT services — has led many service providers (SPs) to treat this game-changing transition as a natural extension of their […]

April 9, 2013

GOVERNMENT

Cloud for Local Government Global Blog Series: The Strategic Value of the Cloud for State & Local Governments

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Almost everyone has heard of the “cloud,” as a result of advertising by computer companies and frequent mentions in the news media. “Cloud” refers to technology resources used by an organization that are not at their own location, but available over the global data communications network (otherwise called the Internet).  Moreover, the cloud is not […]