IBSG

December 6, 2012

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Internet of Everything in Action: Today and Tomorrow #IoE

3 min read

When the history of the Internet of Everything (IoE) is written, its success or failure will be determined by answering one question. How did IoE benefit humanity? In the end, nothing else matters. With this in mind, let’s look at two examples of how IoE will benefit people, both today and tomorrow. Today—Transforming the World’s […]

November 30, 2012

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Mobile Business Users Embrace Wi-Fi

1 min read

Once the exclusive domain of senior executives, mobile devices are now indispensable to most employees for conducting both their business and personal lives. The insatiable demand for smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices is generating staggering amounts of mobile data. In parallel, the use of Wi-Fi for Internet access is exploding as more mobile devices […]

November 28, 2012

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Six Projects To Move Enterprises Toward the Clouds

3 min read

By Uwe Lambrette, Director, IBSG Service Provider How exactly is the enterprise migration to the clouds progressing? In 2010, the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) sought answers in a wide-ranging survey. At the time, the path to cloud was just beginning for many enterprises. Today, with cloud evolution accelerating into an increasingly essential process, […]

November 26, 2012

GOVERNMENT

Inside One Asian City’s Strategy

2 min read

Busan is at the forefront of something big. As South Korea’s second-largest metropolitan city, Busan boasts a population of about 3.6 million, and is home to a slew of major companies, government agencies, universities, annual festivals, and conferences. Busan is the country’s largest container-handling port, and the fifth- largest in the world. Like other metropolitan […]

November 20, 2012

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Pilot Proves the Value of CDN Federations

3 min read

By Marc Latouche, Manager, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) Service Provider As more and more video traffic streams across service provider (SP) networks, many SPs are deploying content delivery networks (CDNs). In addition to supporting their own operations, these CDNs provide a viable commercial alternative — or complement — to pure-play CDNs (such as […]

November 16, 2012

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Digital Malls: The Next Generation of Self-Service Shopping

2 min read

All the players in the U.S. retail ecosystem today—mall developers, retailers, vending operators, and consumer product manufacturers—are facing key demographic, economic, and technological changes. The “new normal” world of retailing is challenging retail players to reverse vacancy rates and sales declines, create enhanced customer experiences, reduce labor and construction costs, deepen brand differentiation, optimize small […]

November 9, 2012

GOVERNMENT

Real-World M2M—and a Real-World Mobile Data Challenge

2 min read

In the months since I attended the Smart Cities event organized by Qualcomm and CommNexus in San Diego, the buzz about “Smart Cities” and the use of machine-to-machine...