Every year, global research firm IDC issues a new set of predictions that drive their view of technology advancements and adoption – not just over the coming year, but also their five-year forecast horizon. I recently attended IDC’s virtual conference …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on January 29, 2010 at 10:04AM
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
In a recent report, Infonetics Research - Carrier Ethernet market defying downturn, Principal Analyst Michael Howard stated that the “carrier Ethernet equipment market is forecast by Infonetics to top $32 billion in 2013, driven by the need to handle fast-growing …Read more.
Posted by Mike Capuano on October 01, 2009 at 11:12AM
Last week in the beautiful city of Capetown, South Africa, the 19th World Economic Forum on Africa took place. Nine hundred participants from 50 countries participated on this event to candidly discuss the future of the region and its main …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on June 16, 2009 at 09:18AM
During the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in Russia this week, Cisco’s VP of Internet Business Solutions Group, Mohsen Moazami, gave his perspective on the need to build broadband infrastructure to support continued development of the Russian economy and outlined Cisco’s …Read more.
Posted by Marc Musgrove on June 05, 2009 at 02:05PM
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
I had an interesting Twitter conversation with Robert Scoble over the past week or so. Robert asserts that, “you must have missed the financial crisis. This is forcing TONS of companies to get rid of data centers or minimize them.” …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on February 03, 2009 at 02:10PM
Wandering back to work this morning after a long weekend full of Obama, I stopped to check out the new White House website. With a new Administration comes a new website and it was impressive to see that the Obama …Read more.
Posted by Jeff Campbell on January 21, 2009 at 01:36PM
Recently I read a post about networking for the cloud, even listing a trademark on an associated term. I certainly am no IP lawyer, but it strikes me as not the most judicious use of time and funds to trademark …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on January 08, 2009 at 12:40PM
While I have avoided a “2009 predictions” post, I will say I think the coming year will be a fun time to be in the infrastructure business. Its been quite a while since infrastructure was cool, but as Geva Perry …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on January 04, 2009 at 05:25PM
I ran across an interesting article in the Dec 15 Wall Street Journal on Google’s attempts to negotiate a “fast lane” with service providers for its content. The same article also notes that both Microsoft and Yahoo have softened their …Read more.
Posted by Omar Sultan on December 14, 2008 at 11:25PM
Alistair over at GigaOm penned an interesting piece on the role of security in the cloud. Alistair raises some interesting points- that since there are less humans involved in cloud architectures, that processes are more stringent, and that it is …Read more.
Posted by Douglas Gourlay on December 12, 2008 at 01:31PM
It’s not my opinion. Most citizens and businesses in emerging markets cities (from Buenos Aires, Johannesburg to St Petersburg) think their local governments should play a role to facilitate Internet access and provide services online, according to a new survey, …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on December 02, 2008 at 11:03AM
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