Enabling IT to Maximize ISR G2 and Video Communications

  Jeanne Beliveau Dunn, general manager, Learning@Cisco and Himanshu Desai, director, advanced services for Cisco, discuss evolving job roles that map to a new age of video and collaboration.

Posted by Doron Aronson on October 28, 2009 at 09:55AM

[Cisco Developer Contest] Meet the Finalists!

The wait is over. After getting nearly 900 registrations from 75 countries, among all those who submitted their proposals for Phase-1 of the Cisco Developer contest, we had 110 qualified teams who satisfied the requirements originally set forth. Cisco judges …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on May 15, 2009 at 09:00AM

Security - more than just a stateful firewall!

Security is hot. It has always been. It will always be. If you look at IT-related spending security budget allocations usually tend to be among the highest. However, having spent nearly 15 years directly and indirectly in various security-related roles, …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 23, 2009 at 11:41PM

Cisco’s INTERNAL Developer contest closes - Results around the corner

Okay, DON’T confuse this with the external Developer contest! Phase-1 of that contest is open till Feb 27th, 2009. We extended it, remember? This one is about the INTERNAL developer contest. It closed on Jan 12th, 2009. For those who …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 18, 2009 at 11:21PM

Branch VoIP Recording - It’s NICE, really!

Ever been put on hold while calling your bank, or another customer line? A mechanical or sweet voice comes on and says “your call is being monitored for compliance and/or training purposes”. Yeah, they do record our calls. Government and …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 11, 2009 at 12:00AM

How can a retail store manager make business decisions driven by IT?

During the 2008 year-end post Christmas shutdown, as we checked out the Great Mall of the Bay Area, I wasn’t really expecting a lot of shoppers given the state of the economy. I was pleasantly surprised and a bit annoyed …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 21, 2009 at 01:34PM

Cisco extends Phase-1 of the developer contest to February 27th, 2009

As I had indicted in one of my previous blogs, we decided to heed your requests and pull the trigger on the contest extension. Cisco is pleased to announce that it is extending the entry deadline for Phase-1 of the …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 05, 2009 at 12:52PM

Crossing the Chasm

As we navigate through the Developer contest, we’re often asked what is our target audience? Valid question, don’t you think? So, I thought it worthwhile to dedicate some blog space to it.  The primary audience for the Think Inside the …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on December 02, 2008 at 11:10PM