IoE

The Secret to Mobility in a Multiple Device World

3 min read

The Internet of Everything is all around us. People are connecting on the go in new ways, and they expect fast, secure network connections that follow them anywhere and everywhere —at work, at home, at play, at the mall, at the gym, or even at the ballpark. Not so long ago, getting on the Internet […]

The Mobile Business Case for IPv6

1 min read

This week is the industry’s leading IPv6 event, the World IPv6 Congress in Paris, France. Cisco Fellow Mark Townsley delivered the keynote again, this time with a theme around the “Mobile Business Case for IPv6”. What’s exciting is that in the mere 18 months since the World IPv6 Launch we’re already seeing significant adoption of […]

March 21, 2013

NETWORKING

Infrastructure for Megatrends

2 min read

In my job as Cisco’s Field & Sales CTO for Borderless Networks in the Cisco EMEAR Theatre, I have the privilege of working directly with many Cisco customers and partners. The majority of these folks are what you’d call “Technical Decision Makers” and CTOs. They’re the IT leaders who do the planning, the strategy, and […]

March 19, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Collaboration and the Internet of Everything

4 min read

Kiss your old running shoes good-bye. Change is constant. And technology has always been about change and convergence. But the massive, global-scale change occurring now is happening at rates faster than anyone ever predicted. And this is disruptive change. It’s change that requires you to act, adapt, and move quickly to take advantage of the […]

March 19, 2013

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

How Big Data Will Save the Physical Store

3 min read

Reports of the physical retail store’s death have been greatly exaggerated. As a recent survey from the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) found, 93 percent of products sold in the United States are still bought in brick-and-mortar locations. And while technology has upended many product categories and more than a few individual retailers, it […]

Answering the Two Most-Asked Questions About the Internet of Everything #IoE

4 min read

Since Cisco began discussing the Internet of Everything (IoE) last year, two questions have arisen consistently: 1) What is the difference between IoE and the Internet of Things (IoT)? According to Cisco, IoE brings together people (humans), process (manages the way people, data, and things work together), data (rich information), and things (inanimate objects and […]

Move Over SDN – NFV Taking the Spotlight

3 min read

Energetic debates of what SDN is and the expanding scope of what it can do for our customers continue to race along in a chaotic frenzy. In addition, the overall SDN market is somewhat fragmented in terms of both vendor positioning and marketing.  Collectively, the conversation really comes down to improving business agility and the […]

March 7, 2013

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco’s Chief Futurist Shares Top 5 Predictions for 2013 and Beyond #IoE

4 min read

The future intrigues us all, especially when every now and then we’re able to catch a glimpse of what’s to come. At Cisco, one of the ways we build our business and serve our customers is to think about the future and how technology innovation stands to transform the world in which we live. This […]