We all know something about the evolution of agriculture. Once upon a time, a horse pulled a plow, led by a man who spent days upon days in the fields. And small, local rivers were dammed to redirect water to crops. Today, monster machines plow acres in minutes. And irrigation systems feed farms that are hundreds of miles away.
The long-term evolution of productivity and efficiency was dramatic. But what does the near-term evolution of business processes look like?
I hope you can join Cisco at Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo. You’ll get near-term business evolution insights from folks like Barry Libenson, CIO of Land O’ Lakes, Inc., and Ron Gilson, CIO of Johnsonville Sausage, Inc. They’ll join Marie Hattar, Cisco’s Vice President of Enterprise Segment Marketing and Bhavani Amirthalingam, World Wide Technology Inc.’s Vice President of Information Technology on Monday, October 22nd at 3:30 pm to discuss the topic, “Work Your Way: A Mobility Strategy for Business Success”.
Cisco’s Unified Workspace makes “Work Your Way” possible
Just a short decade ago manufacturers communicated by phone, by email and by foot. Many business conversations occurred in the same geographic location. Product management, operations meetings and training often occurred on the same campus. A company’s culture and reputation was defined by things like face-to-face meetings, hallway conversations, employee recognition and the attention provided to customers.
Today, employees, supply chains and processes are widely dispersed. Meanwhile, skilled workers are retiring and they’re harder to replace. What evolutionary solutions are manufacturers choosing in order to bring remote and shrinking resources together? Read More »
Cisco’s Remote Expert brings face-to-face interactions back to the forefront of your business, improving productivity and reinvigorating customer interfaces with a personal touch that’s unachievable with telephone, email, text, chat and other online interactions. We know that “in person” communication strengthens business relationships and generates meaningful customer touchpoints, but what other benefits can Remote Expert provide to your organization?
Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Forecast projects 18-fold growth in global mobile internet data traffic from 2011 to 2016 – and predicts that mobile cloud traffic will account for 71% of total mobile data traffic by 2016. In a world where mobility is on the rise, enterprises are facing a rapidly evolving landscape, where more and more personal devices are coming into the workplace. Cisco’s Unified Workspace lets enterprises securely adapt to the increasing presence of personal devices, by offering a set of three Smart Solutions that integrate multiple personal devices securely and seamlessly to increase productivity and enhance collaboration.
The BYOD Smart Solution provides end-to-end BYOD lifecycle management and keeps productivity moving. In addition, it streamlines IT management by helping to secure data with unified policy.
The number of innovative ways video can be used these days is astounding. I advocated in my last post the benefits telepresence can deliver for remote workers, but it is extends much further— it is transforming how we communicate, collaborate, educate, provide healthcare, service customers, and more! The days of low resolution video conferencing or video only in the executive boardroom are long gone.
A recent CIO slideshow did a great job at highlighting the innovative use cases for video conferencing and telepresence – all the way from 3D holograms to Cisco’s own Jabber. The technologies CIO references show the vast ways these solutions are transforming the way we work, communicate, and collaborate.
This week thousands of IT professionals will be attending Cisco Live in San Diego so they can learn of innovations that can help them leverage the power of the intelligent network.
We are excited to showcase a variety of solutions that enable financial services firms generate revenue, reduce expense and mitigate risk. Specifically, we will be showing and discussing how Remote Expert for Retail Banking helps enable banks to maximize the efficiency and productivity of financial services advisors so they can capture customer business at first contact and deliver the personalized customer service the customer desires. Read More »
