Cisco and UnitedHealth Group this week showcased the latest in telemedicine—a ‘Connected Care’ mobile clinic that links patients to healthcare services they might not otherwise have access to because of time, distance or other constraints. Connected Care, a partnership between …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on November 12, 2009 at 02:44PM
At today’s Cisco Collaboration Partner Summit in San Francisco, CA, we heard how the use of TelePresence can make a significant difference to success levels in stroke treatment. In an environment where time is a critical factor in diagnosing and …Read more.
Posted by Marc Musgrove on November 10, 2009 at 01:40PM
A multitude of new collaboration tools announced today, simply put, will help improve communications and bring us closer to an easy one-button approach. TelePresence, Unified Communications, and WebEx solutions have all been updated with new capabilities—for instance, a new feature …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on November 09, 2009 at 02:38PM
The Parlotones on Stage in Moscow South African rock band The Parlotones have been making use of Cisco technology to get to new followers. While fans waited for their first live concert in Russia in early November, the South African …Read more.
Posted by Marc Musgrove on November 09, 2009 at 01:25PM
Academy Award nominee Ellen Page (from Juno, Whip It, and of course X-Men: The Last Stand) adorns our home page today, which links to a really cute video of her interacting with her home town doctor via Cisco TelePresence. Enjoy! …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on November 06, 2009 at 06:33AM
Last year, I blogged about some projects we’ve done using Cisco TelePresence for usability testing and customer interviews. We have also begun using Cisco TelePresence quite a bit for collaborative design.
Posted by Martin Hardee on November 04, 2009 at 11:30AM
NBC’s 30 Rock is one of my favorite shows. And I’ll be tuning in for sure this Thursday evening (9:30 EST / 8:30 CST / 9:30 PST) to catch a really funny bit where Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) encounters bed …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on November 02, 2009 at 07:20AM
One of the inconvenient ironies of hammering out a global climate change accord is that assembling delegates from 192 countries in close physical proximity tends to spew thousands of metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But that face-to-face …Read more.
Posted by Irene Sandler on October 29, 2009 at 06:10AM
Proctor & Gamble (P&G) today is a ninety billion dollar company with about three billion people around the world that use their products. Increased collaboration with Cisco Unified Communications and TelePresence has helped P&G meet its sustainability goals. Watch this …Read more.
Posted by Doron Aronson on October 27, 2009 at 02:09PM
Today we’re rolling out the first borderless network solution: the Integrated Services Router Generation 2 or ISR G2 which brings us closer to the reality of delivering connectivity to anyone, anything, anywhere, anytime—securely, reliably, and seamlessly.Automating business processes, driving down …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on October 20, 2009 at 02:55PM
(This is a followup from my previous post on our virtual sales meeting.) It’s been several weeks since we assembled more than 19,000 sales people virtually for Cisco’s annual sales meeting. Cisco broke new ground for the sheer size of this virtual event, as well as the creative combination of …Read more.
Posted by Carlos Dominguez on October 09, 2009 at 02:10PM
I recently attended GovTech 2009, an annual conference in South Africa, focused on bringing together technology vendors, solution providers and government stakeholders to assist the public sector in using technology as an enabler to overcome current service delivery challenges. The …Read more.
Posted by Marc Musgrove on October 08, 2009 at 11:36AM
P.K. Peruvemba and I talk about the Cisco/Bharti Airtel Alliance for Services. Bharti Airtel and Cisco today announced a strategic business alliance to create products and services for the small, medium and large enterprises. A suite of jointly created unique …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on October 07, 2009 at 09:55AM
Starting off day 2 from Geneva by recapping some news from Telefonica and Turkcell. The agenda for today encompasses a CTO Roundtable and a news announcement from 13000 miles away.
Posted by Doug Webster on October 07, 2009 at 09:05AM
Adding to the list of “Why TelePresence is better than air travel…”
Posted by Doug Webster on October 05, 2009 at 11:59AM
As CTO for Unified Communications at Cisco, I’m involved in all three ways in which Cisco creates product innovations: current product evolution, partnerships & acquisitions, and internal innovation. My team and I help to ensure that Cisco strikes the appropriate …Read more.
Posted by Joe Burton on October 01, 2009 at 02:57PM
What’s the distance between Budapest, Hungary and Podgorica in Montenegro? Well, in reality, it’s approximately 674 kilometers, or 419 miles. However, if you happen to work at Magyar Telekom in Budapest, that distance becomes merely 20 meters. How is that …Read more.
Posted by Judit Sinko on September 28, 2009 at 10:55AM
For the Cisco family (customers, partners, suppliers and partners), TelePresence reached the “must have” technology category in the past year. Many have called it “Cisco’s iPod,” as it defines a new market around rich video collaboration. Although the primary use …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on September 24, 2009 at 03:34PM
It hardly seems like it’s been three years since the last ITU Telecom World event, but I’m not sure any other three year period has had the impact on the global economic landscape that we’ve all experienced recently. At Cisco, …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on September 24, 2009 at 10:29AM
If your customers can’t come to you, why not bring solutions to your customers? Offering nearly everything Cisco on board —with the exception of John Chambers and TelePresence—NOW vans are a cool way to geek out on Cisco technology and give potential customers an easy way to …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 23, 2009 at 04:54AM
A bank in the United States, USAA, recently announced a new way their customers can deposit a check into a bank account: capture images on an iPhone and transmit them using an application provided by the bank. In fact, USAA …Read more.
Posted by Richard Aceves on August 31, 2009 at 12:43PM
Investors love to learn about Cisco and we, in turn, learn from interacting with our investors. Case in point: check out a two part WebEx Tech Talk we hosted last week. You can find a replay of both sessions on …Read more.
Posted by Laura Graves on August 31, 2009 at 10:49AM
“Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth.” William Simon Continuing in my series of blogs on the study, Collaboration: …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on August 27, 2009 at 11:09AM
You may have seen a recent Wall Street Journal article on Cisco’s new management structure. In the article, I was quoted as saying the transition to this new structure has been a challenge for me. That is correct, it has …Read more.
Posted by Keith Goodwin on August 14, 2009 at 09:46AM
In a further sign of trouble for the airline industry, British Airways recently announced the “Face of Opportunity” contest to rescue the high-margin business trip. Entrants can win a free trip to London (presumably in business class, though this is …Read more.
Posted by Irene Sandler on July 17, 2009 at 11:28AM
I had to share this amusing photo from a Cisco TelePresence meeting we had with one of our design agencies on Friday... Janet, from our Cisco.com design team, was in California. Dan, with the agency, was in Virginia 2,400 miles …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on July 13, 2009 at 05:44AM
(aka: the Virtual Frequent Flyer) Like many of you, I am a recovering “road warrior” able to recite airport code names backwards and the exit row numbers for all types of aircraft (rows 20 & 21 for the “nerd bird” …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on July 02, 2009 at 10:12AM
I’ve just finished watching the CiscoLive keynote webcast of Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers from San Francisco. All this talk of video, collaboration and virtualization makes much sense to me as I’m a whopping 45 miles away in San …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on June 30, 2009 at 11:42AM
Check out the 16 finalists announced today in leading venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco’s first co-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition for university and business school students. The finalists address a diverse group of issues…from efficient and affordable …Read more.
Posted by Kristin Carvell on June 24, 2009 at 09:37AM
“To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” - Henry David Thoreau For technology companies, demonstrating how its solutions yield benefits to potential customers is …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on June 17, 2009 at 03:41PM
Last week, Cisco Saudi Arabia hosted 18 orphans from Al Hayyat Group, a Saudi based charity initiative, and connected them via Cisco TelePresence with three prominent Saudi bloggers who are currently residing and attending college in the United Kingdom. Yazeed …Read more.
Posted by Samer Costantini on June 11, 2009 at 11:34AM
Here's a hidden gem on Cisco.com: A "bake your own" Cisco TelePresence video starring you -- or even better, a colleague you want to have fun with. Here is the video my colleague Maureen sent me, having purloined a picture …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on June 10, 2009 at 10:08AM
In my recent blog entry Cisco’s Collaboration Imperative, I reflected on why collaboration was a natural adjacency for Cisco. Over the past 8 years, as documented recently in Fast Company, we have evolved our operating model to be the sine …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on June 09, 2009 at 09:40AM
Service providers around the globe are facing the challenge of delivering rich media services in a world with explosive growth in video traffic, expanding sources of content and numerous end devices. As I mentioned in a previous entry, Cisco introduced …Read more.
Posted by Murali Nemani on June 05, 2009 at 02:43PM
At Cisco, we firmly believe that the network enables collaboration—the type of collaboration that is required in today’s business environment where you need to work with people around the world. It’s the network that enables the people to connect, communicate …Read more.
Posted by Alex Hadden Boyd on May 28, 2009 at 04:43PM
In a recent Q&A our Chairman and CEO John Chambers reflected on Cisco’s future growth, sharing a “Back to the Future” moment with the financial and industry analyst community: “We believe that we are very well positioned in the industry …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on May 26, 2009 at 10:33AM
Very timely opinion article in our hometown San Jose Mercury News by Cisco’s own Dr. Kaveh Savafi. He argues for inserting more technology into the healthcare system and for bringing back the housecall via TelePresence in the home. He states, …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on April 28, 2009 at 09:11AM
Hear from HIMSS attendees about Cisco and the AT&T Telepresence Solution. Learn how top global medical companies like Mayo Health, Johnson & Johnson, Cleveland Clinic & Stryker Medical are looking to integrate the AT&T Telepresence Solution into their practices; streamlining …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on April 10, 2009 at 08:52AM
Coverage highlighting key customer feedback on Cisco and the AT&T Telepresence Solution. Key takeaways and testimonials on “Tele-Medicine” brought to the Healthcare Industry from Cisco and AT&T. The AT&T Telepresence Solution is connecting health organizations globally and enabling virtual care …Read more.
Posted by Doug Webster on April 08, 2009 at 02:57PM
Stryker Medical and Magpie Healthcare discuss how Cisco and the AT&T Telepresence Solution is enabling collaboration, improved patient care, and streamlining healthcare practices with its innovative virtual technology delivering communications instantly across the world.
Posted by Doug Webster on April 07, 2009 at 03:55PM
Cisco and AT&T are together this week at HIMMS talking about technology’s impact on healthcare…in this video, specifically, TelePresence. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) is the “healthcare industry’s membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on April 07, 2009 at 11:14AM
By Kara Wilson, vice president of collaboration, Cisco Today at VoiceCon we are continuing to fulfill our vision of the unified workspace – where customers can connect, communicate and collaborate with any device, any operating system, any network, anywhere, with …Read more.
Posted by Kara Wilson on March 31, 2009 at 09:04AM
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Posted by Doug Webster on March 30, 2009 at 03:56PM
In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. – F.D.R., Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 In …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on March 23, 2009 at 09:17AM
By David Hsieh, vice president of marketing, emerging technologies, Cisco. If I got a nickel every time someone says “Telepresence is great, but it’s only for top executives” I could solve the economic crisis single handed. There is this perception …Read more.
Posted by David Hsieh on March 19, 2009 at 08:56AM
According to studies, the primary reasons why organizations update their networks are (in no particular order) systems obsolescence; service shortcomings; cost containment; business shifts, and strengthen security. Many organizations cite all of these reasons for driving network refresh efforts. Some …Read more.
Posted by Mark Leary on March 13, 2009 at 04:06PM
So I participated at APRICOT 2009 in Manila, IPv4 address exhaustion and IPv6 were plenary topics and generated lots of debates and dynamic discussions only to affirm the importance of this topic in the industry. Additionally, speaking with customers locally, …Read more.
Posted by Monique Morrow on March 11, 2009 at 10:51AM
by Joe Burton, chief technology officer, Cisco Unified Communications Forrester coined an interesting term not too long ago: IT-To-BT Transformation. According to Alexander Peters of Forrester, ubiquitous computing and business technology (BT) are the two forces coming together that will …Read more.
Posted by Joe Burton on March 10, 2009 at 10:58AM
This morning, the news came in that Cisco TelePresence will be part of a Heidi Klum venture. The popular German TV show “Next Top Model” has a segment running next month with a contestant in LA talking to family back …Read more.
Posted by Erica Schroeder on March 09, 2009 at 04:48PM
I came off my medical checkup last Friday with a smile on my lips. My cholesterol level was mildly high as were my Glucose levels. Since the testing was random, and I had had a coffee a little while ago, …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on March 08, 2009 at 10:33PM
I was reading Alan Cohen’s blog on the collaboration stimulus plan recently and couldn’t help chuckling about his reference to the very funny and creative work of Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip. Most of us can relate …Read more.
Posted by Jacqueline Pigliucci on March 06, 2009 at 09:12AM
“Can you come to a meeting right now.” “No, it’s almost lunch time. If I miss lunch my day will be 12 hours of uninterrupted misery.” - The Boss and Dilbert Inspiration hits you at unusual times. I was standing …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on February 23, 2009 at 05:30AM
Friday the 13th? Unlucky? Not always it seems! Cisco was fortunate enough to be recognized today as one of Fast Company magazine’s Top Five Most Innovative Companies. In introducing this years “Fast 50”, editor-in-chief, Bob Safian underscores his editorial team …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on February 13, 2009 at 11:36AM
In Barcelona earlier today, John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and Chief Executive told Networkers 2009: “We are at the beginning of the second phase of the Internet.” This message was delivered to the event’s largest ever audience. “If you look at …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on January 27, 2009 at 09:39AM
There's a strange tendency companies have to create more web sites than they really should. The idea of creating little "microsites" certainly sounds logical: If I had a really special product, or message, or promotional campaign, I'd probably want my …Read more.
Posted by Martin Hardee on January 17, 2009 at 06:00AM
Cisco’s TelePresence is proving a surprise hit at the National Retail Federation’s ‘BIG Show’ in New York this week. Industry icons such as Walmart CEO Lee Scott Jr have offered a very pragmatic perspective there on the industry’s prospects for …Read more.
Posted by David McCulloch on January 13, 2009 at 09:34AM
Like many of us, I am the child of parents born during the Great Depression who came of age in the great upsurge of the post-World War II economy. As a young man entering the workforce, my father, a WWII …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on January 12, 2009 at 11:33AM
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
With the holiday season now in our rearview mirror, I scheduled a meeting over TelePresence to meet with our resident mobility expert, Chris Kozup, and Jon Stine, director of Cisco’s Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) focused on the retail market, …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on January 05, 2009 at 11:29AM
Like many of you, I joined the airborne migration of millions of people to visit family over the holidays. I flew to London from Portland, Oregon, emptying my frequent flier account to upgrade to business class, the better to accommodate …Read more.
Posted by Irene Sandler on December 12, 2008 at 04:38PM
Today, we introduced some new technologies and solutions that will enable networks to be optimized for a new generation of video and rich media applications and services. This new class of technologies is designed to enable advanced communications, collaboration and …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 08, 2008 at 10:26AM
“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we had when we created them.” Einstein In the 1990s, we watched the Internet change the standard of living around the world and I’ve always believed …Read more.
Posted by Laura Ipsen on December 05, 2008 at 04:15PM
Every quarter, we do a company meeting for all employees…it is a touch base from senior management to employees on “what’s going on?” as well as an opportunity for employees to ask senior management “what’s on their mind.” I generally …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on December 05, 2008 at 12:32PM
From his home in Bangalore, India via TelePresence, Wim Elfrink, EVP of Cisco Services and Chief Globalisation Officer, talked with News@Cisco’s Peter Shaplen, about the changing world market. Join Wim as he takes a brief tour around the globe. …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on December 03, 2008 at 12:42PM
Corporate citizenship has long been a priority at Cisco and we are proud to be partners in initiatives that make a difference in many global communities. Education initiatives, responsible management and CSR governance, energy efficient measures for our buildings and …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on November 21, 2008 at 10:03AM
Earlier today, I attended a panel discussion focusing on cloud computing at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. On the panel, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior shared Cisco’s vision of cloud computing and visual networking. We talk a lot about …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on November 07, 2008 at 05:50PM
My little guy, Jack, is not quite two and he is currently in a firetrucks and train phase. No telling when he’ll grow out of it, but I seem to remember wanting to be a policeman or fireman when I …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on October 22, 2008 at 03:00PM
You’ve heard about TelePresence. You’ve read about TelePresence. But, you’ve not been able to experience it…yet. Now, you have your chance. TelePresence is life-size, high-definition video conferencing by Cisco and today we announced that those of you who cannot justify …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on October 15, 2008 at 02:30PM
Last week I met with Nonsociety.com girls Julia Allison and Meghan Asha, via TelePresence, to talk about their favorite gadgets and tech trends. While the girls were in New York, NY using a CTS 1000, I spoke to them from …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on September 23, 2008 at 12:06PM
Marthin De Beer, Senior Vice President, Emerging Technologies, talks about what he’ll be presenting at the Financial Analyst Conference as well as the role TelePresence will play for Cisco during this fiscal year.
Posted by Ken Lotich on September 16, 2008 at 12:19PM
It is hard to believe that scarcely more than a month has passed since the Beijing Olympics. The spectacle and glory of the games was made real to billions of people in the world through the power of video. Many …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on September 15, 2008 at 03:18PM
Post by Marc Musgrove, PR Cisco’s Tony Bates, was featured on BBC Radio 4’s “In Business” program this week with broadcaster Peter Day in a broadcast entitled ‘Bring on the Bandwidth’. Tony is a native Brit who has been working …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on September 10, 2008 at 11:27AM
Dan Farber, editor in chief of CNET, is in a video today chatting with Joe Miller, VP of platforms and technology development at Linden Lab, the company that created and owns Second Life. In the Between the Lines blog by …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on September 02, 2008 at 06:10PM
I had a chance to sit down via Telepresence with Morgan Webb from WebbAlert to discuss common consumer technology pet peeves. Morgan was in our LA office and I was in San Jose. This was part of a program that …Read more.
Posted by Mike Kisch on August 29, 2008 at 07:55PM
Speaking of Cisco Connected Workplaces, hop on over to ZDNET.com’s “The Green Enterprise” page to view a great video on Cisco’s “Green” strategy including a tour of Cisco Connected Workplaces, an overview of Cisco TelePresence and some other stuff that …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on August 15, 2008 at 06:11PM
Our final chat with Pete Cashmore from Mashable was on the topic of online video and social networking converging to form new visual networking experiences. As both video and social networking become more pervasive we are beginning to see intersections …Read more.
Posted by Mike Kisch on August 11, 2008 at 10:56AM
It first took a family, and then it took a village. The idea being that you can count on your community—however you define it—for help, for knowledge. And for sharing in your accomplishments. The ultimate extension of this concept, “it …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on July 30, 2008 at 06:37PM
“As travel costs rise and airlines cut service, companies large and small are rethinking the face-to-face meeting — and business travel as well. At the same time, the technology has matured to the point where it is often practical, affordable …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on July 22, 2008 at 01:48PM
CNBC’s Jim Goldman reports on Cisco TelePresence and how it might be utilized to save on corporate travel. The piece can be viewed on the Bay Area’s NBC website here. Cisco’s Charles Stucki and David Hsieh are interviewed and our …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on July 03, 2008 at 03:04PM
I was reading about the latest airline cutbacks due to the skyrocketing price of oil. Fewer routes, fewer perks. Charges for checked baggage, for pre-assigned seats…even for pretzels. There’s even some speculation about coin-operated toilets. And this was in the …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on June 12, 2008 at 03:11PM
Social networking sites are buzzing; the debut of Google Friend Connect promises to add to that buzz. And so, the race is on to make social networks much more open and portable, according to Kim Hart in her recent blog …Read more.
Posted by Marie Hattar on May 14, 2008 at 02:07PM
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