TelePresence

June 10, 2016

EDUCATION

Kellogg School of Management Partners With Cisco to Provide Lifelong Learning Opportunities to Alumni

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Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management was in search of an effective way to deliver education and leverage technology. Their solution? Cisco TelePresence.

Cisco’s Virtual Pediatric Network Connects Doctors to Cancer Patients

1 min read

On January 28, 2015, Cisco launched the Virtual Pediatric Network (VPN) at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Children’s Hospital Hyundai Cancer Institute in Southern California. The VPN, a Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, uses advanced Cisco technology to connect pediatric oncologists, genomic researchers, and bioinformatics experts, allowing them to collaborate closely in treating […]

May 9, 2016

COLLABORATION

What?! WebEx has Video?

3 min read

I used to hate meetings. But we all know meetings are critical to running a business. They are basically the operating engine of a company. Meetings are just how people get work done… even though they are often boring and occasionally painful. Which is why I love WebEx. With WebEx, meetings are better: simpler, easier […]

April 19, 2016

EDUCATION

Destination Diversity: The End of the Road

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After 10 days, 4 states, 5 speakers, hundreds of students, and thousands of miles, the Destination Diversity tour has officially come to a close.

April 11, 2016

EDUCATION

Destination Diversity: Notes from the Road

2 min read

Hello from the open road! The Civil Rights Museum on Wheels and I are currently en route to Atlanta, Georgia. It’s been an exciting trip so far – here’s what we’ve been up to: Day 1: The bus and I arrived at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC on Wednesday. Our special […]

March 31, 2016

EDUCATION

Destination Diversity: Connected Bus Tour Makes History Come Alive

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It all started with an idea: what if we could bring students from different schools in different parts of the country together to discuss civil rights issues?

January 28, 2016

COLLABORATION

Immersive Telepresence Still Enthralls on Tenth Anniversary

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This October will mark the 10th anniversary of the immersive telepresence segment – one that we pioneered with the Cisco TelePresence System 3000 Series. And as if by kismet, on the eve of this tenth year, demand for immersive systems soared as never before. Just last month, we shipped the 1,000th IX5000 system, our latest-generation […]

December 9, 2015

COLLABORATION

SX10 and Spark: A Connection in the Cloud

3 min read

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about a Wainhouse review that evaluated the ease of use and deployment, and cost efficiency of the Cisco SX10 Quick Set for small group video meetings. I wouldn’t have thought when we introduced the SX10 a few years back that we would be able to do even more […]

September 30, 2015

COLLABORATION

Raising Standards Through Collaboration

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I spent last Sunday in a cold, damp changing room with 15 other forty-something parents. We were attending the first day of our FA Level 1 Soccer Coaching course. It was fascinating! Our instructor really brought to life a framework for coaching the young footballers that we volunteers look after every Saturday between August and […]