white paper

May 1, 2023

PARTNER

The age of the partner: A new era of business, a new era of partnering

1 min read

Over the last six months, I’ve met with hundreds of Cisco Partners around the world and discussed the Age of the Partner.  Our partners are confirming they’re seeing and experiencing the same shifts that I lay out in the paper – and having these exact conversations with their customers every day.

Keys to a Successful Automation Project

3 min read

We just finished working with the analyst firm Analysys Mason on a whitepaper on the factors behind successful automation projects

September 19, 2017

HEALTHCARE

The Cisco Approach to Telehealth

1 min read

Over the past few years, telehealth has become increasingly common across the continuum of care. Neurology, behavioral health, cardiology, dermatology, post-procedure follow-up, acute care, home care, evaluation and management, and patient outreach – many are adopting remote and virtual care strategies. But not all telehealth solutions are created equal, nor are all organizations defining a […]

September 16, 2014

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cashing in on Software Defined Network (SDN)

2 min read

When it comes to software-defined networking (SDN), much of the buzz is on reducing networking complexity and costs. Those are good but can SDN help you make money along with saving money? Simply, yes! Here are three ways we can look at achieving that: Repurpose existing services onto a SDN making them more flexible at […]

August 20, 2014

NETWORKING

White Paper: RX-SOP 101

1 min read

Just released yesterday: Cisco Wireless Release 8.0 includes a feature called Receiver Start of Packet (RX-SOP), which you can think of as putting earmuffs on the access point.  It’s...

June 9, 2014

NETWORKING

How Does a Cisco Aironet AP2700 Perform Under Stress?

1 min read

There's been some speculation about the performance of the AP2700--just how good could our latest AP fly under stress? We were talking with Blake Krone and Sam Clements...

May 6, 2014

DATA CENTER

Data Virtualization: Achieve Better Business Outcomes, Faster

1 min read

Data, Data Everywhere! The challenge of making business decisions in a networked world isn’t a lack of data. It’s having data residing in multiple systems, global locations, locked away in spreadsheets, and in people’s heads. Almost every enterprise faces this data silos challenge to a greater or lesser degree. But how businesses address it makes […]