Often we focus on the challenges associated with IT with little consideration of the end user viewpoint. In Cisco’s Work Your Way Global Study, completed in January of 2013, we polled over 1300 IT professionals and business-focused end users around the globe to investigate how BYOD is not only affecting IT, but how the challenges directly impact the end user experience. We were curious to compare and contrast the different viewpoints to understand if the difficulties IT was facing had an impact on how end users get their devices on the network, access business applications and perform day-to-day activities on the move. Check out the Borderless Blog to see our awesome infographic!
So much about our working day has changed since the early 1900s, when work meant 14 hours, six days a week and only 20% of women participated in the workforce. Undoubtedly, the Internet has completely transformed the way we work, facilitating one in five Australian jobs now related to international trade and estimated to contribute $70 billion to our GDP by 2016.
As part of our Way You Work campaign, Cisco is examining the cultural, social and economic changes that have influenced our working world since the 1900’s. This infographic walks us through these changes and takes a sneak peak at what the future might hold.
As a member of the Cisco Public Sector team, and being married to an educator, I have been engaged in a few (sometimes heated) debates on students, teachers and staff bringing their own devices to school. Many teachers have seen impressive results from utilizing students’ own devices in the education process, and with school budget cuts, most teachers do not have any other mobile option, so it’s safe to say that BYOD is taking a strong hold in education.
As a result, schools find themselves addressing unique issues of scalability, security, manageability and budget when it comes to developing and implementing BYOD policies. How will they accommodate in real time the explosion of new devices and applications that students and staff want to use on the network? How will they regulate who uses what device from which location in what manner? How will they support BYOD within a restricted budget?
I recently read an interesting post by Amy Blanchard on this topic. You should check out her recent post on the Cisco Mobility blog, she includes reference to an interesting case study -- definitely worth the read!
By the way, what is your position on BYOD in schools? Love to hear your interesting stories and insights!
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 »
So here we are (Cisco’s Government Team), in Washington D.C. An area chosen by George Washington, our country’s first President and the city’s name sake, to be the corner stone of America’s policies, planning, and democracy: Our Nation’s Capital. So why are we here you might ask…? Well, not necessarily for all the great attractions DC has to offer, but for the Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting of course! Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting, what’s that? Let me tell you…
On September 25, 2012, Washington D.C. hosted the 2012 Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting which consisted of 30 government leaders sharing best practices split throughout the day representing various aspects of government from Personnel Management to Defense who discussed mobility IT and the mobile workforce. You mean to tell me that there are people in leadership positions throughout our government who want to integrate technology in order to strive for efficiency, production, AND want to have a happier and satisfied government worker…? Yes! How great is this. Read More »
