Derek Mitsumori

Organizations with highly mature operations reap greater benefits because they embrace automation – giving them greater adaptability, resilience, and agility. Read the final installment of a Cisco-commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting: Automation + Operational Maturity = Major Business Benefits.

Read the third installment of a Cisco-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting: Automation Is Not Without Challenges, But They Can Be Overcome. The study spotlights some of the challenges and how they differ for operationally mature organizations versus those with low-maturity operations. The message to both: Don’t be discouraged!

Learn what sets leaders apart when it comes to operational maturity. The Second Installment of our automation strategy blog series: Operational Maturity Is Critical to Business Success, focuses on four areas of competency: strategy, technology, process and governance.

This is the first installment of our automation strategy series, based on a Forrester Consulting thought leadership paper commissioned by Cisco: Modernize Operations To Digitally Transform And Weather Any Storm. The research focuses on how enterprises can modernize their operations to boost agility — which is key to their ability to weather adversity.

See how observability can become your superpower; a kind of x-ray vision to penetrate the vast and complex data ecosystem that underpins application delivery like never before. More than just visibility—it lets you see the full context of the ecosystem, with all its interdependencies and correlations, to arrive at better insights.

A mission-critical application has gone down. The various technology teams gather to figure out what the problem is...Meanwhile, consumers can’t use the app. They’re frustrated. According to the App Attention Index, 49% of consumers switch suppliers because of a poor digital experience...But thankfully, there’s a better way. It’s called “observability."

What’s your Business Resiliency plan? Learn how Cisco’s business resiliency plan empowered teams to work from anywhere, added built-in security into every solution, and automated platforms for additional agility.

Our household is definitely “Alexa”-enabled, but behind the scenes, there’s also Apple, Logitech Harmony, Philips Hue, WeMo, Spotify, and Nest. Here’s the thing…without something to coordinate it all, what would my experience be like?