Kim Austin

No Longer with Cisco

Until recently, I was the senior manager for digital and social marketing for Cisco Collaboration Marketing. I've spent 18 years at Cisco and have been surrounded by high-tech since it became "a thing." I learned BASIC programming on a PET computer with an external cassette tape drive. I remember when the land where my office is now was an orange grove. (And that doesn't make me all that old...)

Kim Austin's Articles

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  Collaboration

  Attention Leaders: Today’s Teams Need New Tools

  February 6, 2017 - 4 Comments

  Cisco designed Cisco Spark to address the things that get in the way. It’s designed to make these issues disappear. That’s a good thing. It means teams can focus on

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  It’s Your Turn to Leave Your Mark (with Cisco Spark)

  January 25, 2017 - 4 Comments

  In case you missed it, here’s an overview of “all the stuff about Cisco Spark” released on January 24th – from blog posts to videos and product information.

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  Switching UC & Contact Center Providers Can Be a Relief

  January 13, 2017 - 2 Comments

  In Industry shake-up times like these, you may worry about your contact center solution – and the impact on your customers: Will my solution still have support? Will my maintenance

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  #CiscoChat Recap: How Collaboration Can Help Digitize Your Business

  July 29, 2016 - 4 Comments

  Collaboration is important. You need to collaborate. These are phrases often heard in the workplace, but the true value of collaboration can often get lost in translation. And how to

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  Collaboration at #CLUS Wrap Up: Simplicity, Innovation & Bots

  July 15, 2016 - 4 Comments

  It’s Thursday and the sun has set in Las Vegas. That means it’s still hotter than blazes outside, but we’ve closed the books on Cisco Live 2016. It was a

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  Collaboration at #CLUS, Day 2: Awe, IoT, and Harvard, Oh My

  July 13, 2016 - 2 Comments

  Tuesday was predictably exhausting. While the keynotes and innovation talks didn’t focus specifically on Collaboration, it was everywhere. Maybe it’s my opinion, but when it comes down to the root

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  Collaboration at CLUS, Day 1: Keynote, Innovation, Social Good

  July 11, 2016 - 1 Comment

  And we’re off! With 28,000 people attending in via three locations in Las Vegas and nearly 100,000 tuned to the online broadcast, Chuck Robbins had the attention of a lot

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  Catching Up with Collaboration

  July 7, 2016 - 4 Comments

  Everything we do is about continual evolution. We’ve fundamentally changed our delivery models, the pace of development, and the ability to provide you with greater benefits. But our focus hasn’t

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  Live #CiscoChat July 18: Digitize Your Business Through Collaboration

  July 6, 2016 - 3 Comments

  If you want your own business to remain relevant, now is the time to drive digital transformation and collaboration. But what does that mean? And how do you do it?

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  Cisco at Code Conference, Day 2: From Meeker to Mars

  June 2, 2016 - 0 Comments

  Another day, another gathering focused on the evolution of technology at Code Conference. Big names, big ideas, and a lot to think about. Executives and activists. IBM, Google, Facebook, Gates

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