Patty Medberry

Cisco industrial networking ranks # 1 - with our ruggedized IP67 routers, switches & wireless access points, extend intent-based networking to the IoT Edge.

New WebEx joining, calendaring and personalization features to bring you more flexibility and options to your meetings.

Cisco is positioned as a leader in all five Gartner Magic Quadrants in which Cisco Collaboration participated over the last year, which confirms both the strength of our portfolio and our vision for the future.

Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government (HCS) for Government is based on our proven Cisco HCS offering. But it is hosted in the Cisco Collaboration Cloud and managed by Cisco. So it delivers our industry-leading collaboration features including voice and video communications, mobility, messaging, presence and more. When combined with WebEx, our government customers have a complete solution.

Gartner's 2016 Critical Capabilities for Unified Communications report digs deeper into the vendors represented in the Gartner UC Magic Quadrant. Cisco received the highest scores across all the use cases Gartner defines as critical for unified communications. In Gartner’s words, it’s “intended to help organizations define their requirements and select specific products that match their needs.”

The benefits of an all-IP environment are significant. And with the evolution of technology, it is easier and more affordable to move. Nemertes Research just published a report detailing these benefits. Here is some of what they found…

If you like the idea of Cisco Spark, you will love it with Cisco Spark Hybrid Services. On its own, Cisco Spark is a compelling tool: I can message, meet, and call and get my work done with all my teammates. Pretty cool. But, not everyone or everything is in Cisco Spark. So to be […]

“Choosing a Unified Communications and Collaboration vendor is a complex decision,” Marty Parker, Principal at UniComm Consulting, recently told me. “Any organization looking to refresh their architecture or rework their...

Thirteen is a lucky number for Cisco Collaboration.   For the 13th year in a row, Gartner shows Cisco as a leader in its 2015 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony, positioning Cisco highest in execution and furthest in vision for corporate telephony among all eight vendors. Similarly, Cisco is also included in the Gartner Critical Capabilities […]