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Don’t Let Cool New Features Distract from Massive Disruption

If we saw ourselves as a leading on-premises UC system manufacturer, I’m not sure we would have ever introduced Spark at all. We’d be very wary of upsetting the applecart. Instead, we see ourselves as a collaboration business. Every day we come in thinking about how we can create the right collaboration tools, rather than thinking about just a better phone or the ultimate video conferencing system.

October 3, 2016 • 2 min read
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The IoT train is leaving the station. Don’t get left behind.

There’s been a lot of big talk about IoT for the past several years, and I admit, I’ve been skeptical. Thermostats. Toasters. Fitness trackers. So what? Why is this so transformative for Cisco’s customers? I wanted to understand this “transformation” more deeply. So, I read every report I could get my hands on. I talked […]