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The IT Roaming Reporters reorient to our regular schedules, sort through our inboxes, file our travel expense reports – Cisco Live 2017 memories still alive (albeit blurry) in our minds. Wow! What a week. Typing away at our desks seems suddenly tame considering last week’s editing, recording, interviewing, photographing, tweeting, networking, and celebrating spree. Working […]

Mining and drawing intelligence from large volumes of machine data is difficult and time-consuming. To make the process easier and faster for enterprise teams, Cisco recently developed the Cisco Log Intelligence Platform (CLIP). It brings machine data closer to application developers and administrators, helping them to diagnose, predict, and prevent application performance issues by identifying […]

One week! The countdown has begun! What started months ago for the event planning team is beginning to materialize – Cisco Live Las Vegas 2017, that is. One of the industry’s largest conventions is on the horizon and everything is coming together. Venue is reserved, speakers are prepped, and travel is booked…Now is the time […]

This blog is the second in a two-part series co-authored by myself and my colleague Sarah Johnson. Be sure to check out Part One for the remainder of the ten technologies to consider. Part Two Hybrid Services – Integrating cloud services with existing on-premises customer care services is currently a hot topic, not just in the contact center […]

This blog is the first in a two-part series co-authored by myself and my colleague Sarah Johnson. Be sure to check out Part Two for the remainder of the ten technologies to consider. The line made famous by the Rolling Stones, “Time waits for no one”, is especially true for technology. A little over two years ago I wrote a blog […]

Participating in this year’s Cisco Live 2017 in Berlin, Germany brought many interesting sights and scenes front and center for our customers and partners regarding the disruption and innovation happening within our industry. Witnessing the reception of 12,000 attendees from over 105 countries, this sprawling technology showcase delivered an opera to the eyes with a […]

This week kicks off Cisco’s 27 year running illustrious flagship event Cisco Live EMEA in Berlin, Germany. Cisco Live is nothing short of a ‘festival of technology.’ Offering the latest and greatest training and education on technologies crucial to driving business outcomes. With over 700+ sessions available onsite and online, there is content applicable to […]

By 2020, connected things will outnumber humans 26 to 1. Digital disruption is reshaping whole industries. By some estimates, 40 percent of incumbents will be displaced within three years. We’ve been asking IT leaders who attend our conferences what it will take to survive and thrive. The answers are remarkably consistent. The biggest difficulty they […]

The My Paid Time Off (My PTO) application helps Cisco employees to refresh and recharge away from the office. It connects them to the People Deal. It empowers them to simplify their work experience in order to get out and have a worldly experience. In 2016, the My PTO tool took a journey like the […]