digitization

February 24, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

How France is Embracing Digitization of Everything

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I spent time in France last week, and it’s clear to me that the French tech scene is at an inflection point. The time to invest in France’s future is now. And with more startups than any other European country at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and a strong infrastructure in place, France is […]

January 28, 2015

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cloud Managed Networking is the “Easy Button” for the Network

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Let me start with a few ideas that should be pretty uncontroversial: Digitization is transforming even the most old-school industries. Who would have thought the taxi cab business would get turned on its head by an app? The old way of doing IT—where every company builds and maintains its own vast infrastructure—is going to change. […]

January 10, 2015

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Coming to NRF: Lisa Fretwell on Shopping Trends, New Frontiers

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Cisco will be featured in two Big Idea sessions at this year’s NRF conference starting tomorrow, and I’m happy to introduce guest blogger Lisa Fretwell, who will be leading one of these two seminars. Lisa is the Managing Director of Retail at Cisco Consulting Services, specializing in the Internet of Everything and analytics, and how these […]