Internet of Things (IoT)

December 18, 2014

DATA CENTER

Cisco Connects Data and Analytics

1 min read

Billions of devices are changing how organizations compete and disrupting traditional data management and analytics. This Internet of Everything world presents an exciting new opportunity to discover and take advantage of market, customer, and operational insights. And by making sense of captured data quickly, organizations can take action at that point, in that moment, in […]

December 16, 2014

DATA CENTER

Why Data Integration Provides the Critical Foundation for Capturing Actionable Insights

3 min read

We all know that Big Data is getting bigger. And, the gap between the amount of data with hidden value and the amount of value that is actually extracted keeps widening. In fact, according to IDC, less than 1 percent of the world’s data is currently being analyzed. What good is data if it doesn’t […]

December 15, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

IoT: Moving from Connecting Devices to Capturing Insights

4 min read

There’s a lot at stake—$19 trillion in fact—as companies transform into digital businesses to capture value from the Internet of Everything (IoE). More than 42 percent of this value, or $8 trillion, will come from one of IoE’s chief enablers, the Internet of Things (IoT). While IoE is the networked connection of people, process, data, […]

December 15, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Connected Analytics: Capturing the Value of the Internet of Everything

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Ten large oil refineries produce about 10 terabytes of data each day, which equates to the entire printed collection of the U.S. Library of Congress. One modernized city the size of Singapore can generate about 2.5 petabytes of data every day, which translates to all U.S. academic research libraries combined. And with more than 14 […]

December 15, 2014

EDUCATION

Transforming Education with the Internet of Everything at San Jose State

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Forward-thinking faculty members and staff at San Jose State University are using Internet of Everything technologies in innovative ways to transform education: Project Assistant Quyen Grant is using Cisco collaboration technologies to expand learning across international borders, working with students and universities in Vietnam through the Social Work Education Enhancement Program (SWEEP); Advertising Professor John […]

December 11, 2014

DATA CENTER

Announcing Connected Analytics for IoE

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared how we are helping our customers address one of their toughest challenges brought on by the Internet of Everything (IoE), Big Data and hybrid IT environments: effective management of the massive amounts of data, types of data and in various locations. With solutions like Data Virtualization , Big […]

December 11, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The New Analytics Imperative

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Cisco today announced a data and analytics strategy and a suite of analytics software that will enable customers to translate their data into actionable business insight regardless of where the data resides. With the number of connected devices projected to grow from 10 billion today to 50 billion by 2020, the flood tide of new […]

December 10, 2014

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

How ‘Data’ and ‘Process’ Are Reshaping the Future Workforce

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The sheer size, variety, and speed of data traversing today’s networks are increasing exponentially. This highly distributed data is generated by a wide range of cloud and enterprise applications, websites, social media, computers, smartphones, sensors, cameras, and much more — all coming in different formats and protocols. Whether it is in the cloud or at […]

December 9, 2014

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Future Innovators and Entrepreneurs: The IoTWF Young Women’s Innovation Grand Challenge is Open

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In October at the Internet of Things World Forum we announced the Young Women’s Innovation Grand Challenge.  This challenge was announced to help bring more women into the sciences as we connect more of the unconnected with the Internet of Things. I’m pleased to announce that the IoT World Forum Young Women’s Innovation Grand Challenge […]