mobility

February 10, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Shape Shifting Meets Accessorizing – the Latest Mobile Devices & Connections Trends

2 min read

To say that global device and connections are growing is a true understatement. And this growth is rapidly shifting. By 2020, there will be 8.5 billion handheld or personal mobile-ready devices and 3.1 billion machine-to-machine (M2M) connections supported by mobile networks. From smartphones and tablets to PCs and “phablets”, mobile digitization and wearables adoption is […]

February 9, 2016

NETWORKING

Expanding Your Network, Creating More Bandwidth

3 min read

When you think about it, your network is a lot like the road to a small town on the cusp of an incredible population explosion. There’s a nice infrastructure supporting the small amount of people leaving and returning, and that’s all that’s needed. As more people find out about this wonderful place, the town grows […]

February 9, 2016

NETWORKING

Slow and Steady Doesn’t Win This Digital Business Race

4 min read

When I talk to network professionals, I routinely ask them about the one part of their job that keeps them up at night. The thing that consistently comes up is their network speed required for delivering a consistent reliable user experience: or specifically, the lack of it. They usually follow up this admission by saying […]

February 8, 2016

NETWORKING

Cisco Brings the Future to German Food Manufacturer

1 min read

What happens when your company succeeds beyond its wildest imagination? If you’re the German food corporation Seeberger, you complete revamp your warehouse and transform it into a building with a top-of-the-line wireless network. Though the company had thought long and hard over how the business should evolve, the wireless network solution wasn’t made over night. […]

January 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

From desktop to Data Center…changing the game with graphics

2 min read

What if you were able to give everyone in your organization the flexibility and freedom to securely work anywhere in the world and on any device? What types of productivity gains would your company see as a result? What efficiencies or cost savings might your IT department receive from moving desktops to your datacenter and […]

Learn, Code, and Collaborate at Cisco Live Berlin!

3 min read

Cisco Live Berlin! February 15-19, 2016 Calling all developers, architects, and solution providers—Cisco Live Berlin features the DevNet Zone designed to help you navigate today’s changing application and architecture landscape. Of particular interest will be the focus on analytics and automation software. As organizations struggle with digital disruption, attention will be drawn to how developers […]

January 25, 2016

CLOUD

2016 Prediction #1 – Production Application Development and Deployment Rapidly Transforming to Microservices Architect …

4 min read

As I look back on 2015 and the great effort of the Mantl.io and CiscoShipped.io teams, I am reminded of the efforts I had in the initial cloud computing efforts 8 years ago. The buzz and market interest in cloud computing then was not accepted by traditional hosting and telecommunications companies. A retail company understood […]

January 6, 2016

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

We Hear You: Retail Security Should Be Simple and SAFE

1 min read

Retailers are in the business to sell, not to be stolen from. And they don’t set up shop to buy security products from companies like Cisco. However, attackers who target retailers have discovered that it’s much more lucrative to shoplift virtually rather than physically. So even if you focus on security rather than selling, you […]