The odds of qualifying a lead if called in 5 minutes are 21 times higher versus 30 minutes. The odds of calling to qualify a lead decrease by over 6 times in the 1st hour. -Forbes In my most recent blog, I approached the idea of r...
Each week, we'll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way.Here's what you might have missed this week: Well her...
I am pleased to announce that Catalyst 6807-XL and 6880-X are shipping now! Launched at Cisco Live Orlando this year, Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches are programmable campus backbone switches optimized for 10/40/100 Gigab...
New innovations in mobility are transforming our daily lives and the safety of our loved ones. As the growth of mobility enables more wearable devices and applications that include GPS and Wi-Fi features, it is becoming increasing...
With the adoption of the Internet of ThingsandInternet of Everything, advances in mobility and next-generation Wi-Fi are driving faster speeds, higher signal quality and more reliable connectivity, but how are they changing the wa...
Every year, during Cisco's Global Hunger Relief Campaign, employee teams across our campuses design and construct "cansculptures" - pieces of art made entirely out of canned goods (which are later donated to a local food ban...
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to revisit the economics of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). Cisco UCS has fantastic technology. Technology that technical decision makers are demanding. But what about business decision...
The next wave of the Internet is driving the most disruptive change in history. Powered by mobile devices and apps-collaboration technologies that seamlessly allow people to work across multiple video and mobile devices-people are...
Throughout 2013, I've had the opportunity to meet with services provider leaders from around the globe. Whether they are large or small, focused on consumer services or business, or engaged in video or mobility, their ambitio...
It's only been six weeks since the breakthrough Internet of Things (IoT) World Forum in Barcelona, but the momentum to build web-enabled Smart Cities appears to be crescendoing toward a tipping point. Just this past week, I partic...
In my recent post, "The Internet of Everything's Impact on Hospitality", I discussed how the Internet of Everything (IoE) is currently transforming the hospitality industry to more effectively enhance the guest experience while en...
This is the final installment of a series on how retailers can address the challenges of becoming an omnichannel business. I'd like to wrap up by talking about a deceptively simple stumbling block -accepting that being an omnichan...