New cloud-based video experiences like cloud digital video recorder, TV everywhere, and streaming video-on-demand sound great on paper. But will subscribers actually pay for them? The answer is a resounding yes -to the tune of nea...
Most of us use video in personal and enterprise interactions, but how is video doing in contact centers? We are seeing growth in video as a channel within customer care world, both based on recent reports and deployments by Cisco ...
Tsunami Slams Japanese Coastline. Train Derailment Injures 100. Terrorists Attack Airport.We have all read these headlines too often. Sadly, disasters usually strike without notice and timely response by public agencies is critica...
The Wall Street Journal recently stated that one of our greatest frustrations is traffic and our daily commute. I live in a large city and travel often to big cities for work, and I can personally relate to this. Sitting in traffi...
The recently concluded OpenStack Austin Summit was a fantastic showcase for the growing maturity and adoption of OpenStack.The evolution of the fundamental infrastructure services for compute, networking, storage, identity togethe...
Like many folks (100 million in America to be exact), having a cup of coffee is a part of my daily routine. Oftentimes, my mornings are hectic between preparing my kids for school (I handlethe drop off duties in my house) and fini...
Earlier this week, we begun talking about digital inequality as it relates to connectivity, and how communities can begin to address and solve this societal issue. Today, I want to talk at large about the importance of providing t...
Recently, I had a day to remember. And I had Cisco to thank for it. I'm a marketing leader for Spain and Portugal here at Cisco, and every day I'm astonished at the privilege of the Internet and social media. But this day was extr...
Cisco has been actively participating in open source and open standards for a long time and is now also a founding member of the Open IT Framework at the most recently held Open Networking User Group (ONUG) earlier this month. As ...
Years ago, my family got a Roomba-we all watched wide-eyed as the robot vacuumed up crumbs, bumped into walls, magically "knew" when the whole room was done and docked itself to charge.Wow! The initialwowwore off after a few uses,...
People say that opposites attract, but big differences in economic or social background, education, and personality can sometimes lead to misunderstanding, conflict-and a weekly appointment with a marriage counselor! The same can ...
Submitted by Elizabeth Coyne, the Managing Editor at Light Reading, who is responsible for driving the curriculum and direction of Upskill U. The impact of cloud services and platforms on the telecom sector has been nothing ...