Technology plays a critical role in today's K-12 school systems. As the need to become more connected increases, the demand on managing each connected device efficiently and effectively also increases. Energy consumption is the la...
We all deal with massive amounts of data in our day-to-day lives. Sometimes it may feel like we're sinking under the weight of that avalanche. Meanwhile there is so much talk about Big Data, analytics and the Internet of Things, o...
Many of today's systems are built on telemetry, the automated gathering of remote data measurements to gain insights and manage performance and operations. One industry that has been quick to embrace telemetry is auto racing. Winn...
I used to hate meetings. But we all know meetings are critical to running a business. They are basically the operating engine of a company. Meetings are just how people get work done... even though they are often boring and occasi...
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Annual Meeting and Trade Show is fast approaching! If you're planning to attend ATA 2016 from May 15-17 in Minneapolis, be sure to visit the Cisco booth to see how Cisco video and ...
When I hear the term "power trio", I think of Geddy, Neil and Alex. A band, where there's just a bass, drums and guitar, with one of 'em singing. By the way, if you like Rush, I'm guessing you'll l...
Intel?recently released a white paper on FFmpeg Linux transcoding performance with Intel Quick Sync Video using the Intel Media Server Studio on the Intel Xeon?E3-1285L v4 processor. This white paper details the trade-offs in tran...
At the recently concluded OpenStack summit in Austin, I was impressed by the amount of interest shown by attendees on containers. Almost all of the container related sessions were packed as customers are now realizing its adv...
As cloud-based solutions continue to proliferate, it's clear that the virtualized video revolution has already begun. How much of your video infrastructure still relies on dedicated appliances? Today, a growing number of pay TV pr...
Cisco just received wonderful news from SAP:Customers love us! OK, we already knew that -not because we are all above-average looking (although we are) or because we're hounded at the grocery story by Cisco groupies (it cou...
My mom says that being a mom is the hardest job you'll ever have. But it's also rewarding when you see your"baby" all grown up and making their way in the world. Now that I look back (and forward) at my career, I can see the impac...
We went to Austin for BBQ,and an OpenStack Summit broke out... ...OK, maybe that's not entirely true, but the BBQ was good. When we started this journey less than 5 weeks ago in preparation for the Austin OpenStack Summit, we'd al...