Please join me in welcoming Bob Dean to the Manufacturing Industry Blog! I am pleased to introduce Robert (Bob) Dean to the Cisco Manufacturing Industry Blog. Bob is the Executive Director with Cisco's Americas Busin...
Total (consumer) spending for the (Thanksgiving 2012) weekend reached an estimated$59.1 billion, a 13% increase from a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation. Online spending on Friday alone topped$1 billion...
When was the last time you sifted through the pile of coupons and special offers that fill your mailbox each day? Extreme "couponers" aside, most of us rely more on the daily coupons we receive via email from online sites, rather ...
Busan is at the forefront of something big. As South Korea's second-largest metropolitan city, Busan boasts a population of about 3.6 million, and is home to a slew of major companies, government agencies, universities, annual fes...
It was a dark, cold, and scary night when I returned from dinner with friends and noticed that my mobile phone was missing. It had corporate sensitive data such as emails, calendar events, and documents, as well as personal data (...
Time flies! I'm off to the Gartner Data Center conference in London again. And as per last year, I'll drive my this ancient and very historical Bothwell Castle on my way to the airport. Bothwell Castle Last year...
Getting online - not just in line - to find the best deals. This holiday shopping season, brick-and-mortar stores are out to match e-commerce sites with the latest and deepest discounts, and even encourage in-...
Professional services, Consultancy Services, Advanced Services -call them what you will. I can hear you say: "On No! Complexity". "Now I need to work a Statement of Work". "I need help to ...
Following the ITU hosted CTO meeting held in Dubai on November 18 2012, where I represented our CTO Padmasree Warrior, I had the pleasure to present at the ITU-T Global Standards Symposium [GSS] in Dubai on November 19 2012. This ...
It's official. The holiday season has begun. For many businesses-small and not so small, this is the season that counts. And that's why we're supporting Small Business Saturday. It's the Saturday after Thanksgiving, launched by Am...
If you're in the United States, you'll know Thanksgiving means two things: turkey and therapy (as in retail therapy). As one of our more shameless displays of mass consumerism, Black Friday brings to light the not-so-new fact that...
Black Friday. This shopping day has become as synonymous with Thanksgiving as turkey, pumpkin pie, and football. In 2011, U.S. consumers spent$52 billion while shopping during Thanksgiving weekend. But not everyone in the United S...