Cisco's recent survey of 7200 banking customers in 12 countries left me with a crystal-clear takeaway: consumers are ready for the Internet of Everything (IoE) - and they want itnow. But to meet that demand, banks need to assess t...
I speak with customers every day and often hear they are confused by conflicting vendor claims, marketing hype and embellishments. This is especially true when discussing SDN, where both the technology and the market have evolved ...
In 2013, Roland Holloway learned he was cancer-free. For 9 years, Roland, a Cisco employee, had battled neck cancer, but a surprising recovery inspired him to give back to his community. With the help of Cisco's Employee Purchase ...
Greetings from Berlin and the Policy Control Conference, where we won the "Most Innovative Virtualised PCRF Solution" award. This is a great honor, as it reflects demands for virtualized Policy to address the evolution of po...
Why do you login to your various social media accounts? Is it to be entertained by videos and images? Catch up on the latest news in your industry? Engage with colleagues? My hunch says you do all of the above. Nobody has time to ...
Have you ever imaged what your company would look like if you only employed the best and the brightest employees? Midsize business leaders, just like enterprise companies, need to recruit and retain the most capable employees. The...
One of the great scientific challenges of our time is the construction of a practical quantum computer. Operating using the counterintuitive principles of quantum physics, such a device could rapidly explore an vast number of poss...
Thirty years ago a UN commission published the Maitland Report, proposing that by the early 21st century, every individual on the planet should "be within easy reach of a telephone" given the economic benefits. That was inter...
I recently participated in a Cisco advisory board meeting attended by some of our leading manufacturing customers. There was a lot of discussion about the tough challenges the industry is facing. Flexibility, agility, and managing...
On the way to tradeshow week (May 4th), I decided to do a brief blog series on UCS Mini tied to these shows. Last week was Microsoft Ignite. This week SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference in Orlando and the discussion of UCS Mi...
I don't know about you, but the thought of using a "server" as a "backup storage" resource may sound a bit odd at first. After this post, you may change your tune. Let's dig into this a bit. I'm sure you've heard of the Cisco UCS ...
Last week, I discussed with you how to set up and managed converged wired and wireless access with Cisco Prime Infrastructure. Here, as the 3rd post of our 5-part blog series, I'll focus on how to ensure application performance fo...