Ever since the much anticipated 802.11ac standard was ratified and supported by Enterprise class access points (AP), I've asked myself the question that perhaps other network and Radio-Frequency (RF) engineers have: &nbs...
As a visiting lecturer on "Transforming Health and Care" at the Hult International Business School in London, I was invited last March to be a jury panel member for the regional Hult prize competition. Named as one of th...
Holding onto "Tribal Knowledge" Recent data from the Department of Energy (DOE) indicates that approximately 60% of electric utility workers will be eligible for retirement in the next five years. The impending loss of the most sk...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a popular topic of discussion amongst security company executives, analysts, and other industry pundits. But when they begin discussing the technical details, it quickly becomes evident that...
Large enterprise organisations are traditionallysiloed from an IT perspective. You have the Server Team, the Network Team, the Storage Team, the Security Team, the Application Team; you get the idea. There are usually politi...
Last Wednesday, October 1, Cisco France announced its second annual Le Defi Cisco -or The Cisco Challenge. This competition is created and led by Cisco volunteers and encourages college students and young entrepreneurs to develop ...
Location-based applications have endless use cases-simply tapping into the users' whereabouts can provide useful information such as movies playing, surrounding restaurants, friends' favorite spots, etc. Still untapped, however, i...
The recently concluded Predictive Analytics World 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts, was chock full of insights from organizations who have successfully implemented analytics in a variety of settings. A few points stood out and I will...
Today, Cisco and Junior Achievement teamed up to host a Job Shadow Day as part of Cisco's series of STEM mentoring events being held throughout the week. Fifty students from the Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High Scho...
You know the Internet of Everything (IoE) is gaining traction when you hear about it from the guy changing your oil. Earlier this month I was dropping off my car for its regular service when the technician began asking me how the ...
Hello all, Hope you all are enjoying a productive week. This week I thought it would be prudent to talk about upgrading router (+switch and wireless access point) firmware. The firmware is software that is embedded on the router. ...
Curious about OpenStack? Don't miss this episode of Engineers Unplugged, where Kenneth Hui (@hui_kenneth) and Gabriel Chapman (@bacon_is_king) explain the difference between OpenStack the project, product, and service using bacon ...