It's only been six weeks since the breakthrough Internet of Things (IoT) World Forum in Barcelona, but the momentum to build web-enabled Smart Cities appears to be crescendoing toward a tipping point. Just this past week, I partic...
Throughout 2013, I've had the opportunity to meet with services provider leaders from around the globe. Whether they are large or small, focused on consumer services or business, or engaged in video or mobility, their ambitio...
With the adoption of the Internet of Things and Internet of Everything, advances in mobility and next-generation Wi-Fi are driving faster speeds, higher signal quality and more reliable connectivity. With the upcoming ratification...
The next wave of the Internet is driving the most disruptive change in history. Powered by mobile devices and apps-collaboration technologies that seamlessly allow people to work across multiple video and mobile devices-people are...
Cisco is dedicated to using our technology around the world to make a positive difference in the lives of people and local communities. This December, Cisco offices on 3 continents partnered with hospitals to use Cisco collaborati...
This is the final installment of a series on how retailers can address the challenges of becoming an omnichannel business. I'd like to wrap up by talking about a deceptively simple stumbling block -accepting that being an omnichan...
In my recent post, "The Internet of Everything's Impact on Hospitality", I discussed how the Internet of Everything (IoE) is currently transforming the hospitality industry to more effectively enhance the guest experience while en...
Executive sponsorship is one of the most important non-technical aspects of a project. Everyone knows about the technical: do we have rack space, is there enough power, did fibers get ordered, did the equipment ship, are the cut s...
Most recently ESG/Vormetric came out with a threat report that highlighted the increase in insider threats & the significance to augment perimeter and host-based security. The rationale behind the increase was that more people...
How fascinating is it that in today's world, a parent can connect to an office network and still remain linked to a child via mobile device? I recently came across a New York Times article that discussed how mobility is transformi...
After years of discussion, the upcoming release of Open MPI 1.7.4 will change how processes are laid out ("mapped") and bound by default. Here's the specifics: If the number of processes is <= 2, processes will be mappe...
In this week's episode, everything you wanted to know about VSPEX but were afraid to ask. We're talking VSPEX 101 with Chris Romano and Chad Dunn. They why, the how, and the use cases to back it up. Complete with a VSPEX unicorn, ...