The first rule in improvisational comedy (I have heard) is to say "Yes, and..." to everything. How different would the current fiscal cliff debate be if improvisational comedy rules were followed? White House: "I'd like to r...
When the history of the Internet of Everything (IoE) is written, its success or failure will be determined by answering one question. How did IoEbenefit humanity? In the end, nothing else matters. With this in mind, let's look at ...
Yesterday at the Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China Partner-Led Network Conference that took place in Bangkok, we took the opportunity to announce the recipients of the Cisco Smart Service awards. The purpose of these awa...
Consider the following facts: In the US, the street value of a stolen social security or credit card number is about$1, and it can be sold for only a few days after it's been stolen. By comparison, a stolen medical rec...
Welcome to the first in a series of previews of what Cisco will be showing at National Retail Federation Convention and Expo 2013, January 14-15 in New York City. Cisco released Catch Them and Keep Em retail resea...
Yesterday I introduced you to the Cisco Domain TenSM, Cisco Services' framework for simplifying data center transformation. This model is applicable to both business (enterprise), public sector (e.g. government, f...
From baby boomers to generation X to digital generation of the twenty-first century, it is more important to find similarities in people expectations and experiences than to focus on the differences. We all want respect, pea...
In my blog last week I introduced a series of conversations in which Mike Spanbauer, Industry analyst at Current Analysis, Cisco Executives, Jim McHugh and Brian Schwarz discussed several topics. One of the topics they discu...
After months of speculation, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announced on Monday that they are expecting their first child. In light of this announcement, there is now pressure for a strict timeline to implement new royal succes...
This post is part of a new series featuring Brian Higgins, Principal Healthcare Consultant at Comstor US. Comstor is a recognized global leader in Cisco product distribution and an established provider of networking and advanced t...
Dr. William A. Kennedy knows how having a sick child can burden a family. In the 1970s, his brother suffered from metastatic Ewing's sarcoma. Getting him the care he needed at a hospital 25 miles away was a full-time job for their...
A little over a month ago we had a chance to present as session in conjunction with Eric Sammer of Cloudera on Designing Hadoop for the Enterprise Data Centerand findings at Strata + Hadoop World 2012 . Taking a look back, we...