Introduction Throughout this week the discussion has been focused on the necessity of a programmable infrastructure and theMantl project. Mantl was formulated to deliver application level flexibility by providing a set of pluggab...
Here we are, at the verge of what is the 30thMobile World Congress, in Barcelona. It's a show I tend to characterize as "the water cooler for telecom," becauseeverybodyis there! Over its impressive and storied history, starting in...
Last summer, the BB&T Center and Florida Panthers hosted the 2015 NHL Draft. It was a great success and I am proud to work with such a great operations team. On the surface it looks like any other event, but there were a numbe...
Earlier this week, Cisco received some welcome news. The U.S Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Arista's second attempt to invalidate a Cisco patent that was asserted in the '945 International Trade Commission (ITC) investig...
Here we go, Mobile World Congress is fast approaching with about 100,000 attendees descending on Barcelona next week. The big focus this year is said to be around 5G, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and virtualization. So on those theme...
Previously, we talked to Cisco employee and Everest-climber Brian Dickinson about his inspiring story, and what we can learn about having an adventure-filled career from his experiences. There was such a response, that we decided ...
Every time a new generation of mobile network has been introduced -2G networks transitioning to 3G, and 3G evolving to 4G, there have been concerns about the user adoption and capacity utilization. And each time skeptics have been...
I just got back from the 26thyear of DistribuTECH, the largest annual Electric Utility Industry conference. The theme was "Focused on the Future" and the industry met to participate in sessions on working through the challenges of...
Digitization is fundamentally reshaping business - and new technologies are changing the way we think about managing commercial indoor spaces. A couple of interesting facts: 40% of a building's operational expense is keeping the...
"Choosing a Unified Communications and Collaboration vendor is a complex decision," Marty Parker, Principal at UniComm Consulting, recently told me. "Any organization looking to refresh their architecture or rework their entire co...
We are in the midst of the era of customer and workforce experience. I read one report predicting "by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator." Consumers and employees are more loy...
Carpe Diem -Seize the day! Inspiration from Everyday Heroes of the Cisco Empowered Women's Network (CEWN) The Cisco Empowered Women's Network provides a forum for women in IT to network, motivate, and empower each other through e...