We've been hearing a lot about the Internet of Things or IoT. How it's going to accelerate efficiencies. Grow profits. Disrupt industries. So it's time to consider if IoT is real & if you should do something about it right now...
Similar to previous versions of the standard, the MPI-3.1 standard is now available in hardcover. Even though I have a copy of the MPI-3.1 PDF for quick/easy reference on my laptop, I find something intangibly inherently useful (a...
It's no secret. I'm nuts about social media. (I lead the Cisco Careers "Life at Cisco" social media strategy.) Word gets around, so people who aren't as nuts about social media ask me for advice. I love helping them, because when ...
Retail has entered an era of unprecedented competition and accelerated evolution worldwide. Retailers in every category, both brick-and-mortar and online, face larger and more unpredictable threats than ever before, from digitizat...
By JT Taylor, Senior Manager, Service Provider Video Solutions Marketing, Cisco There comes a point in every industry where the evolution of how things get done changes. First there was manual cotton picking, then there was the co...
By David Wachtfogel, Director, Service Provider Video Security, Cisco This week at IBC we are happy to announce that we've reached 300 million active VideoGuard Everywhere client devices. Think about that for a moment! How did we ...
Customers frequently comment that IT simply isn't keeping pace with their needs. Provisioning new data center resources can take weeks. To be fair, IT professionals are doing the best they can but manual processes and ...
By Adam Davies,product marketing manager for Infinite Video, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco By now it's very clear that TV and entertainment viewing habits are changing. More people are accessing more content...
During my college years, I worked for a major US airline. It was a great job but could get a little rough when faced with cancellations, overbookings, missed connections, etc. However, when faced with challenging situations I...
The press lit up when we announced a landmark partnership with Apple last week. This was definitely an important announcement for us. As you can imagine, everyone is very excited with what this partnership can make possible for en...
I was recently talking to an industry colleague about how incredibly focused we are, as a company, on the video marketplace. I meant it, so I was surprised to see the eyebrow-spiked reaction and their response: "How can you...
It's hard enough being a department of two. Now imagine managing an out-of-date network infrastructure in an old, three-story building. And add two other older buildings running the same decrepit network and you have the scenario...