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Innovation is the cornerstone of any IT organization striving to create remarkable digital experiences (DX) that delight customers and connect its workforce. Having the right technology and skills in place can ignite innovation and accelerate overall business growth. In fact, technology-driven innovators not only create market-dominating differentiation but can grow four times faster than their peers1. An organization that prides itself on tech-driven innovation prioritizes the importance of proactively seeing around corners to ensure availability…

Utility Grid automation, particularly in the distribution space (DA), requires a wide variety of deployed and supported use cases to continue to improve the safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of power. Last-mile wireless communications networks have become the leading solution to connect and support these field deployed automation assets. With the ever-increasing operational reliance on these connected assets, the importance of their underlying wireless network continues to remain an industry focus. Scale: The scale of…

Global capital expenditure on data center infrastructure is set to grow by 10% over the next five years, to a total of $350 billion by 2026, in spite of the general move toward cloud in the enterprise, according to a report released earlier this month by Dell’Oro Group. Part of that spending growth will be driven by hyperscalers like Google, Amazon and Microsoft buying up data center equipment for their own public clouds, but an…

Today, I would like to share a Cisco Retail story. The setting is Francisco Market, a fictitious marketplace that illustrates Cisco’s use cases and solutions in retail. Francisco Market’s customers, associates, and operations all provide glimpses into the business needs retailers currently have, the capabilities that Cisco and its partners provide, and the outcomes that can be achieved through digital transformation. The Customer Experience Outside the market The story starts with a Francisco Market loyalty…

Cisco Blogs / Partner / Options + Communication: The keys to delivering in any great relationship It’s no secret that, like everyone, we have been struggling with supply chain issues. As we head into this Valentine’s Day holiday, even Cupid has had his fair share of challenges! What’s the key to persevering and delivering when it matters the most? Communication, of course! So, engage with your Cisco or account team today to discuss product options…

Part 4 of the 6-part Future of Work Networking Series: Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings The Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technologies (OT) in Smart Buildings are essential to make hybrid work safer and better for people and better for the planet. The importance of environmental sustainability continues to increase as a growing percentage of consumers rate how “green” organizations are as a factor in whether they want to work for them or buy…

There’s rich — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with not quite $200-billion and Microsoft’s Bill Gates with $132-billion — and then there’s Elon Musk rich: Approximately $241-billion. But, according to a note, “SpaceX Escape Velocity … Who Can Catch Them?” by Morgan Stanley‘s head of auto and space research Adam Jonas, SpaceX will launch him into being the first trillionaire.  True, SpaceX makes up less than 17% of Musk’s $241.4 billion net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires…

The question that I get asked most often by financial services CXO’s is “how do we move beyond just ‘supporting’ Hybrid Work to ‘powering’ Hybrid Work with the right technology stack so that we can address the challenges of attracting and engaging an evolving workforce and keep the organization moving forward in an agile and sustainable way.” Throughout the pandemic, financial services firms have been prioritizing health and safety of their employees by implementing hybrid…

The rapid rise of the hybrid work model has changed the focus of work from place to people. It has also highlighted the need for digital equity, whereby all individuals and communities require the information technology capacity to participate in society. Our inaugural edition of the Hybrid Work Index looked across people, places, and technology and identified trends that have reshaped work permanently: People choices matter – their concerns and preferences are varied and need…

In this blog we introduce the Cisco Cloud Native Security SPOT-On Series. In this series we will take you through how to provide a cloud native infrastructure using code, what tools are needed to make this happen, and, most importantly, how we can secure these environments using the Cisco Secure portfolio.  In part 1 of this multi-episode series, we will introduce what we will be building, what types of security technologies we will be implementing throughout…