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Cisco + Slido: Building Engaging and Inclusive Experiences Together Have you ever wondered if you are truly connecting with your audience during a meeting or event? What if you could measure enthusiasm, get feedback and understand audience sentiment about the content you are sharing in real-time before, during and after an event? Now imagine you could get this kind of engagement and valuable feedback from your entire audience, regardless of whether they are in the…

IBM announced a pair of additions to its storage portfolio designed to improve the access to and management of data across hybrid-cloud environments and offer faster, higher capacity. The first is container-native software defined storage (SDS) called IBM Spectrum Fusion that’s due out in the second half of 2021. It will initially come in the form of a container-native hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) system that integrates compute, storage, and networking. Next year, IBM plans to release…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is not inclined to wait for next-generation (NextG) networks. And who can blame it? NextG promises faster cellular, Wi-Fi, and satellite networks, all of which can be used to enhance data streaming, wireless communications, analytics, and automation. For the NSF, this translates into improved national defense, education, public health and safety, transportation, and digital infrastructure. For enterprises, NextG means greater efficiency, flexibility, business insights, and more opportunities to replace human…

IT teams are dealing with rapid technology changes with increased retraining and skill development, according to a report by trade association CompTIA. Seven in 10 HR professionals surveyed who work with IT personnel said they plan a substantially increased effort to help workers re-skill in the coming year, with larger firms reporting a particularly strong emphasis in that area. Nearly 80% of IT HR professionals employed at such companies rated re-skilling or up-skilling as “more…

CHESTERBROOK, Pa., ROUND ROCK, Texas, and SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, and TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, have entered into a definitive agreement with Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) to acquire Boomi, a leading provider of cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS). The cash transaction is valued at $4 billion and is expected to…

The traditional development of applications is giving way to a new era of modern application development. Modern apps are on a steep rise. Increasingly, the application experience is the new customer experience. Faster innovation velocity is needed to deliver on constantly changing customer requirements. The cloud native approach to modern application development can effectively address these needs: Connect, manage and observe across all physical, virtual, and cloud native API assets Secure and develop using distributed…

At a time when production from anywhere is a must, those that create, distribute, and secure content needed to pivot overnight, adopting new tech and workflows. Back in the old days, the studio was the central repository for this content, but now that it needs to be securely shared online with teammates around the world who are working from their home offices, the challenges continue to mount. Now more than ever, high availability is needed…

In all industries, there are inflection points where suddenly, things accelerate. Right now, that is happening in the sports and entertainment industry. The next few years there will be significant transformation across distribution and consumption. Incredible change is going to occur with converged networks, wireless, IP-fabric, sensors, AI and much more, which are going to deliver speed, reliability, and opportunity like never before. The Cisco Sports & Entertainment Solutions Group has been evaluating these dynamic…

The phone in your hand, the network it runs on, the public transportation app you’re using to commute… It’s likely that each of them contains a touch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make your experience more efficient, seamless, secure, and personalized. At Cisco, we develop innovative services that advance healthcare, enhance education, provide remote working, improve government services to citizens, expand accessibility, and strengthen cybersecurity. We deliver technological advances that help us go beyond what…

What a year 2020 turned out to be! This year’s Cisco Live was about more than just IT. It was about people coming together to affect change. A large part of that change centered around remote work, with research showing that, by 2025, 36.2 million Americans (22% of the workforce) will work remotely.1 The rapid and sudden shift last year to remote work around the world brought with it a range of new business and IT challenges to enable secure remote collaboration and accelerated digital transformation….