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As small businesses start unearthing themselves from the rubble of the COVID-19 pandemic, one positive outcome they are likely to carry over is letting their employees to continue to work remotely. This trend is part of a larger movement called hybrid work or hybrid office that promises to transform the “how” of work forever. The Cisco 2020 Global Workforce Survey revealed how significant this transformation might be with nearly 60 percent of the survey reporting that they expect to work from home at least eight days every month.   Small businesses are no exception to this rule. If anything,…

Hear directly from Cisco Partners and their experiences enabling customer agility with DevNet.This video features insights from Rickard Östman of Miradot, Meredith Rose from WWT, Robert Bailkoski of Logicalis, Andra Ehlert from NTT Global and Jose Bogarin Solano of Altus. Each share their own perspective on how they have been skilling up their teams to lead in software and automation and why it was important to ensure that they are equipped with these capabilities to…

Before I started in my new role as leader of Central Partner Operations and Global Partner Readiness, I carefully meditated on what key factors should be part of my team’s strategy, as it is crucial to continue providing our partners and distributors with the guidance needed, so they can achieve the right level of operational maturity and operational business transformation. One concept that came to my mind immediately was that digital is foundational. Why? Well,…

This blog post comes from Maria Berruezo, co-founder and COO of LactApp Women’s health, a tool to provide evidence based and customized advice to breastfeeding women through Artificial Intelligence. LactApp data has already contributed to the success of several scientific studies. Hear more about how Maria’s using technology to change the world at the upcoming Women Rock-IT broadcast on April 22. Eight years ago, an unexpected and life-changing experience influenced my life and the lives…

A 3D-printed antenna could turn high-frequency 5G signals into a wireless power source, potentially eliminating the need for batteries in low-power IoT devices, according to researchers at Georgia Tech. The antenna, which the researchers call a mm-wave harvester, is about the size of a playing card and has visible circuitry printed on it. It uses a technology called a Rotman lens as a waveguide to focus multiple beams of millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation used in 5G…

As countless companies have learned, there are no magical elixirs when it comes to enterprise computing, no singular platform or cloud that can address every need. Take Money Mart, for instance. Wanting to offer an omnichannel customer experience and get out of the data center management business, the financial services leader faced some stark realities when it shifted all of its IT resources to the cloud. “Putting everything in the cloud was a learning experience,”…

All rights reserved to Sandra Cifo In the last year or so, you may have noticed that a lot of exhibition halls and conference centers haven’t had much business. This is obviously due to the pandemic that has been affecting the entire world. However, this doesn’t mean that the world’s convention centers have sat gathering dust, places like RAI Amsterdam have been readying for the inevitable return of the crowds by improving their wireless networks….

As a Partner Marketing Manager for Qatar and Turkey, I always felt the need to hide my true self at work. There was always a strict line between my professional life and my personal life – where I also had a career as a yoga & mindfulness teacher for children. It was a role that I thought would, in the worlds or marketing and technology, have me perceived as “less professional” or “distracted” by my…

Quantum computers can learn to reason, even when burdened with uncertainty and incomplete data, concludes a team of scientists from U.K.-based quantum software developer Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC). This ability is similar to intuitive human reasoning, which allows people to draw conclusions and make decisions despite a lack of comprehensive information. CQC’s research confirms a belief among many scientists that quantum computers have a natural propensity for reasoning. In a paper published on the open-access…

Cisco made enhancements to its security offerings that will expand and change the way customers buy its Secure Access Service Edge products as well as bolster network-access authentication. Cisco’s SASE plan will focus on enhancing networking and security functions while building them into an integrated service that can help simplify access to enterprise cloud resources securely, said Gee Rittenhouse senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group during this week’s Cisco Live!…