As more devices,people andthings become connected to the Internet, an unprecedented amount of data will be generated: data which can become a powerful tool for solving some of the greatest challenges facing our planet. I...
Have you visited your local high school or middle school lately? If so, it wouldn't surprise you to know that students spend considerable time focusing on recreational media unrelated to their coursework. Everything from Facebook ...
We continue to see a growing number of customers migrating from RISC/UNIX platforms to Cisco UCS. Costs associated with purchasing, and maintaining RISC/UNIX servers continue to be a major customer pain point. The ability to scale...
You're probably double-checking your agenda to make sure you've booked the most interesting sessions at the Gartner Data Center Conference this week. Let me help you by sharing a few sessions that you don't want to miss.&nbs...
The Social Innovation Summit takes place this week on December 4 and 5 in Mountain View, California. This annual gathering brings together corporate, investment, government, and nonprofit leaders to explore the strategies and busi...
As an early convert to the virtues of Cloud computing, it is fascinating to see the adoption of the ideas. Most organizations if not all, are figuring out how to harness cloud technologies to their advantage. It is in...
It's that time of year again - time to start preparing for Euro MPI 2013! Next year, we'll be heading to Madrid, Spain September 15-18. Here's a snipit from the call for papers: Topics of interest include, but are not lim...
Over the last few months we've made some nice additions and improvements to Cisco.com. We'll be writing in more detail about these individually, but I'd thought I'd give a short recap. 1. Faster Downloads!We've had some big perfor...
Once the exclusive domain of senior executives, mobile devices are now indispensable to most employees for conducting both their business and personal lives. The insatiable demand for smartphones, tablets, and other connected devi...
Fellow Technologists, Why are standards so important in Information Technology? Standards enable interoperability between complex systems. Many enterprises look to products that use these standards for easy integr...
In this business, "monetization" is often a nice way to say "profits". And profits usually come at someone else's expense. But what if I told you you could be profitable giving away your product? Further, what if...
Who doesn't know the Xerox company ? As long as I can remember, Xerox products have always been part of my professional life . In fact, even before working for a company, I used a Xerox machine. Originally known worldwide as a pri...