In this month's We're Listening blog post, I have a number of updates on Cisco's progress to improve software quality, and how we're using your feedback to make improvements that will most impact your experienc...
It took us longer than we intended, but we finally released Open MPI v1.7.4. Woo hoo! (we got nice coverage from El Reg, too) This is a monster release; it represents hundreds (thousands? millions?) of person-hours of...
Earlier this week, Cisco's Chief Futurist Dave Evans and I took questions from you, our partners and customers, about our views and predictions for the future of IT Education. The discussion covered a broad variety of fascinating ...
In a world where we are increasingly connected, and other's opinions or reviews are more accessible than ever, marketing must evolve to keep up. Consumers want, and expect, 'on-demand' marketing -customized marketing that ca...
If you are reading this blog hoping to get a universal recipe for your cloud strategy, I believe you will be disappointed. But then, you already know.... there are no 'universal' cloud strategies. You have to formulate a cloud str...
We all know how close we are to our mobile devices and digital technology, and how much we rely on these new tools -87% of us use our mobile device while on the go and 81% of users read email on their mobile -and all of ...
As you have probably noticed, the Cisco and SAP partnership keeps growing -Here is some of the recent news [] Unisys, RealTech and others install SAP HANA on Cisco UCS " Manufacturers are struggling with the provisioni...
We're pleased to announce today that we've achieved full protection for millions of Cisco customers from the overblown and specious claims of a very aggressive patent assertion entity. Once upon a time a company called "Innovatio"...
"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler in his speech today made it clear that transforming the nation's E-Rate program is one of his biggest priorities. That is welcome news. The E-Rate program has done an i...
Today, cities are becoming the epicenter of the Internet of Everything (IoE), where people, things, data and process can be connected to deliver new and amazing value. At the current pace of connectivity, Cisco predicts some 25 bi...
During my years at Cisco, I've been able witness IT become incredibly pervasive. While traditionally IT has been thought of to just help run a business (and make things work!), today's expectation of IT is also how it can help cha...
I could not have asked for a better start to the New Year. 2014 was quick off the starting blocks with January already setting the tone for the rest of the year as momentum continues to pick up in data center and cloud networking....