The Network: Contributed Articles by Amy CorteseHow The Internet Is Preserving Korea's Cultural Heritagehttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/1196277/How-The-Internet-Is-Preserving-Korea-s-Cultural-Heritage?utm_medium=rss2013-05-21T23:00:00Z2013-05-21T23:00:00Z<p>
April 30th marked the 20-year anniversary of the World Wide Web, the system of urls, hypertext and protocols that paved the way for what today we take for granted as the Internet. It’s hard to imagine how we managed to get by before everything from news headlines to arcane trivia and shoes to soul mates were a mouse-click ...2013-05-21T23:00:00ZNetwork Trailblazer: A Conversation With Chris Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO of 3D Robotics and Former Wired Magazine Editorhttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/1184268/Network-Trailblazer-A-Conversation-With-Chris-Anderson-Co-Founder-CEO-of-3D-Robotics-and-Former-Wired-Magazine-Editor?utm_medium=rss2013-05-13T23:00:00Z2013-05-13T23:00:00Z<p>
As editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine for most of the 21st century, Chris Anderson has had a front row seat to the technological changes that continue to transform our world. He's explored some of these changes in his books, <em>The Long Tail,</em> about the rise of niche markets, and <em>Free</em>, about the seemingly counter-intuitive ...2013-05-13T23:00:00ZTurning to the Cloud In a Disasterhttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/1105353/Turning-to-the-Cloud-In-a-Disaster?utm_medium=rss2012-11-19T13:00:00Z2012-11-19T13:00:00Z<p>
Two weeks after Hurricane Sandy barreled up the East Coast, devastating parts of densely populated New York and New Jersey, the full costs of the megastorm are still being assessed. The "once-a-century" storm left more than 8 million homes and businesses without power, shutting down everything from oil refineries to transportation to the ...2012-11-19T13:00:00ZHow the Crowdfunding Industry is Scrambling to Make Your Donation Pay Offhttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/973468/How-the-Crowdfunding-Industry-is-Scrambling-to-Make-Your-Donation-Pay-Off?utm_medium=rss2012-07-30T00:00:00Z2012-07-30T00:00:00Z<p>
It was the pen stroke that set off a scramble. When President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law in April, it ushered in the biggest changes to U.S. securities laws in modern history. The centerpiece of the act is a provision that will allow crowdfunding—a method of raising funds from lots of small ...2012-07-30T00:00:00ZTechnology for Mom & Pop Businesseshttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/736266/Technology-for-Mom-Pop-Businesses?utm_medium=rss2012-03-20T12:00:00Z2012-03-20T12:00:00Z<p>
For years, bricks & mortar merchants watched in dismay as sales were siphoned off by online retailers, who lured customers with convenience and cut-rate deals. Now, the tables are turning. The latest technology—driven by location-aware mobile devices, cloud computing and low cost apps—is helping drive sales back to physical ...2012-03-20T12:00:00ZCrowdfunding: Finance in the Facebook Erahttp://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/528558/Crowdfunding-Finance-in-the-Facebook-Era?utm_medium=rss2011-11-01T12:00:00Z2011-11-01T12:00:00Z<p>
When Bubble & Baum, a British maker of fair trade natural body products, needed capital to expand, it didn't head to a bank or a well-heeled venture capitalist. Instead, the Warwickshire-based company turned to Crowdcube, a Web platform that lets small businesses raise funds from individuals. A total of 82 people invested between ...2011-11-01T12:00:00Z