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Fighting Diseases with eHealth: A WHO Perspective

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

This story is one of an occasional series on Connected Healthcare. November 16, 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) has a simple but sweeping mandate. According to its constitution, the UN agency's objective is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health." That means not only coordinating international efforts to monitor outbreaks of infectious diseases ...

Cultivating Organizational Collaboration

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Nov. 16, 2009 by Charles Waltner Though technology has been getting all the attention when it comes to collaboration, experts agree that improvements in organizational collaboration require focus on what Cisco refers to as "people" and "processes." Also described as the "cultural" aspect of collaboration, the people component of the Cisco Collaboration Framework looks at ways to ...

Talk2Cisco: Live, Social Video Broadcast with Cisco Execs

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

Talk2Cisco is a live, real-time, social, interactive, online video broadcast featuring Cisco leaders answering questions submitted by you, the viewer. Using Ustream.tv, Talk2Cisco puts you directly in touch with the source of the information, covers topics of interest to you and connects you with others who follow Cisco business and technology. Join the conversation and be in the ...

The Case for Collaboration

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST

This is part one of a four-part series on organizational collaboration. Part II will post Nov. 16. November 09, 2009 By Charles Waltner Cisco Systems' chief executive John Chambers is famous for talking about – and taking advantage of – market transitions. Chambers now believes organizations the world over are facing one of the most profound transitions of modern business ...

Cisco WebEx Solutions Help Nonprofits Cut Costs, Increase Value

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 27, 2009 By Margaret Steen It used to be that a nonprofit needed a large organization and lots of resources to work in multiple countries. Now the Internet has made it easier for smaller nonprofits to work globally, but these groups still need a reliable, affordable way to communicate with far-flung staff members. Online meetings through Cisco WebEx, a desktop sharing and phone ...