News@Cisco: Top Stories

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 ...

Web 2.0 Technologies Helping Create a Better Way of Selling

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 26, 2009 By Laurence Cruz Two years ago, David Farmer of Ad Giants got a call from a high-level executive waylaid at LaGuardia Airport. The caller had twice canceled a sales presentation by Farmer, and now wanted to reschedule. Determined not to let such a promising prospect slip away a third time, Farmer played the Ace up his sleeve. With a few mouse clicks, he invited the ...

Cisco Lowers the Barriers to the 'Borderless' Branch Office

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 20, 2009 Today, Cisco Systems announced another major step in its quest to create "borderless" networks that allow organizations and individuals to communicate anytime, anywhere and in any way they wish. With the public launch of the second generation of the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR G2), the company is making it far easier and more affordable for businesses to bring ...

Digital Schools Sponsored by Cisco Are Set to Connect Isolated Islands to IT Opportunities

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 19, 2009 By Mike Stone Some 1500 km from Lisbon and about 3900 km from the east coast of North America, the Azores may appear cut off from the world. But this Portuguese Autonomous Region is becoming more connected every day, in part thanks to a digital schools project supported by the Cisco® Networking Academy®. The project is part of an ambitious initiative which ...

Kayseri Connects Health Information to Physicians and Nurses in Cisco-led Pilot to Improve Care

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 12, 2009 By Mike Stone The medical paper chase can kill. In a life-or-death situation, where every second counts, the last thing healthcare professionals need is to track down medical records, photocopy charts and distribute printed reports. Equally, chasing down vital staff and equipment can cost minutes that a critically ill patient simply cannot afford. But at the largest ...

Broadband To Bring Big Changes to Africa

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:15:00 PST

October 5, 2009 Farmers using the Internet to connect directly with buyers? Doctors operating on patients remotely via telemedicine? This may sound like Silicon Valley, but it could soon be a reality in Africa, thanks to an undersea cable linking the continent to the rest of the world. The 1.28 Terabyte-per-second submarine fiber optic cable reached the shores of Tanzania from India in ...

Mater Health Services' Network is What Doctor Ordered

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 29, 2009 Keeping a large hospital running smoothly is complex and costly activity. Ensuring patients receive top-quality care while also meeting the needs of staff requires careful planning and targeted investments. With technology now at the heart of modern medicine, particular attention must be given to the IT infrastructure that underpins all hospital operations. This ...

Cisco Helping Untangle the Data Center

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

Sept. 28, 2009 By Charles Waltner Cisco Systems would like to help data centers do a little housecleaning. Symbolic of the complexities that plague computing facilities as they struggle with the demands of the Information Age, the multitude of cables required to connect all the machines in data centers are causing massive costs and headaches. A typical computer server now requires at ...

Smart Grid Strategies for a Global Marketplace

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 24, 2009 By Jenny Carless Today's electric utility companies have their hands full with myriad dilemmas: the grid is old and increasingly insecure, the traditional one-way broadcast model is outmoded, supply and demand patterns are changing, and utilities are under pressure to address increasing energy demand much more efficiently. Further, consumers are calling for lower energy ...

Latin America Increasing IT Education to Improve Skills

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 21, 2009 Latin America is lagging in terms of networked readiness, according to recent report by the World Economic Forum and the graduate business school INSEAD. Grim though that may be for the competitiveness of the region, part of the solution may already be in place in the shape of a keen interest to invest and form partnerships that will boost the level of IT skills in ...

BT Innovation: A $19.8 Billion Network : The World's First National All-IP Network

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST

LIVE WEBCAST

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

NHL Team Scores with Cisco

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00:00 PST

The Connected Hotel : Cutting Edge Technology Delivers Luxury Services

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:00 PST

Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Orative

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:00:00 PST

Cisco Announces the Cisco TelePresence Meeting Solution -- A Breakthrough 'In-Person' Experience for Real-Time, Remote, Business Communication and Collaboration

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PST