News@Cisco: Features
The latest feature stories from News@Cisco
- Data Center Consolidation at the State of Oregon
Representative Chuck Riley is Chair of the Government Accountability and Information Technology in the Oregon House of Representatives. As such, he had oversight authority for the Computing and Networking Infrastructure Consolidation (CNIC) project that has now become the Oregon State Data Center. Rep. Riley spoke to News@Cisco about the goals and benefits of the project from the user side. What are the goals and objectives the Legislature has for the Data ... - Telcos Tuning In to IPTV
The picture for IPTV is coming into focus. After a long wait Internet protocol television has passed its first technical hurdles and is proving itself in real-world deployments. But despite eagerness for what many view as the culmination of modern multimedia networks, IPTV still has a ways to go before it can claim title as the mother of all communications infrastructures. Despite how ambitious ... - Cisco C-Scape 2007
Cisco C-Scape 2007 December 11th-12th, 2007 Cisco's C-Scape 2007 is a thought-provoking industry event where the analyst and press communities, as well as other influencers and ... - Unified Communications Helps Manage Home Healthcare Franchises
December 10, 2007 Nurse Next Door is a Vancouver-headquartered business that provides in-home care services on a franchise model. These services range from companionship to complex medical and palliative care. For founders John DeHart and Ken Sim, the genesis of Nurse Next Door grew out of personal experience and frustration with the lack of consistent and comprehensive in-home care services. Network Solution "During pregnancy, my wife was confined to bed ... - Cisco Partner GET Drives Technology Deployment for World's Largest Truck Stop
December 11, 2007 The words "truck stop" may not conjure up the image of a technology-forward operation, yet Iowa 80, which owns and operates the world's largest truckstop, is pushing the technology envelope in its market. When it opened in 1964, the Iowa 80 Truckstop was a typical truck stop: a small building with two diesel pumps, a lube bay, and a tiny restaurant where tired drivers could get a cup of coffee and a stack of pancakes. But as the Interstate highway system expanded, ... - A Global Network of Possibilities
In late October, Ingrid Salloum and 19 others who represent Lebanon's brightest young people returned to their country after participating in six-month internships with leading companies across the United States. They return home with enhanced business skills, new contacts and a renewed passion and faith in themselves and the many possibilities before them to help their nation recover from its recent turbulent ... - Yvon Le Roux of Cisco Previews the 2007 Cisco Public Sector Summit at Nobel Week
December 10, 2007 There is a buzz in the public sector. Government departments worldwide are feeling empowered to apply the lessons learned in the wider Web 2.0 world to the delivery of citizen services. Far from being bureaucratic and arduous, today's public sector processes are increasingly designed to be online, on-demand and on target to reduce time, cost and effort for users and government departments alike. This trend that has been years in the making, ... - Cisco Evolves its Product Development Groups to Focus on Integration, Software and Collaboration
December 6, 2007 Cisco today announced a new organizational model for its technology development organization designed to improve the company's ability to create products and systems for the next generation of communications technologies. News@Cisco spoke with Charlie Giancarlo, Cisco's executive vice president and chief development officer, about this reorganization and how Cisco hopes it will help the company continue its technology leadership.