When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.
When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.
When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.
The World is changing, we’re going through massive rebalancing in economic growth, socially – talent re-shuffling, and environmentally – natural resources.
Now everything is becoming connectedThe Internet of Things or what we call the Industrialization of the Internetis already starting to become a reality – it’s not a futuristic event. Right this minute … there are more devices than people on earth that are connected over the Internet What this means is that You and I, among the lucky 2 billion people who are using the Internet today, are surrounded by at least 6 or more connected physical objects each … eg, 2 smartphones + 1 laptop + 1 iPad + 1 IP phone + a media entertainment center + a telematics car + a games console … Cisco estimates this inflection point happened some time between 2008 and 2009 This trend will continue to grow exponentially – doubling to at least 25 billion devices in 2015, and to 50 billion devices by 2020 – smart physical objects that are connected to each other and to humans using the Internet Protocol over public or private networks. Why does this matter?If you think about the massive amounts of data being generated – and available for people to use – just wait until the 50B devices are connected! (you haven’t seen anything yet!)
When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.
What will it take to create these cities/communities… new visionary leadership & the creation of New Business Models.Imagine the huge opportunity for new services. Technology will be the key enabler.Only 2% of infrastructure spend – 2% of a trillion dollars is spent on technology – even an increase of 1%? To enable this we should together drive:Visionary leadership is key – finding people with similar mindsets, passion and vision for the future…that’s really key.Global open standards – this is what we do! We did it 25 years ago with the internet…bringing together different protocols and making them all work together. That’s not something just anyone can do.Smart regulation – we need leaders to step up….LEED certification….give benefits to people who implementPublic private partnerships – this has been key to our success so far.And a New ecosystem – working with developers, people like Schneider ElectricBut it takes all five of these factors…without one, it changes completely.
When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.
The Core Foundational Layer is a fundamental element of the CLD project. It consists of a robust, scalable and future proof network supporting both the baseline and the value added services.
The Core Foundational Layer is a fundamental element of the CLD project. It consists of a robust, scalable and future proof network supporting both the baseline and the value added services.
When John asked me to take on the role as Cisco’s COO, my first priorities were to simplify the company’s operating model so there was less bureaucracy in our decision making processes, empower teams and individuals to make decisions without all of the previous checkpoints, and determine how we are going to hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals and producing results. These changes were designed to make it easier to do business with and for Cisco. That principle extends not only to our customers and employees, but to you all as well.