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Apple & Cisco to collaborate on optimizing networks for iOS devices

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Apple Inc. and Cisco have announced a partnership, that will see them collaborate on optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps.

This includes integrating iPhones with Cisco networks, and sharing capabilities on iPads and iPhones.

pi_blog-graphic_500x524_083115-300x314This is in order to create an improved mobile work experience.

The collaboration was announced through a blog post by Chuck Robins, the CEO of Cisco.

He said they were thrilled about our new partnership, and together, they will enable mobile apps and experiences that deliver the quality and experience we need while meeting enterprise requirements for management and security.

He said the two companies share a common passion to create a vastly improved mobile work experience and they also recognize the enormous opportunity they have to bring together the leading mobile platform and the leading provider of secure networks and collaboration to make the mobile work experience what it should be.


Cisco unveils Internet of Things Packages

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Cisco has unveiled Internet of things packages at its Cisco Systems’ media event held on Oct. 5.

Calling it “bigger than the first wave of the Internet, ” new CEO Chuck Robbins  said the giant networking vendor is planning to grow its presence in the IoT, which Cisco officials have said will grow rapidly to include more than 50 billion connected devices worldwide by 2020.

Cisco intends to be the foundational technology vendor for the IoT, from the networking that connects everything to the analytics, security and platforms that enable enterprises and SMBs to safely and rapidly make near real-time decisions that will drive business growth.

Shakib noted that Cisco has created a framework businesses can use to migrate to a more digital environment, from unified connectivity and security to managing data from the network’s edge to the cloud.

To help accelerate organizations’ adoption of the IoT, Cisco is unveiling four new offerings aimed at the manufacturing, transportation, utilities, and oil and gas industries.

At the same time, the vendor announced a security solution for the IoT that spans all verticals.
In the manufacturing space, Cisco is offering an architecture designed to give businesses the tools they need to connect and manage their machinery and enable such new models as remote access, monitoring and serviceability.

The company announced a partnership with industrial robotics company Fanuc America to develop a way of remotely monitoring Fanuc’s robots in factories to see how they’re performing and to proactively address issues when a robot looks as though it will break down.

Via: eWeek

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Ericsson and Cisco eye $1b sales in network partnership

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Sweden’s mobile equipment maker Ericsson and U.S. networking company Cisco Systems Inc < CSC.O> said on Monday they had agreed a business and technology partnership expected to generate revenues of $1 billion for each company by 2018.

Ericsson and Cisco said in a statement they would together offer routing, data center, networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities.

“The strategic partnership will be a key driver of growth and value for the next decade, with each company benefiting from incremental revenue in calendar year 2016 and expected to ramp to $1 billion or more for each by 2018,” Ericsson said in a statement.

Ericsson also said it would continue to explore further joint business opportunities with Cisco.

[Reuters]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise continues to lead worldwide enterprise hardware market

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco and Microsoft continue to lead in the three main data center infrastructure market segments

In the third quarter of 2015, Hewlett Packard Enterprise managed to increase its enterprise hardware market share to 24 percent, according to Synergy Research Group.

The Q3 results pull HP’s new enterprise company well ahead of closest rivals Dell and Cisco.

But Cisco continues its lead in service provider hardware, attributable to its dominance of data centre networking and its expanding server business.

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Out of all the data centre infrastructure market leaders in Q3 2015, Microsoft still keeps a massive lead in data centre software market share, holding almost 70 percent of the worldwide market share. This is well ahead VMware, which holds just under 20 percent.

“Data centres are the foundation of cloud services and this has driven annual spending on data centre networking, compute and storage toward the $120 billion (£79.2bn) mark,” said Jeremy Duke, Synergy Research Group’s founder.

“The mass adoption of public cloud services has created the need for widespread deployment of hyperscale data centres and has led to record spending on service provider data centre equipment. While the market dynamics are different for private cloud, it too will drive enormous changes in the investment patterns for enterprise data centre hardware, software, and services.”

Synergy Research said that total third quarter spend on data centre infrastructure, which is made up of enterprise data center hardware, service provider data center hardware and data center software, grew by three percent year on year to reach $29 billion (£19.2bn), with a majority of the growth coming from service provider hardware which grew by over 20 percent.

Other high growth areas came from virtusalisation software, blade servers, and integrated security platforms.

“The largest single product segment is rack servers which account for 34 percent of the total market,” said Synergy Research.

[Tech Week Europe]

SEACOM partners National Museums of Kenya to open SwahiliPOT hub in Mombasa

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A new innovation hub is set to opened up in Mombasa.

The project, known as SwahiliPOT will benefit the technology and cultural community thanks to a partnership between SEACOM, Cisco Systems and the National Museums of Kenya.

The hub will be located in an office space donated by the National Museums of Kenya.

SEACOM Managing Director for Kenya Joseph Muriithi said Mombasa has been a pivotal part of SEACOM’s business since they established a point of presence here and wanted to give back to the local community by providing a service where they can experience broadband technology and utilize it to develop business ideas and other income generating project.

The company will provide a 40Mb connection of their high-speed Internet Service for free and will also construct a perimeter wall between its landing station and the fort to secure the sea side.

SEACOM will also host services to the hardware which is being provided by Cisco who were brought on board by the ICT Authority.

Dimension Data and Cisco Announce Project to Protect Rhinos by Tracking People

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South Africa-headquartered technology company, Dimension Data, and worldwide leader in networking, Cisco, have today announced an initiative aimed at dramatically reducing the number of rhinos being poached in South Africa.

The two companies have deployed some of the world’s most sophisticated technology in an unnamed private game reserve adjacent to the world-renowned Kruger National Park to monitor and track individuals from the time they enter the reserve gates, until they exit.

The goal is to proactively intervene and stop people entering the reserve illegally – whether it’s cutting fences, being dropped onto the ground by helicopters, or simply driving in through the entrance gates.

Over time, the technology will be replicated in other reserves in South Africa, Africa, and globally, to not only protect rhino, but conserve other endangered species including elephants, lions, pangolin, tigers in India and Asia, and even sea rays in the ocean.

According to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs’ Report 2015, a staggering 1,215 rhinos were killed by poachers in 2014 alone. This equates to three rhinos being killed every day.

If the rate of poaching continues, rhino deaths could overtake rhino births by 2018, and the rhino could be non-existent in South Africa by 2025.

Dimension Data executive, Bruce Watson explains: “Every day, hundreds of staff, suppliers, contractors, security personnel, and tourists enter and exit game reserves.”

The human activity in these environments is not monitored because, typically, the reserve is in a remote location with basic IT infrastructure and access control, manual security processes, and very limited communication.

“With our Connected Conservation technology, we don’t touch the animals by darting them with tranquilisers to insert sensors into their horns, or insert a chip under their skin. This can be extremely stressful and risky for the animal and we’ve seen a number of rhinos either dying, or going blind, and having to be euthanased.

In phase one, Dimension Data worked closely with Cisco to gather information from the game rangers, security personnel, technology, and control centre teams. The first step was to create a highly secure Reserve Area Network (RAN) and install Wi-Fi hotspots around key points, which is completed.

Phase two of the Connected Conservation project will incorporate CCTV, drones with infrared cameras; thermal imaging, vehicle tracking sensors, as well as seismic sensors on a highly secure intelligent network. Dimension Data has also deployed the Reserve Area Networks (RANs) using Cisco technology which will be one of the first installations of its kind in the world.

Chris Dedicoat, executive vice president of Worldwide Sales for Cisco said: “South Africa is currently home to about 70% of the remaining rhinos in the world, most of which are located in the Kruger National Park, which drove the decision to pilot Connected Conservation. In close collaboration with Dimension Data, the teams moved rapidly to study and build a highly secure digital solution that provides those who are protecting the rhinos with the valuable insights, transparency and visibility they need to make effective and informed decisions against poaching.”

Ericsson, Cisco further partner on mobile-WiFi integration products

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Ericsson and Cisco announced an expansion of their sales partnership to include a new Wi-Fi offering, named Evolved Wi-Fi Networks (EWN). EWN combines Ericsson’s mobile access, core networks and applications with Cisco’s Wi-Fi portfolio to target Ericsson’s customers in the mobile, cable and other industries.

In 2015, Ericsson and Cisco partnered to offer routing, data center, networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities.

The offering will include indoor small cells and operator Wi-Fi systems that combine Ericsson mobile access networks with Cisco WLAN. Ericsson’s Real Time Traffic Steering feature will enable operators to steer users between mobile and Wi-Fi access networks to deliver the best end-user experience.

Cisco WLAN can also be integrated into the Ericsson packet core network so operators can offer all their core network services over Wi-Fi for multimode devices. Ericsson already offers Wi-Fi calling capabilities over Cisco WLAN.

The design and deployment of the new offering will be handled by Ericsson’s services organization, with full product support from Cisco. Ericsson and Cisco first agreed in November 2015 to partner on product development and sales. To date, over 250 active customer engagements have started to turn into won deals, Ericsson said. More than 60 deals, spread around the world, are in IP (routing and transport) and services.

Credit: TelecomPaper

Digital Business Day Forum Showcases Solutions for Businesses to Achieve Digital Transformation

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The Digital Business Day Forum that took place in Kampala on the 29th April, at the Golden Tulip Hotel was a first of its kind to profoundly discuss not whether businesses should be transforming digitally, but rather how quickly this transformation can be achieved.

In partnership with its global partner Cisco, Dimension Data showcased the latest solutions that enable businesses to fast track their digital transformation journey.

The sessions and speakers were relevant for the time and industry, with the approach to subjects from a business background and perspectives from their own companies which made it realistic to the audience and easy to connect with.

With a resounding catchphrase of “You either go Digital or die”, the Forum attracted group executives from Dimension Data and regional executives from the industry who discussed the digital transformation agenda for organizations; emphasizing how, why and when organizations should transform to meet the changing demands of the industry and their clients.

Francis Gituru, the Service Development Manager at Dimension Data re-emphasized the inevitable need for businesses to transform digitally in order to remain relevant. “You either go digital or you die. Remaining unchanged is not an option. You can control your internal elements but you cannot control the bigger picture.”

Julius Kamau, the Chief Operating Officer at NC Bank rapped the significance and urgency of having an IT strategy to enforce digital transformation in every business “You need to have leadership that is forward thinking and for us, we have a lot of support from our board. It is important for organizations to get the right leadership. The early adopters will be the winners while the late adopters struggle to catch up”.

The Forum equally highlighted how Dimension Data can facilitate local banks to build infrastructure and tap into emerging markets in Crypto Currencies by locking down on Cybersecurity for the digital age, taking advantage of Hybrid Cloud and general digital infrastructure.

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Cisco Pulls All Online Ads From YouTube

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Reuters reports, multinational technology conglomerate firm; Cisco Systems, Inc. is pulling all its online ads from YouTube due to fears of the ads appearing on sensitive content on the platform, Cisco’s chief marketing officer, Karen Walker, said in a blog on Wednesday.

The blog on Thursday seemed to have been removed from Cisco’s website. The company did not respond to a request seeking comment.

Walker, in the blog, said she would not like the company’s ads to “accidentally end up in the wrong place, such as on a streaming video with sensitive content,” adding that the network gear maker will continue to use YouTube as a platform to share Cisco’s video content.

Alphabet Inc’s Google, which owns YouTube, did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

Cisco’s action follows a CNN report in April that said ads from over 300 companies, including Cisco, ran on extremist channels on YouTube.

The companies may have unknowingly helped finance some of these channels through the advertisements they paid for YouTube, according to the CNN report.

YouTube said in a report released last month that it had deleted about 5 million videos from its platform for content policy violations in last year’s fourth quarter before any viewers saw them.

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Cisco Set To Train 1 Million Africans Over The Next 5 Years

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At the Global Citizen Festival South Africa 2018, Cisco announced its commitment to train 10 million people worldwide including 1 million in Africa for jobs in the digital economy over the next five years.

The Chairman and CEO of Cisco, Chuck Robbins gathered with government officials as well as businesses in Johannesburg to share commitment pledges for Global Citizen as well as share initiatives and programmes that aim to address the skills and job deficit in South Africa.

Speaking about Cisco’s commitment Robbins said the company is looking to build job portals on the backend of their academy programme so that not only do they educate participants and wish them well, but actually give them the opportunity to work for their partners.

Robins revealed that the aim of businesses is to take a more active role in caring deeply about the issues that exist in the world other than just running businesses.

He said, “Historically we’ve been focused on ensuring that we provide connectivity and education to all parts of the world. We’ve seen that when you connect people and educate them, you give them an opportunity.”

Cisco’s announcement comes after Palo Alto, California-based Technology firm; Hewlett-Packard (HP) also announced its commitment to reach 100,000 learners across Africa over the next three years through the HP Foundation’s HP LIFE Program. The technology firm went ahead to launch a HP LIFE Center; a technology-enabled hub to facilitate learning, collaboration and entrepreneurship in a physical, face-to-face setting.

Note: Written with inputs from ITNews Africa.

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