This Week in Mobility – 5th September 2014
Welcome to the first This Week in Mobility – my weekly review of the big news around mobility and flexible working. Leading the media agenda this week has been the imminent iPhone6 launch. Mobility as...
View ArticleFace to face or virtually? What’s best?
This could be a very short blog as the answer is ‘it depends’. I’ve worked in the technology industry for the past 10 years and absolutely love how the combination of technology and company culture...
View ArticleTaking the connected retail experience outdoors
Last week I attended a fascinating event at Gilgamesh to celebrate the launch of free WiFi in Camden Stables Market in London. Purple WiFi, using Cisco Meraki, is the network platform for this...
View ArticleCiscoLive Milan – Something to look forward to…
As we say good bye to the long summer evenings and as the nights begin to draw in, as someone that has a very keen interest in Cisco technology, one of the things that I start to look forward to is...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 12 September 2014
Apple once again dominated the news this week with its iPhone 6 and Apple Watch announcements. The rumour mill and resulting media furore surrounding Apple’s announcements is always a sight to behold,...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 19 September 2014
One piece of news that stands out for me this week is network congestion from IOS8 downloads. This is, of course, the type of event that organisations could plan for. Do nothing and your network is...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – September 26 2014
This week has been awash with mobility stories, but a couple have really shown how mobile strategies are positively impacting our everyday lives. EE announced bold plans to launch a 400Mbps 4G LTE...
View ArticleThe Impact of Martini Computing for Business Leaders…
At a point in time where mobile devices and applications are seemingly everywhere, it’s perhaps a bit odd to think about the further dramatic impact this could still have on our working lives during...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 03 October 2014
Business and economic growth has been a key focus this week, especially given that Party Conferences are in full flow. EE are looking to capitalise on SME growth, having found that 69% of small...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 10 October 2014
It’s been another busy week in the mobility space. One particular story hitting the papers this week that caught my eye was how major high street retailers like Sainsbury’s and Asda are focussing on...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 17 October 2014
You wait all this time for an Apple announcement and then two come along in the space of a month… the impact of the new iPad and iPhone really shows how mobile-centric our lives have become; even if...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – October 24th
We’ve seen a healthy dose of announcements this week in the mobility world – Google has unveiled its new smartphone and tablet models , due to land in stores next month, and Facebook has announced its...
View ArticleUsing the future to tell the past
Until this past weekend it had been many years since I stepped into a museum – let alone three! My reason was to understand how mobile technology can transform the visitor experience, and while most...
View ArticleDon’t Follow The Herd. Save it.
Sarah Eccleston – Cisco UK&I’s Director of EN and the Internet of Things - is on her way to Zambia to spend a month living in an elephant orphanage, where she hopes to connect elephants to the...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – October 31st
If there was ever an advert for the centrality of high-speed internet in our everyday lives, it’s the fact that one in five of us would be willing to pay more for a house with a faster connection. But...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 07 November 2014
Ordinarily I’d know better than to discuss religion or politics, but I can’t help breaking convention this week. The top story – how the government is cracking down on so called ‘notspots’ by proposing...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 14 November 2014
One story that caught my eye this week – Samsung has officially announced that its mobile virtual reality headset will be available next month. The device is a partnership with the Facebook-owned...
View ArticleThis week in mobility – 21 November 2014
It’s been a big week for national mobility news as Ofcom revealed it will open up the 700MHz spectrum, currently used by digital TV services, to ensure that the UK is able to meet the demands of 4G...
View ArticleIs mobile the ultimate shop window?
Yesterday’s WIRED Retail event was a truly global gathering that saw some of the world’s biggest names (including Google, Instagram and Intel, no less) join forces to share their vision of the future...
View ArticleHow to Train Your Brand-Verb
If I ask you to name a few brand-verbs, you’re going to find it easier than you think. Here in the UK you’re likely to start with Hoover. In the US it may be Xerox. Or one so glaringly obvious - we...
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