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An overwhelming 90 percent of employees used their personal smartphones for work-related purposes in the past year, but only 46 percent think their companies are prepared for Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) issues. That disconnect is one of the findings in a new report about the realities of BYOD.

Enterprise software vendor Cisco is focusing on increasing the scale and easing the process of B2B video collaboration and communication with several new technology releases and upgrades.

This ain't Larry Ellison's locked down world. Unlike some other industry vendors, SAP isn't aiming to be the alpha and omega of Corporate IT. Instead the Enterprise application turned database platform provider chooses to focus on what it does best and builds deep partnerships with others in the stack.

Being digitally social isn't a practice that's relegated to staying in touch with friends and family, it can extend to other areas, including education and skills training. That's where Cisco comes in. 

Customers are in charge now, so should more companies invest in their contact centers to help improve the front lines that keep those customers happy?

As we near the end of 2012, it seems like the perfect time to rehash one of the big themes that has pre-occupied enterprises over the past 12 months -- content security. Forrester's Wave Report takes it one step further -- taking an in-depth look at the area of security that enterprises really need to take note of. 

It’s going to be a short week with US Thanksgiving, but Cisco has begun on a high note with the announcement that it is buying Meraki for US$ 1.2 billion, only a matter of days after it announced it was buying Cloupia for the relatively paltry sum of US$ 125 million.

Networking technology provider Cisco has opened a Social Media Listening Center where interactive touchscreens offer visual data about the social media conversations Cisco “listens” to in real time.

Cisco announces changes to its collaboration portfolio, with a strong focus on improving collaboration in the cloud.

Not so long ago, a great deal of customer care in the age of the Web revolved around channeling income phone calls to the right contact center representative and handling emails from the website. Now, mobile devices and social media have changed the customer support communications landscape. How have they affected customer care?

Yesterday we took a look at the first part of the Forrester Wave: Cloud Strategies Of Online Collaboration Software Vendors, Q3 2012, report where we saw that many enterprises are concerned about the feasibility of using online collaboration services, Today, we will take a brief look at the companies and products that made it into the this Wave.

Cisco reported strong results for Q4 fiscal 2012, with net sales of US $11.7 billion, a 4% year-over-year increase. This equaled US$ 0.47 per share, beating Bloomberg estimates of $0.46 per share.

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Cisco is close to launching a cross-platform version of its AppHQ enterprise app storefront and managing platform.

Cisco is attempting to solve three business problems with its new WebEx Social 3.0 (formerly Quad) application: flexible working, organizational silos and scaling and capturing knowledge.