Keynote by Murali Sitaram and Jim Grubb of Cisco

Background:

[These are my quick notes, complete with  (what I hope is no more than) the occasional typo and grammatical error.  Please excuse those. Thanks!

From time to time, I'll insert my own editorial comments - exercising the prerogatives of the blogger.  I'll show those in brackets. ]

Notes:

• Bringing poeple together through collaborative platforms is what CISCO calls the human network @ work.
  • Powered by the People
  • Constantly Evolving
  • It is Enterprise-wide
  • It extends beyond corporate boundaries to external partners
• [Demo of CISCO Quad]
• They are planning on having as many community spaces in Quad as there are mailing lists within the org
• Includes an activity stream, unified message, calendar widget, profiling tool, one-click WebEx session start [of course!], allows microblogging updates that can be posted internally and externally.
  • They set some system wide limitations so, for example, there are no forbidden external communications that would contravene Federal securities laws.
• When a phone call comes in, you can trigger a profile screen on the caller that includes org structure and reporting structure
• Unified Communication
  • They have Unified Communication that provide internal information and integrates with external search as well
  • It integrates thousands of community spaces
  • They can automatically transcribe video so that it is searchable — allowing word search within the video.  They call this MediaNote.
  • They also transcode this so it is accessible via any device (e.g., handheld, TV)
  • Allows expertise location and immediate IM experience with the expert you’ve just located.
• The platform respects organizational policy and security
• The iPad and iPhone will support CISCO Quad
• They claim that Quad will let you deliver any info to any device at any time