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Diversifying digital: we chat with Omnifi

Akshay Thakur - February 25, 2015 - 0 Comments

Last week I sat down with Simon Liss, Head of Innovation at Omnifi to chat all things digital and find out more about the company’s involvement in Cisco’s Connected Transport

Collaboration

Two heads are better than one: collaboration in action at Cisco Live

Akshay Thakur - February 18, 2015 - 0 Comments

At February’s Cisco Live, the DevNet Zone showcased not only the latest and greatest in innovation and the brightest Cisco-sponsored start-ups, but the true power of collaboration, too. A case

Digital Transformation

Cisco Live 2015: Caught on camera

Akshay Thakur - February 17, 2015 - 0 Comments

The Cisco UK innovation team were on hand in the DevNet Zone at last month’s Cisco Live Milan to share the latest and greatest in tech innovation, all while flying

Digital Transformation

Cisco Live 2015: Tales from the DevNetZone

Akshay Thakur - February 5, 2015 - 0 Comments

For innovation, experimentation and the coolest state-of-the-art tech, the DevNet Zone was the place to be at last week’s Cisco Live in Milan. Taking the mantra ‘learn, discover and develop’,

Digital Transformation

Building a digital future: we future gaze at WIREDRetail

Akshay Thakur - December 1, 2014 - 1 Comment

Brian David Johnson has what must be one the world’s coolest jobs – he’s Intel’s futurologist (the company’s very first, in fact). Like Cisco’s team of like-minded futurologists, this means

Collaboration

Only one P in ‘disruption’, yes, but 4 Ps in retail…

Akshay Thakur - November 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

There is no doubt that technology is altering our shopping behaviours. The other day I was asking my nephews (5, 7, and 9) what they wanted for Christmas and their

Innovation

M&S shares its recipe for innovation at WIRED Retail

Akshay Thakur - November 27, 2014 - 0 Comments

At Monday’s WIRED Retail event, guests were given a unique insight into how technology is disrupting the retail model in a truly exciting way by one of the UK’s biggest

Collaboration

Is mobile the ultimate shop window?

Akshay Thakur - November 25, 2014 - 0 Comments

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

Digital Transformation

Summary: Calling IoT ‘ers

Akshay Thakur - August 15, 2014 - 0 Comments

Everyone seems to be talking about it these days. Even Gartner has crowned Internet of Things (IoT), alongside Natural Language Question Answer, as the two most hyped technologies, with both