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Kevin Delaney
Thought Leadership, Writer/editor/podcast producer at Cisco
New York, United States
I bring years of print journalism and storytelling experience to Cisco's Thought Leadership team. As executive editor and senior writer for our Connected Futures site I report on the Digital Transformation story as it spans cultures, industries, and continents.
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For NBCUniversal’s Paris ‘24 coverage, the best in broadcast tech
Cisco
July 29, 2024
That’s why Cisco’s flexible and scalable IP Fabric for Media (IPFM) is transforming, simplifying, and future-proofing broadcast operations around the world — from NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, United Nations, and New England Patriots’ Gillette Stadium.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
Supercharging a core Cisco strength: networking
Cisco
June 10, 2024
At Cisco Live, the company didn’t disappoint. With a theme of Go Beyond and a wave of new innovations and product announcements, Cisco promised to strengthen its preeminent position in networking — with solutions that automate and simplify infrastructure management, secure and protect vital assets, and meet the challenges of AI while helping customers realize its vast potential.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
Right brain/left brain: the creative mind in tech
Cisco
May 17, 2024
We spoke with some top Cisco leaders whose creative sides uplevel their everyday work: CIO Fletcher Previn, with a background in TV and movies; Denise Lee, whose lifelong devotion to classical ballet influences her role as VP for Cisco's Engineering Sustainability Office; Thimaya Subaiya, who shapes wood into beautiful furniture when not focused on securing and streamlining Cisco as EVP of operations; and Stephen DiAdamo, whose passion for the violin compliments his work advancing the quantum networks of the future.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
Five ways IT can help heal the planet
Cisco
April 22, 2024
“Cisco’s own goals for sustainability are among the highest in any industry,” said Mary de Wysocki, Cisco’s chief sustainability officer. “But given the vast, global scope of our customers and partners, our biggest impact is in helping other organizations reach their goals. Supporting IT teams around the world with great technology is critical to that effort. Because the stakes for our planet are high. And we all need to work together.”
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
Empowering South African youth with job-ready tech skills
Cisco
April 11, 2024
Rural South Africa is known for its stunning natural beauty and warm, spirited people. But like many underrepresented areas around the world, opportunity is scarce, and unemployment is high.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
On a Tanzanian espresso farm, technology ‘listens’ to plants
Cisco
April 08, 2024
There’s nothing like a steaming hot, morning brew to start the day. But before it reaches your table, its journey begins on a coffee bean farm — often in the developing world and, increasingly, impacted by climate change.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
For the quirky cast of ‘A Different World’, it’s back to school for a serious cause
Cisco
April 01, 2024
Set at a fictionalized Virginia campus called Hillman College, it highlighted the importance and promise of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). And amid the fun hijinks of its quirky characters, it tackled some of the major issues impacting the African American community, from AIDS and homelessness to racism and gun violence.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
The state of the pledge: Cisco’s $100 million climate-change commitment
Cisco
March 11, 2024
In 2021, the Cisco Foundation pledged $100 million over 10 years to combat climate change. The pledge reflects a sweeping, global effort to support some of the most promising startups and non-profits in their search for solutions to this profound challenge. And as droughts, floods, and migrant crises increase in severity, its importance continues to grow.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
At a Minnesota women’s prison, tech skills promise a new future
Cisco
December 04, 2023
“Things happen in life, and you can’t go back,” said Amie Stier, who was recently released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Shakopee. “All I can do is go forward.”
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, Leadership
In Canada’s North, Cisco connects Indigenous students to a world of opportunity
Cisco
October 03, 2023
Indigenous communities across Canada celebrate cultural traditions rich with art, wisdom, and deep connections to nature. And a young, fast-growing population is bursting with potential and ieager for new opportunities
Cisco NERVs: speeding to disasters with fast, secure connections
Cisco
May 08, 2023
Through storms, wildfires, or cyberattacks, Cisco’s Network Emergency Response Vehicles provide world-class communications.
When disaster strikes, reliable, secure connections are essential. But if critical infrastructure is down, coordinating responses can be nearly impossible.
That’s why Cisco’s Network Emergency Response Vehicle (NERV) 2.0 can help save the day.
A force for sustainability: the Internet of Things
Cisco
April 24, 2023
After years of hype and predictions, the Internet of Things is having real-world impact. And sustainability is just one of the positive outcomes it is driving. Check out my latest Cisco Newsroom article for the lowdown on IoT and the environment.
Breaking the cycle of security poverty
Cisco
January 19, 2023
In cybersecurity, there are haves and have-nots. But securing everyone is a moral issue — and will be a benefit for all.
Cybersecurity depends on solid defense at every level. That includes inside your organization and far beyond — to partners, third-party contractors, in effect, just about anyone you connect with. Because you’re only as strong as the weakest link in the chain.
Empowering Africa with 3 million more tech workers
Cisco
December 14, 2022
Cisco’s Fran Katsoudas shares how Cisco will help unleash innovative potential across the continent.
We spoke with Fran Katsoudas, Cisco’s EVP and chief people, policy, and purpose officer, on the company’s latest efforts in transforming the continent, including this week’s announcement of a new initiative with the Biden administration to train 3 million more technology workers on the continent in the next 10 years.
Building human rights into every Cisco product, policy, and process
Cisco
December 09, 2022
In honor of Human Rights Day — and the release of Cisco’s annual Purpose Report — we spoke with Cisco’s Chief Legal Officer and Chair of Cisco’s Human Rights Advisory Committee, Dev Stahlkopf, about the work she and her team are doing to help Cisco create and deliver innovative technologies to build a better future.
Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion in Cybersecurity
CISCO
October 05, 2020
Today, security is critical not just for large enterprises, but also small businesses, the public sector, and individuals of every race, gender, age, religion, and culture, in the developing and developed world alike. On this episode of TechBeat, we explore the intersection of cybersecurity and inclusion with Cisco’s Global Lead for Inclusion, Trey Boynton, and Cisco security experts Dug Song, Lothar Renner, Kerry Singleton and Alejandra Hernandez-Montaño.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Diversity and Inclusion
Episode 10: A champion climber finds small business success in the cloud
CISCO
September 14, 2020
Scaling an Everest peak and running a small business in a competitive, ever-changing market aren’t entirely different. Both demand speed, agility, and fast, informed decision-making. In this podcast, Cisco TechBeat host Kevin Delaney speaks with Benedikt Bohm, a record-breaking climber who is also the CEO of Dynafit, a maker of high-end mountaineering and skiing gear. Additional insights on the power of digitalization are shared by Bidhan Roy, Cisco’s Managing Director and Head of Commercial and Small Business for Asia Pacific, Japan, and China; and Carlos Torales, Managing Sales Director for Small and Medium Business in the Latin America region.
Episode 9: Secure Distance Learning
CISCO
September 08, 2020
In this podcast, host Kevin Delaney explores the future of education technology aimed at keeping students motivated, teachers empowered, and parents sane — with expert advice from Christine Olmstead, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services at the Orange County Department of Education and Mary Schlegelmilch, a former teacher and school administrator who is now Cisco’s U.S. Public Sector Education Advisor.
An epicenter of the digital divide: Native reservations
CISCO
July 27, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, digital connections were indispensable — for education, social interactions, telemedicine, business continuity and so much more.
But in places where connectivity is limited, the challenges and tragedies of the pandemic were only heightened. This was especially true in Native American communities across America, where infection rates soared, economic opportunity fell, and, for many, isolation deepened.
In this podcast, Cisco TechBeat host Kevin Delaney speaks with Traci Morris, Director of the American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University. A proud member of the Chickasaw Nation, Dr. Morris has studied the impact of the digital divide in Indian country.
Additional insights come from Emma Broadbent, of Cisco’s Networking Academy, about her efforts to build tech skills among the indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.
Together, they provide some real-world solutions that will help to unleash the creativity, wisdom, and entrepreneurial spirit of indigenous communities around the world.
Turin, Italy’s rapid response to the pandemic
CISCO
June 30, 2020
Digital technologies have all but kept the world running through the Covid-19 pandemic.
But it’s not just technology per se.
Outstanding leadership and trusted partnerships enable cities and organizations to pivot quickly to meet big challenges with digital innovations.
Take Turin, Italy.
In this podcast, Cisco Techbeat host Kevin Delaney speaks with the technology analyst Rob Enderlee, and Dr. Guy Diedrich, global innovation officer for Cisco and leader of the company’s country digital acceleration program, or CDA — with additional insights from Agostino Santoni, Cisco Italy's Country Manager.
Together they share the story of a city — and a Cisco technology partnership — that prevailed against some of the biggest challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, COVID19
'CIO Perspectives 2020’: IT strategies for the new normal
CISCO
June 29, 2020
The pandemic is driving rapid transformation and major challenges. But the best CIOs have been there every step of the way, to guide organizations, scale fast, and implement new technologies and solutions.
But even for the most strategic CIOs, it hasn’t been easy.
In this podcast, Cisco Techbeat host Kevin Delaney highlights some key insights from a CIO Roundtable discussion from Cisco Live this week, Cisco’s premier education and training event for IT professionals.
Moderated by Michael Krigsman, an industry analyst and host of CxOTalk, the original discussion — “CIO Perspectives: 2020” — brought together three top CIOs: Abhijit Mazumder of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); Phillip Knutel of Babson College; and Jacqui Guichelaar, senior vice president and CIO of Cisco.
In a free-ranging discussion available on the IT Leadership Channel, they shared their recent challenges, top priorities, and key insights about the new rising challenges facing CIOs today — along with their thoughts on the elevated status of the CIO role.
Tags: Digital Transformation, COVID19, IT Strategy
In an app-fueled world, embed security at the source
CISCO
May 27, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic has stressed, apps need to be created, deployed, and updated faster than ever before. But without knowing it, many developers are building in security flaws at the earliest stages of coding. Pieter Danhieux, CEO of Secure Code Warrior, an Australian DevSecOps startup, is determined to change all that. In this podcast and article, Pieter speaks with Cisco Techbeat host Kevin Delaney about his efforts to bring security awareness and strategy to developers everywhere.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead has spent decades studying the impact of technology on life and work. So, without minimizing the hardships of the global pandemic, he’s fascinated with the reality of millions around the world abandoning their workplaces to collaborate remotely. In this “new normal,” technology is key. And getting it right is critical. That means collaboration tools with end-to-end security and the flexibility to meet any kind of creative situation. In conversation with Cisco TechBeat’s Kevin Delaney, Moorhead examines the essential elements for the collaboration tools that keep the world working, learning, and healing. Listen in as he lays out the case for no-compromise collaboration that enables data privacy, business continuity, and ongoing innovation — whatever the challenges.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, COVID19
In the pandemic, a higher calling for private sector
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May 06, 2020
In this episode of Cisco TechBeat, Kevin Delaney speaks with Tae Yoo, Cisco's Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, about how the private sector can step up to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation touches on the impacts of working and learning from home and addresses
Tags: Digital Transformation
Leading Remote Teams Through a Global Crisis - Part 2
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April 20, 2020
Cisco's CIO on managing IT in challenging times “If there’s anything this pandemic has taught us,” said Cisco CIO Jacqueline Guichelaar, “it's how important technology is. Technology is the connector. It's what allows the world to continue to function as we all navigate through th
Tags: Digital Transformation
Leading Remote Teams Through a Global Crisis - Part 1
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April 19, 2020
Hear from three experts -- Flexjobs VP of Employer Engagement and Strategy, Mika Cross, Cisco’s Chief Communications Officer Stella Low and CIO Jacqui Guichelaar -- as they share insights on communicating with, motivating and managing remote teams during a time of crisis and beyond.
Tags: Digital Transformation
Cisco TechBeat - Trailer
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April 13, 2020
Cisco TechBeat Conversations about the new IT agenda Access to technology is access to opportunity. Connectivity on a global scale transcends borders, bridges cultural divides, and ultimately powers a more inclusive future. Cisco TechBeat brings you stories of con
Tags: Digital Transformation
Podcast: Transforming the public sector, from cities to farms
CISCO
March 05, 2020
Cisco’s Marcus Moffett is improving lives for citizens, students, and government workers
The promise of AI
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January 31, 2020
For Joseph Bradley, artificial intelligence has the potential to support an Inclusive Future, in which opportunity, education, and equality touch even the most disadvantaged people on the planet.In a free-ranging interview with Kevin Delaney - senior writer for Cisco's strategy and Storytelling team
Podcast: Meeting the security threats of 2020
Cisco
December 19, 2019
Bret Hartman has been in cybersecurity since he was a young Air Force lieutenant. Followed by stints at the NSA, IBM, and EMC. Along the way he’s seen the focus of security shift from hardware to cloud and on to machine learning and AI.
Meeting the security threats of 2020
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December 18, 2019
Cisco's Bret Hartman shares key strategies for thwarting cyberthreats in the coming yearIn a free-ranging podcast interview with Kevin Delaney - senior writer for Cisco's Strategy and Storytelling team - Bret shares some of his warnings, predictions, and, above all, best practices for cybersecurity
Tags: Digital Transformation
Podcast: The Wireless World of Industry 4.0
Cisco
November 01, 2019
Manufacturing has made astonishing progress in recent decades. But there are even greater changes to come, especially as the Internet itself undergoes its next level of transformation. 5g and WiFi 6 will be a big part of this, by fully enabling data-intensive manufacturing solutions like AI, virtual reality, advanced robotics, and predictive maintenance. The end result? Factories (and products!) that will be cleaner, safer, and more productive than ever before.
In this podcast, Cisco’s Kevin Delaney chats with some top experts about next-gen wireless, and what to expect in the factories of the future.
The Wireless World of Industry 4.0
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October 30, 2019
Manufacturing has made astonishing progress in recent decades. But there are even greater changes to come, as the Internet itself undergoes its next level of transformation. 5g and WiFi 6 will be a big part of this, by fully enabling data-intensive manufacturing solutions like AI, virtual reality, a
Tags: Digital Transformation
Podcast: A wireless revolution for the smartest cities
Cisco
September 25, 2019
The next wave of urban transformation will incorporate technologies like AI, robotics, and advanced video analytics in exciting new ways. But such data-intensive solutions demand a new dimension in wireless connectivity.
In this podcast, Cisco’s Kevin Delaney brings in expert insights on the promise of 5G and WiFi 6 — to meet the the urban challenes of the future and help create cities that are cleaner, safer, and a whole lot smarter.
A Wireless Revolution for the Smartest Cities
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September 24, 2019
The next wave of urban transformation will incorporate technologies like AI, robotics, and advanced video analytics in exciting new ways. But such data-intensive solutions demand a new dimension in wireless connectivity.In this podcast, Cisco's Kevin Delaney explores what the experts are saying abou
Tags: Digital Transformation
Making the Business Case for Rural 5G
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June 25, 2019
A Cisco-led effort is proving 5G's potential to create value in even the most remote places. Many rural locations are abundant in resources and creative drive. Yet a lack of connectivity holds them back. An initiative called 5G RuralFirstis trying to change all that. Spearheaded by Cisco and princ
Cracking the Digital Transformation Code
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June 04, 2019
Author James Macaulay shares winning strategies for executing business transformation We all talk about being agile, adaptable, and comfortable with change. But in an age when disruption is relentless and the need for transformation seemingly perpetual, few organizations are managing change effecti
Revolutionizing the Live Concert Experience
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April 09, 2019
If you've have an unforgettable experience at a big concert or music festival this year, there's a pretty good chance that Matt Clair helped to make it happen. The CIO of Clair Global, Matt is in the third generation of a family business that has been revolutionizing the concert experience since th
The Perfect Meeting: It's Not Just a Myth
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February 27, 2019
We've all suffered through ponderous, aimless, time sucking meetings. Meetings that were ill-planned, included the wrong people, and were dominated by the loudest voice in the room. And yet, meetings are more critical than ever. If you get them right, they're the key to collaboration, innovation, a
Tags: Digital Transformation, Social, Future of Work
Integrate, Prepare, and Measure: Thwarting Cyberattacks in 2019
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December 19, 2018
Cisco's Chief Security Officer shares his top-of-mind concerns for the coming year. As Cisco's chief security and trust officer, John Stewart has a unique perspective on global trends in security - what the bad actors are developing and how smart companies can stop them. By integrating security int
Among its many tough lessons, COVID-19 taught us to expect the unexpected. For organizations, that demands digital transformation. It’s the only way to ensure agility, speed, and responsiveness — all of which add up to business resiliency, no matter how adverse the situation. That can mean a sudden market disruption or opportunity, or it can mean your entire workforce going remote, seemingly overnight. In the darkest months of the pandemic, the most digitally mature organizations fared the best. Others struggled. But everyone is learning. In 2021, even companies with tight budgets will prioritize their infrastructures, security, and collaboration platforms. Today, there’s simply no other way to stay competitive.
Cybersecurity affects everyone. And while breaches of large enterprises make the headlines, small businesses and individuals often have the most to lose. In 2021, I see security and data-privacy strategies embracing a much wider swath of society. That will demand more diverse security teams to better understand a highly diverse user base. And it will require simpler, integrated, and highly automated security tools. Hackers, after all, are themselves diverse. And they don’t discriminate in choosing victims. For growth, innovation, and inclusion to increase across the planet, we must ensure that more and more people have access to effective, easy-to-use cyber defenses.
In a time of isolation, humanity got closer in 2020. Digital technologies made it possible. Seeing into our colleagues’ homes and sharing challenges around childcare, health, or loneliness brought greater empathy to our work lives. I expect this trend to continue in 2021. Work will shift to a hybrid model, with few of us returning to the office every day. And the best collaboration platforms will support a deeper level of interaction, inclusion, and work/life flexibility, from any corner of the world, securely, and through any crisis. In 2021, emerging technologies like AI will continue to enhance collaboration tools, further freeing us for what’s most important: creativity and human connection.
As the sheer volume of cyberattacks outpace the capacity of humans to respond, machine learning and AI will be essential to identify, isolate, and respond to the most sophisticated threats. Beyond the machine-to-machine arms race, however, human creativity, inventiveness, and collaboration will remain paramount — both to program the machines and to match wits with the cybercriminals.
Smart leaders will close the skills gap by cultivating talent from a much wider base. That means diversity in race, gender, culture, etc., but also from unlikely parts of the organization, like the business side. That expanded perspective supports a unified culture that’s security savvy from the board and CEO down — and willing to make the security investments essential to growth and competitiveness.
IoT is about way more than connecting “things”. In fact, it’s about people. And after years of hype, IoT is poised to fulfill its true promise: creating cleaner, safer cities, highly efficient factories and farms, agile enterprises, and more sustainable ecosystems. Especially as a confluence of emerging technologies edge closer to the near horizon. AI is becoming readily available in the cloud, sensors are cheap and reliable, blockchain’s promise is expanding, and next-gen network solutions — including 5G and WiFi 6 — will handle massive amounts of data, securely. By riding that wave of tech synergy, IoT will improve lives in ways we have barely begun to imagine.
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For NBCUniversal’s Paris ‘24 coverage, the best in broadcast tech
Supercharging a core Cisco strength: networking
Right brain/left brain: the creative mind in tech
Five ways IT can help heal the planet
Empowering South African youth with job-ready tech skills
On a Tanzanian espresso farm, technology ‘listens’ to plants
For the quirky cast of ‘A Different World’, it’s back to school for a serious cause
The state of the pledge: Cisco’s $100 million climate-change commitment
At a Minnesota women’s prison, tech skills promise a new future
In Canada’s North, Cisco connects Indigenous students to a world of opportunity
Protecting aid workers from the crosshairs of hackers
Cisco NERVs: speeding to disasters with fast, secure connections
A force for sustainability: the Internet of Things
The next horizon in hybrid work
5 keys to sustainability success
Breaking the cycle of security poverty
Empowering Africa with 3 million more tech workers
Building human rights into every Cisco product, policy, and process
Supporting the vision of a fully sustainable Cisco
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap
Driving Cisco Investments, with a focus on diversity
In the neonatal intensive care unit, connections are critical. Webex helps it happen.
The best cyber-defense? An analyst who understands offense
The top cyberthreat of Q2? (Hint: It’s not ransomware)
Small but mighty: Rice farmers with the best in agritech
Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion in Cybersecurity
Episode 10: A champion climber finds small business success in the cloud
Episode 9: Secure Distance Learning
An epicenter of the digital divide: Native reservations
Turin, Italy’s rapid response to the pandemic
'CIO Perspectives 2020’: IT strategies for the new normal
In an app-fueled world, embed security at the source
Collaboration in a crisis
Podcast: Transforming the public sector, from cities to farms
Podcast: Meeting the security threats of 2020
Podcast: The Wireless World of Industry 4.0
Podcast: A wireless revolution for the smartest cities
Making the Business Case for Rural 5G
Cracking the Digital Transformation Code
Revolutionizing the Live Concert Experience
The Perfect Meeting: It's Not Just a Myth
Integrate, Prepare, and Measure: Thwarting Cyberattacks in 2019
