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IBM and Cisco Tap Into the Power of IBM
on Sapir College students and includes
an academic and ecosystem program that
will connect leading digital media and Watson and Cisco Spark to Transform the
video start ups to Israel’s venture capitalist
community.
Cisco has a nearly 20-year history of Way People Work
investing in Israel via acquisitions and
supporting the entrepreneurial community
through strategic corporate investments
in startups. Cisco has invested over $2 Two companies unite to redeine everyday stored and available in IBM Connections, “At Cisco, we are constantly innovating
billion in Israel through acquisitions, direct work for millions of people.
shared through WebEx for a seamless to improve the collaboration experience
and indirect investments; Cisco acquired IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cisco (NASDAQ: transaction.
and there has never been a better time
11 companies, invested in over 30 startups CSCO) announced they will partner to IBM and Cisco are working to address to take our offerings to the next level,”
and four funds. Many of these acquisitions combine the market-leading strengths
today’s fast-paced work environment. said Jens Meggers, Senior Vice President
are focused on areas that are core to Cisco of each company to transform how Currently, the average employee is and General Manager, Cisco Cloud
growth markets, such as security, data knowledge-workers collaborate and work. distracted once every 11 minutes and Collaboration Technology. “That’s our goal
center and cloud, IoT, networking and The companies will form a suite of cloud- needs an average of 25 minutes to here—to think exponentially and together
silicon.
based workplace tools and applications refocus on tasks.1 People compensate by with IBM create the next generation
John Chambers, Executive Chairman infused with IBM Watson.
working faster (but not necessarily more of collaboration. Now we can deliver
Cisco
As part of the transformation, the effectively), and experience more stress, amazing, next-generation “Intelligent
“Every country, city, business, house, car highly secure Cisco Spark and WebEx higher levels of frustration, and greater Collaboration” that allows enterprises to
will become digital over the next decade. collaborative workspace platforms will time pressures.2 By bringing the best of compete in this fast moving digital world.”
The impact on GDP growth, inclusion of
be integrated with IBM’s leading cloud collaboration and cognitive tools together, The new solutions will incorporate
all the citizens, smart secure communities, collaboration solutions, including Verse IBM and Cisco plan to create a more structured and unstructured data in any
health, and innovation will be dramatic.
and Connections, and underpinned by inspiring, productive and data-driven form, whether from on-premises, the
It’s a great honor to be partnering with the IBM’s cognitive computing capabilities.
workplace.
desktop, or the cloud.
country, citizens, and government leaders of The companies aim to make “The irony of many workforce tools With applications to handle hundreds
Israel in this transition.
collaboration simpler by combining
available today is that with because there of work-related tasks, they are built to
Israel has always been one of the world’s IBM’s advanced analytics, Watson, and are so many to choose from, they can seek, consume and analyze all types
leaders in innovation and once again we email and social offerings with Cisco’s reduce employee effectiveness,” said Inhi of data, uncover meaningful worklow
see this country position itself not for the collaboration solutions, including business Cho, General Manager, IBM Collaboration patterns, and provide actionable insights
past but for the future in innovation and messaging, meeting and calling offerings.
Solutions.
through the course of daily activities and
strategic partnerships that are necessary The two companies will design joint “With our combined technology interactions.
elements to achieve these ambitious
solutions that take advantage of all types strengths and understanding of how The joint solutions will utilize IBM
goals. Prime Minister Netanyahu truly of data to help people get more done,
teams get work done, IBM and Cisco Watson and Connections APIs as well
understands the many beneits a Digital in less time. This will be achieved by can deliver the next generation of as Cisco Spark and WebEx APIs. This
Israel will bring to this country and
providing the right insights in the right collaboration tools needed to cultivate allows solutions to take action on routine
its citizens – and the next stage of this context – served up through the tools, innovation and drive productivity. By tasks like prioritizing complex and
evolution will begin today in Negev.”
apps, documents, or actions needed at incorporating analytics and cognitive chaotic collaboration and communication
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
any given moment based on an individual technologies into these solutions, we environments and connecting users to
“Cisco Executive Chairman John employee’s role, historical work patterns, expect them to be able to learn what is powerful cognitive sources of expertise in
Chambers and I signed a declarative and current work assignments.
important, in context, and take the right the moment they need them.
memorandum of understandings between With Watson powering a joint IBM- actions on behalf of the user.”
For more information, please visit:
the Government of Israel and Cisco Cisco solution, backed by a robust partner The goal is for the combined IBM and http://www.ibm.com/social-business/us-en/
regarding cooperation in order to advance ecosystem, new classes of solutions will Cisco offerings to be integrated to connect announce/ibm-cisco/
digitization in Israel. The memorandum of emerge. For example, a inancial advisor seamlessly on behalf of users to complete For more about IBM Collaboration
understandings constitutes a framework for could meet with a high value investor mundane tasks such as scheduling and Solutions, please visit: https://ibm.
possible research and development with the over Cisco video with a Watson service note-taking, and proactively bring people biz/BdrcCY. For more about Cisco
Government of Israel.” ■
offering real-time advice and handling and content together in the context of Collaboration Solutions, please visit:
More at http://www.cisco.com/
tasks, while iles would be securely
speciic tasks.
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More data, more devices, and portfolio, and extend the cloud Today’s acquisition will help accelerate Cisco’s
the increasingly decentralized way security offering throughout the cloud security portfolio, and extend the cloud
companies do business means that enterprise. Together, we plan to offer
security has to evolve beyond an the industry’s broadest cloud security security offering throughout the enterprise.
on-premises approach.
protection and enable our customers
CloudLock helps customers to realize the beneits of the mobile- Together, we plan to offer the industry’s broadest
accelerate their cloud adoption by cloud era.
delivering security built specifically The CloudLock team will join cloud security protection and enable our
to meet the realities of today’s Cisco’s Networking and Security
cloud-first enterprise. CloudLock’s Business Group under Senior Vice customers to realize the beneits of the mobile
CASB technology helps customers President and General Manager
understand and monitor user David Goeckeler. Under the terms of cloud era.
behavior and sensitive data in cloud the agreement, Cisco will pay $293
applications, providing greater million in cash and assumed equity
visibility, compliance and threat awards, plus additional retention-
protection regardless of whether based incentives for CloudLock
these applications are fully capabilities for all their users, apps approach to cloud security which employees who join Cisco. The
sanctioned by IT or not.
and data in a seamless way,” said allows them to build powerful security acquisition is expected to close
“As companies are migrating to Rob Salvagno, vice president of solutions that are easy to deploy and in the irst quarter of iscal year
the cloud, they need a technology Cisco Corporate Development. simple to manage.”
2017, subject to customary closing
partner that can accelerate that “CloudLock brings a unique cloud- Today’s acquisition will help conditions. ■
transition and deliver critical security
native, platform and API-based
accelerate Cisco’s cloud security
More at http://www.cisco.com/

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