Today’s educators realize that devices are just one component of a modern learning environment, which also incorporates flexible furniture, audiovisual solutions and — most importantly — instruction tailored to take advantage of these tools. Here’s how modern learning environments help students develop life and career skills and excel in the areas of learning and innovation, as well as information, media and technology.

If you have spent any time configuring Cisco voice gateways, you have likely struggled with dial-peer matching. Until recently, things were reasonably straightforward. Telephone directory numbers (extensions) were typically four digits. When a call came in from the outside, the carrier typically sent just the last four to seven digits. When you wanted to place…

Often, when I’m working with clients on their digital signage deployments, they seem to lose interest a bit after we’ve discussed the hardware and I’ve moved on to professional services. Perhaps because digital displays share superficial similarities with the televisions and computer monitors we all have in our homes, many business leaders assume that their staff can handle the installation, configuration and management of these solutions on their own.

But, as a quick web search for the phrase “video wall collapse” will reveal, there’s plenty that can go wrong.

Only a few years ago, it seemed most educators still needed convincing that video games had any role to play at academic institutions. By now, many educators have come to understand the benefits of esports, but they lack staff with experience in implementing esports programs.

To make matters more complicated, there’s no one “right” way to design an esports initiative. After all, needs vary by size and goals. Find out how other K–12 schools, colleges and universities rolled out their programs, and get inspired to start your own.

Device as a Service — the subscription model for deploying mobile devices and endpoints — can not only simplify IT management, but also enable organizations to shift costs from a capital expense to an operating expense. But those attractive outcomes aren’t the only justifications for adopting DaaS.

Here are five additional ways organizations can obtain a positive ROI from a device subscription engagement.

Cisco has been hard at work to deliver features and enhancements to the Webex Calling product portfolio. Here are the biggest and best announcements from Cisco’s recent Connect Cloud Calling Summit that make Webex Calling a more appealing and complete communications service in the cloud.