Reading through the patent application itself , I wonder if this also proposal has applicability to Cisco Pulse (in an expanded view of what a search engine might be), given that the language also mentions a "webgraph". Worth reading the article below: Will Cisco gear become search engine toll collectors? NetworkWorld.com Community. MORE >>

Forrester notes that in five years, almost half of US workers — about 63 million people — will work virtually. Jordan , Vice President, Communication and Collaboration IT, Cisco Systems presented a Key note: Enabling The New Collaborative Workspace.   They created an integrated workforce experience powered by Cisco Quad. MORE >>

The new capability are part what's now called Cisco WebEx® Social (formerly known as Cisco Quad™) and build upon existing offerings that help employees share knowledge, find experts and information and form effective virtual work teams. With Collaboration is a non-linear, iterative, people process. There are 6.5 MORE >>

Cisco has recently announced the launch of the second I-Prize global innovation contest where entrepreneurs worldwide can collaborate and submit proposals for Cisco’s next billion-dollar business idea. I  I wrote about the first contest (see: Cisco I-Prize – Mining the Web and the World for Innovation ) and the results. MORE >>

These profiles will include rich information not captured elsewhere in corporate systems. My first blog post over on the Cisco community site for enterprise social software (registration required When organizations discuss the business value of social networking, the conversation invariably includes a discussion on employee profiles. MORE >>