Redefining
Mobility:
The Connected Life
At Cisco ® , we believe that mobility is not about specific
devices, technologies or services. It’s about people being
able to move freely throughout the world while maintaining
continuous connectivity to others using a device of their
choice.
Cisco is uniquely positioned to help service providers with
near-term relief and long-term business success with a
comprehensive vision for mobility — to provide intelligent
solutions and approaches that help service providers deliver
experiences to people as they go about their Connected Life.
Never before has it been so important that all content and
data be delivered instantly across technologies to users
globally. Cisco offers solutions across all segments -
consumers, small to medium-sized businesses and large
enterprises - that work together in a virtual environment
delivering a high-quality and coherent mobile experience.
To see how, let’s take a look at a typical day in the life of
a family living a ‘Connected Life’. We join our connected
family at daybreak with mum and dad getting a head start
on work before breakfast; checking e-mails and voicemails
and possibly even handling a quick videoconference or two
with work contacts in different time zones, all over the home
network.
On this particular day, the younger of the family’s two
children is starting at nursery and is understandably upset
to be parted from her parents. It is not easy for the parents,
either, but thankfully they can watch how she settles in using
a webcam stream delivered to their mobile phones from the
nursery.
Finally arriving at the office, mum is just in time for a face-toface
meeting with the team boss, who at that point happens
to be on the other side of the country. The update is able
to go ahead, though, thanks to three-dimensional Cisco
TelePresence service connections.
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On the way back from school the youngsters browse through
the latest video recommendations from their friends,
watching on seat-back screens as the films are streamed
over the mobile network. Arriving home, the streams transfer
seamlessly to the home entertainment system so the children
can carry on watching. After dinner, the Cisco TelePresence
service allows the family to invite friends over for the evening,
even though they maybe in other countries.
There you have it: a normal day in which mobility allows
extraordinary things to happen and demonstrates how the
notion of mobility is changing:
���� It encompasses a much wider range of concepts than
those currently considered to be within the traditional
definition of mobility. Cisco TelePresence, for example,
becomes a mobility application because of its ability to
bring people together without them moving
���� It is intelligent, seamless and secure with the network
sensing a shift from one environment to another and
switching the connection to new devices accordingly –
in essence the network moves with you, rather than you
having to modify your behavior for the network
���� It leverages the best of fixed and mobile infrastructures,
delivering a coherent mobility experience wherever you
are
One thing that this future mobility scenario is not, however,
is science fiction. Each and every one of the aforementioned
applications is feasible right now and will affect users around
the world.
By using our core expertise in Internet Protocol, Cisco helps
service providers transform their networks into a powerful
tool for collaboration, helping to empower people to use
virtually any device and remain connected and productive.
Mobility is becoming a word that defies definition; it is, in
essence, a critical characteristic of nearly every network
experience.
The Connected Life
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