Executive Thought Leadership

Brad Boston
Senior Vice President, Global Government Solutions and Corporate Security Programs
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Brad Boston's career is marked by a consistent record of technological innovation and a proven ability to adapt to corporate cultures. He has successfully managed organizations in a wide range of companies that are well known for harnessing technology for enhanced services, productivity gains, and competitive advantage.

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The Promise of Collaboration
Using the network to get connected and working together toward common goals, we have the ability to overcome great challenges and take advantage of unprecedented opportunity.
2008-04-07

Network as a Platform: Who Benefits? (5 min 17 sec)
Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT professor and economist, discusses the beneficiaries of a platform environment, relevance to Web 2.0, and the importance of open standards to a healthy platform.
2007-03-11

Network as a Platform: Who Benefits? (5 min 12 sec)
Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT professor and economist, discusses the beneficiaries of a platform environment, relevance to Web 2.0, and the importance of open standards to a healthy platform.
2007-03-11

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Network as a Platform: What are its Attributes? (5 min 20 sec)
Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT professor and economist, outlines the attributes of a network platform and tells how the network is transcending technology to emerge as a valuable service delivery platform.
2007-03-09

Network as a Platform: What are its Attributes? (5 min 16 sec)
Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT professor and economist, outlines the attributes of a network platform and tells how the network is transcending technology to emerge as a valuable service delivery platform.
2007-03-09

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Network as the Platform (10 min 1 sec)
Using the Network to Integrate Business Strategies, Processes, and Goals
2007-02-01

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Enabling Corporate Strategy Through IT
As the Information Age roars through the first decade of this millennium, it seems clear that the way we do business is morphing right before our eyes into a worldwide organic network running relentlessly 24/7.
2006-10-16

Building a Foundation for Interactions
A simple, intelligent network infrastructure that supports a single database of accurate information is the basis for the most valuable and successful of human interactions.
2005-06-01

Securing the Mobile Workforce
The Internet and wireless networks have made information accessible to mobile workers from nearly anywhere. Because mobility offers significant productivity gains, it is essential that enterprises embrace it. They also must successfully manage it.
2004-12-01

Globalization: In What Areas Do You Decide to Standardize vs. Localize? (2 min 9 sec)
Thought leaders Eric Johnson, Professor, Tuck School of Business, Director, Center for Digital Strategies, Douglas Schwinn, Senior Vice President & CIO, Hasbro, Rita Heise, Corporate Vice President, IT & CIO, Cargill, and Brad Boston, Senior Vice President
2004-10-04

Globalization Highlights (3 min 51 sec)
Globalization hightlights overview from a Thought Leadership Summit. Includes commentary by Eric Johnson, Professor, Tuck School of Business, Director, Center for Digital Strategies, Jim Shimp, Senior Director, Global Application Development IT, Whirpool, Mark Hillman, Director of Supply Chain & IT Operations, General Motors, Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director, TCG Advisors, Douglas Schwinn, Senior Vice President & CIO, Hasbro, Brad Boston, Senior Vice President, Global Government Solutions and Corporate Security Programs, and Rita Heise, Corporate Vice President, IT & CIO, Cargill.
2004-10-04

What Challenges are Companies Facing Due to Globalization? (1 min 45 sec)
Thought leaders Withold Henisz, Assistant Professor of Management at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Brad Boston, Senior Vice President, Global Government Solutions and Corporate Security Programs, Jim Shimp, Senior Director, Global Application Development IT, Whirpool, and Eric Johnson, Professor, Tuck School of Business, Director, Center for Digital Strategies, share their viewpoints on the challenges involved in globalization.
2004-10-04

How is Globalization Reshaping Business? (2 min 22 sec)
Thought leaders Brad Boston, Senior Vice President, Global Government Solutions and Corporate Security Programs, Jim Shimp, Senior Director, Global Application Development IT, Whirpool, Rita Heise, Corporate Vice President, IT & CIO, Cargill, and Withold Henisz, Assistant Professor of Management at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, share their viewpoints on how globalization is reshaping business.
2004-10-04

Balancing Open Communications with Security (9 min 40 sec)
Cisco and Intel discuss the challenges of global network security.
2004-07-29

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The Hidden Costs of Infrastructure (8 min 34 sec)
Learn how a company can cut costs and still provide the tools users need to be more productive.
2003-10-24

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Issues Facing CIOs Today
Designing around network constraints such as differing applications, systems, and protocols, create many challenges for today's CIOs.
2003-04-01

Internet Organization, Culture, and Productivity
A discussion of an MIT study of Internet organization, culture, and productivity.
2002-05-27