The way Jeetu Patel sees it, working from your car may soon be as ordinary as signing on to Google Docs from your home office.
“I think the future of work is largely going to be hybrid, where people will work in a kind of mixed mode—sometimes they’re in the office, sometimes they’re going to be at home, sometimes somewhere in the middle,” says Patel, executive vice president and general manager of security and collaboration at Cisco. “And that somewhere in the middle often tends to be automobiles.”
Patel should know: His company has quietly been at the forefront of building secure, reliable networking technology into cars, providing connectivity in close to 100 million vehicles through its Cisco IoT Control Center technology. According to Cisco executive vice president Jonathan Davidson, the networking giant is among the biggest players in the connected car business. “If you’re in a car, and you’re streaming audio through the native experiences of the car, more than likely you’re coming through Cisco infrastructure,” he says.
It’s no secret that cars have become as digitally connected as laptops or cellphones. Dashboard screens increasingly rival tablets in application versatility, and compatibility with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay is a must-have for many new car shoppers.
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