Structure is important in the city, as well as in any business organization or area of life.

This year Cisco held the most important and largest European IT conference in Barcelona, ​​a city that is at the same time the best possible analogy of the message of this summit.

If you have ever been to Barcelona, ​​you must have noticed that the urban plan of the city is designed so that it works almost perfectly as the system. Its streets are parallel, intersecting at a right angle forming the identical neighborhoods of a perfect square. Additionally, the beauty is emphasized by leveled story buildings and consistency in the style of construction.

All of this, in addition to the aforementioned beauty, gives to the city much needed functionality. One-way streets and the good organization of traffic greatly facilitate the daily life of Barcelona residents, making it one of the few capitals without traffic jams.

Barcelona is a true example of how important it is that there is a system, but also the structure, procedures and protocols by which it operates, in order to prevent the chaos to reign. Structure is important in the city, as well as in any business organization or area of life.

At the Live Summit and in a very systematic organization, Cisco presented standard technologies (network, collaboration, security, WiFi, etc.) to highlight just how system and standards are important as a foundation for further development and growth.

Let’s get back to the beautiful Barselona.

No matter how well-decorated urban plan contributes to the beauty of this city, what brings millions of visitors each year are not Barcelona’s parallel streets but Gaudi’s unique architecture: the church of the Sagrada Familia and Park Guell. And these buildings, although standing out from the environment and seemingly violate an established organization, also have their own system, so unique and different that gives to the whole city its special spice and an important source of revenue from tourist visits.

And so, by observing Barcelona, ​​we come to the most important conclusion from Live 2018 event. If a project, company, and even city has no initial plan as a basis, it is difficult to assume that it may have a long-term perspective. The system is essential, it must exist, but at the same time it is necessary to have something that makes you different. Regular and controlled stepping outs of the system contribute to the uniqueness, distinctiveness, it sets you apart from the competition and gives a true value to what you do.

Therefore, this year Cisco placed emphasis on achievements that go beyond standard frameworks, those that are a prelude into to the future. Some of them, such as DevNet, IoT, industrial engineering represent a synergy of different technologies, systems and applications which, with appropriate software, allows companies to create their uniqueness through innovative products.

Saga, like other serious companies, operates as a single system supported by procedures and protocols. This helps us to maintain business continuity, regardless of all internal and external changes that we face. The foundation of our business consists of basic technology, but in addition to it, the software and business developers, network, big data analysts and complete setup of work allow us to go outside the boundaries of the standard system and offer additional value that will last.

The final speech at Cisco Live 2018 Summit was held by Bruce Dickinson, a man who showed us with his example what you can achieve when you step out of a box. In addition to being the lead singer of the band Iron Maiden, he is a pilot, a successful businessman and motivational speaker. One of his main messages was that in the 21st century specialty is necessary.

In a time of innovation and rapid development in all areas, in order to become special and successful and not to stifle the chances for improvement, one must bypass the templates and strict norms from time to time. Therefore, the right dosage of procedures and protocols, on the one hand and stepping out of it on the other, is the key to sustainability, uniqueness and success.