As Cisco , it will refocus all resources on its core competency: the networking, collaboration and video needs of the enterprise.

To this effect, the networking giant is opening a new state-of-the-art data center in Texas this week to help deliver traditional networking services via the cloud.

With cloud, collaboration and unified communications in mind, Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby sat down with CIO.com to discuss the future of the enterprise worker, as well as how IT can manage different mobiles devices and operating systems and justify cloud investments to the executive suite.

The following is an edited version of Jacoby's interview with CIO.com's Shane O'Neill.