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At Cisco, our purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. And in response to the realities of the past year, this must also mean powering an inclusive recovery for all, with the help of our government partners, customers, partners, communities, and employees. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve put our purpose in action – keeping people working, learning, receiving healthcare, and governing during quarantine and as they return to their workplace. With millions of people…

Part of a Powering People First series that focuses on increasing and promoting personal well-being and building better quality connections and a more inclusive work experience for all Making Intelligent Collaboration Experiences with Webex Devices It happened quickly. Like most of us, one-minute Julie was working in the office and the next she was home full time, with little notice or time to plan. With only her company-provided  laptop and mouse, the days and weeks…

Part of a Powering People First series that focuses on increasing and promoting personal well-being and building better quality connections and a more inclusive work experience for all Every Experience with a Business Creates a Story When I meet someone new and introduce myself as the GM of Cisco’s Contact Center business, the response is immediate – my new contact will begin telling their personal stories of frustrating customer experiences in interacting with a business….

We are working in a multdimensional world of data and applications accessed by a workforce shifting among work-from-home offices to centralized campuses to work-from-anywhere. Data is widely distributed and business-critical applications are becoming containerized microservices disseminated over on-premises, edge cloud, and public cloud data center locations. These applications rely on agile and resilient networks to provide the best level of experience for the workforce and customers. It is therefore a multidimensional challenge for IT to…

Since Equinix launched their Network Edge™ services in 2019, Cisco customers have leveraged our virtual routers and SD-WAN on Network Edge to extend their networks into cloud providers across Equinix Fabric™. I am excited to announce the next steps in our partnership with Equinix to enable customers to do more with Cisco SD-WAN and Equinix Fabric. Equinix provides unique value by coupling their colocation platform with their interconnection services, along with other key services at…

Cisco Live this year is all about inspiration, education, and celebration. From the partner perspective, we view this through the lens of improving business resiliency, reimagining the application experience, and securing the enterprise, all while looking ahead at the changing economics driven by the evolution in customer technology consumption and buying preferences. What a great time to TURN IT UP! With Cisco Live being fully digital in 2021, we reflect on how the world is…

Lutfiyyah Patel, Cisco Networking Academy instructor at Siyafunda Community Technology Centre in South Africa Six years ago, if you would’ve told Lutfiyyah Patel (or Lulu, as her students call her) she was going to be a Cisco Networking Academy instructor who inspires students throughout South Africa – she wouldn’t have believed you. Growing up, Lulu wanted to be a chef; but culinary school was too expensive, even with government aid. So she supported the family…