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A common theme cropped up at the last Cisco Live!, held virtually from March 31 to April 1, 2021. I’d sum it up like this: IT improves operations only if operational teams will use the solutions. Ease-of-use and reliability rule! If you were one of the more than 100,000 people who attended, you probably heard some version of that message. Here’s my take on how it showed through in sessions on multi-access wireless technologies, cybersecurity,…

Guidelines for a Safe, Secure, and Compliant Collaboration Ecosystem The National Security Agency (NSA) published a set of guidelines for “Selecting and Safely Using Collaboration Services for Telework.” The guidelines that evaluated 17 collaboration service providers identified a dozen critical criteria for cybersecurity functionality and security assurance to help government employees and organizations make informed decisions when selecting a collaboration service for their needs. The goal is to help users “draw down their risk exposure”…

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 Ensuring Safe, Secure, and Compliant Collaboration In late 2020, the National Security Agency (NSA) published its guidelines for “Selecting and Safely Using Collaboration Services for Telework.” They outlined 12 criteria to gauge the security stance of 17 collaboration service providers, including Cisco Webex. These guidelines highlight essential…

As the Proximity Initiative was taking shape at Cisco last year, the realities of the inequality and injustice plaguing our communities began sparking worldwide outrage. The horrific events of 2020 became a sobering wake-up call: they brought me to the realization that I had drastically misunderstood the pervasive, systemic nature of racism and other forms of discrimination, and underestimated their effects on my neighbors, friends, and coworkers. I found myself in moments of vulnerability that I never expected, including crying in front of a few hundred employees in an All Hands call. Most of my tears were for the atrocities unfolding all around us, but many were for the realization that I had been blind to so much.  …

Co-authored by Linda D’Amico, Senior Director, Cisco Refresh Cisco has commitment to 100% product return. This benefits the environment and our customers. The global economy consumes a 100 billion tons of materials each year. Imagine, 100 billion tons, and only 8.6 percent of all those minerals, fossil fuels, and biomass are ever cycled back as new products. Instead, they end up as waste.  In a world with increasingly scarce resources, we cannot keep taking without…

What industries do hackers primarily target for financial gain? Financial services should come as no surprise, but the hospitality industry is up there too. That’s why MITRE Engenuity focused on hacker groups Carbanak and FIN7 in the 2020 ATT&CK® Evaluation. Both groups are well known and launch highly sophisticated attacks against these and other industries, stealing more than $1 billion over the past five years, according to MITRE Engenuity. That’s why we jumped at the…

We live in a data-driven world. Whether B2B or B2C, sellers and go-to-market teams rely on insights from data to target customer accounts, grow pipeline, and close business. When valuable data is siloed or lost in databases and unable to be shared in meaningful ways, business inefficiencies are introduced, customer service can suffer, and the bottom line may be impacted. Cisco Venture Labs, a new division within Cisco that partners with leading analytics and artificial…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — News summary New Dell EMC PowerStore software improves workload performance by up to 25% Artificial intelligence and machine learning enhancements drive cost savings and up to 15% lower workload latency New PowerStore 500 model offers lower cost, enterprise performance to businesses of all sizes Nearly twenty percent of PowerStore buyers are new to Dell Technologies storage Full storyDell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is upgrading the performance of Dell…

What makes a good place to work become a great place to work? Better yet, what makes a company the #1 World’s Best Workplace (two years running)? What makes an employee want to stay, happily, for years – and even decades? There are so many answers to these questions, and for Cisco that is no different. Yes, it’s about our wonderful culture, people-first focus, and dynamic teams. But, for me, the best in all of…

In collaboration with Chris Tomazic   As we plan for a safe return to Cisco offices around the world, we are experiencing a large increase in the types and numbers of devices connecting to our network. This means that our teams need to manage an increasingly complex ecosystem more efficiently than ever before. Like many IT departments, we are scrambling to keep up with these new network demands. In fact, according to one recent study…