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Digitization is the solution to everything. Right? Most of the time. So, we’re inviting our partners and distributors to work with us to save our planet. And we think we can increase your profits at the same time. Sustainability has been a priority for Cisco for many years. Most recently, our CEO Chuck Robbins pledged 100% product return and set ambitious Net Zero GHG emissions goals. And we’ll be announcing more at Partner Summit. So,…

Welcome to our blog series on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. Each blog in this series will highlight a different Cisco employee who works closely with CSR initiatives across the company. At Cisco, we envision a world where our planet’s limited resources are used sustainably so both people and ecosystems can thrive. Environmental issues like climate change, pollution, and waste can disproportionately affect disadvantaged socio-economic groups and future generations, so we must…

I am part of an amazing team – it’s something you hear a lot of at Cisco. But I had an unusual path to get to where I am today as a Business Operations Analyst in our Global Virtual Engineering (GVE) organization. Before joining Cisco in July of 2020, I was a student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In school, I was a business major studying Operations and Information Management with a focus…

It has certainly been an exciting time to be in Industrial Security. This year we’ve seen attacks on the water supply in the US, on oil pipelines, and our health care systems. While these can be concerning events, I often get frustrated with the media coverage. To the general public, such events are often presented as apocalyptic and that our society is unable to do anything about them. But, in reality, we can. A passion…

Job growth in the US IT industry slowed further in October, adding 4,800 positions, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data included in the latest figures from IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. That’s down from 8,900 positions added in the revised September figures. Overall growth in IT positions comes even as the highly infectious delta variant of COVID-19 continued to hinder overall job growth, mainly due to slowdowns in the restaurant, entertainment, and service…

Small businesses make up 99% of the world’s business population, yet women-led start-ups received only 2.3% of Venture Capital funding in 2020, according to Harvard Business Review. This is particularly concerning in today’s business landscape, where much of the economy’s recovery rests upon small business’ own return to growth. Cisco at Web Summit 2021: Powering a More Inclusive Future for All At Cisco, our company purpose is to power an inclusive future for all. Ensuring…

I’ve always thought I had a strong support network, until I saw what that looked like for others. I wondered how my peers were able to navigate these corporate streets, arriving on time and unscathed. They were climbing the proverbial ladder and progressing in ways I wasn’t; even the ones I outperformed – by far. I learned it was because they had active sponsorship. They had someone advocating for them, saying their names in spaces…

In the United States, there are over 600 Native American and Alaskan Native tribes, representing approximately 1.5 to 2 percent of the population. Lack of critical mass often leads to underrepresentation of Native American viewpoints and representation in racial disparity assessments–particularly in the tech industry. Native Americans make up less than .005 percent of the tech workforce in United States. Environmental, education, and a tech-monoculture (which refers to a generic corporate culture) approach to recruitment…

Find the right pre-built apps to meet your business needs We welcome you to explore the newly enhanced Meraki Marketplace and browse the exclusive catalog of applications developed by ecosystem partners, developed on top of the Meraki platform. We recently announced a new brand look in addition to a number of navigational enhancements to the site. Since its inception, the marketplace has grown to feature more than 185+ pre-built apps, built by 90+ ecosystem partners…

When a private LTE test network at Utility Broadband Association (UBBA) Plugfest 2021 was temporarily disabled, attendees could be forgiven for going to get a snack. The test would measure our router’s failover time from Anterix’s 900 MHz private LTE to AT&T’s FirstNet. For most routers that’s about five minutes. But just five seconds later the Cisco Catalyst IR1101 Rugged Series Router had reconnected to FirstNet. The snackers missed it. Picture it: line-status fault location,…