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There’s no denying that digital is king. With recent events keeping employees and consumers close to home, digital interactions continue to climb across all areas of life. Remote work, E-learning, and online shopping continue to grow to the delight of organizations and institutions who’ve anticipated these digital engagements. Yet, despite many industries delivering improved response times during the pandemic, over half of the consumers (52 percent)1 still expect better brand engagement, especially in banking, telco,…

Being a woman in tech isn’t easy. You often hear of the stories many of us have faced as the only woman in our classes or on our teams. What I love about Cisco, however, is their dedication to hiring and growing the careers of our amazing women in technology, and I am proud to have been a part of a recent JUMP Women’s Development Program cohort. When I first heard about JUMP from a…

Future of Hardware Blog Series – Blog 1 The world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in 2019 to great fanfare, understandably so. For me, one of the more amazing stories that emerged in the celebration was the fact that the total random access memory (RAM) powering the Apollo Guidance Computer measured barely over 4K. That’s a remarkable stat considering that you’re likely carrying 1000 to 2000X more computing performance in your pocket…

We live in an era marked by significant market disruptions and rising uncertainty. As organizations and decision-makers grapple with unprecedented economic, social, and technological changes, our Global Service Providers are at the forefront of digitization and network transformation. They are faced with challenges that have ballooned more quickly than many were prepared for due to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as: increasing consumer demand for innovative and seamless experiences with little to no latency or downtime,…

“The processing of personal data should be designed to serve mankind. The right to the protection of personal data is not an absolute right; it must be considered in relation to its function in society and be balanced against other fundamental rights, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.” ~ EU General Data Protection Regulation, Recital 4. Believe it or not, this is a direct quote from the GDPR. Unfortunately, we’ve seen privacy rights abused…

In collaboration with the national research and engineering network Internet2, Cisco is pleased to announce the completed transition of Internet2’s research and education (R&E) network traffic to a fifth-generation backbone. The new network, supported by Cisco solutions, delivers massive scale with lower CapEx, OpEx, and power draw, helping to accelerate research as it connects 37 state and regional networks throughout the United States. 4X increase in performance Cisco’s collaboration with Internet2 drives tremendous technical achievements,…

Dell Technologies is charging ahead with its Apex consumption-based sales portfolio with a total of seven new launches, while also expanding its public cloud integration for a broader multi-cloud experience for its customers. Dell sees the writing on the wall and that the future is hybrid and multicloud. Today, 92% of organizations have a multi-cloud strategy in place or underway, and 82% of large enterprises have adopted a hybrid cloud infrastructure. And a new Forrester…

5G deployments are proceeding around the country, albeit more slowly, after a partial agreement between the FCC and the FAA about the potential danger of 5G transmissions generated too strong and too close to airports on bandwidths adjacent to the spectrum used by airplane altimeters. President Biden announced that Verizon and AT&T had agreed to slow deployments of 5G around major airports after consultation with the Department of Transportation, in order to assuage concerns over…

The FCC has named 44 people to a technological advisory council tasked with exploring the possibilities of 6G wireless connectivity, a large proportion of the council’s members being drawn from the ranks of the country’s biggest networking-technology corporations. The chair of the committee will be a former Qualcomm executive, Dean Brenner. Intel, Cisco, Comcast, Microsoft, Nokia, Ericsson, and all of the major mobile operators are also represented on the commission’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC). Also…

For the fourth UNESCO International Day of Education, the theme “Changing Course, Transforming Education” addresses three main issues: Our relationships with each other; with nature; and with technology. The global report that informs the theme of this year’s Day of Education, Reimagining our futures together: A new social contract for education, highlights issues that Cisco Networking Academy has addressed since its inception. For example, inclusiveness and accessibility are core to Networking Academy, which has enabled…