Cisco Blogs / High Tech Policy / Statement of Chuck Robbins, Chairman & CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc., on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Today our Chairman & CEO Chuck Robbins released this statement: “A strong and rapid response by the federal government is needed to address the impacts of the Covid pandemic on healthcare, social well-being, and economic recovery. There is a national imperative for Congress to approve a significant package as soon…

Over the last decade, a number of technological trends have come together that will transform our industrial society and introduce a high level of automation to many of our processes. Robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the cloud, and digital twins technology are ushering in the era of Industry 4.0. Asset-intensive industries are moving quickly to take advantage of these technologies, including manufacturing, ports, mines, utilities, railways, airports, logistics, intelligent highways, and smart…

Authored by Rick Huijbregts This blog on Education in 2031 is the second in a two-part series from our Global Leaders Forum #EducationNow track. Read the first blog on Reimagining Relevance at George Brown College. The Next 10 Years What will education look like in 2031? In the next 10 years, we need to reimagine the student experience, delivering services and learning where they want, how they want, and in three clicks/interactions or fewer, without students ever providing the…

Fresh off a solid quarterly earnings report, Extreme Networks is set for an active 2021, according to Ed Meyercord, president and CEO of the networking company. Extreme plans to roll out a range of new products to expand its universal networking family, which offers customers standardized hardware products that can be deployed across edge, aggregation, and wiring-closet environments. Also on tap are upgrades to the company’s core ExtremeCloud IQ cloud management platform, which has seen six…