Innovation

October 14, 2025

INNOVATION

Why Cybersecurity Innovation Needs a New Model of Industry-University Collaboration

2 min read

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, cybersecurity remains one of Australia’s most pressing innovation challenges. Almost half (49%) of Australian organisations have experienced at least one cyberattack in the past year, and 71% believe a cybersecurity incident is likely…

October 1, 2025

INNOVATION

Cisco to Expand Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center in India

3 min read

News summary: The expansion of Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center in India means that businesses can scale seamlessly while ensuring secure, flexible and high-quality communication experiences for customers. Customers can connect Webex Calling to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)…

September 2, 2025

INNOVATION

AI-Powered Computer Vision Deployment

5 min read

Imagine a world where machines see as well as – or better than – humans, catching safety hazards in mines, spotting defects on a factory line, or flagging abnormalities in X-rays. That’s where AI-powered computer vision is already taking mining, manufacturing, and healthcare…

August 21, 2025

AGENTIC AI

Agentic AI Without Hyperscaler Lock-In: Building Flexible, Future-Proof AI Systems

6 min read

Imagine a world where your AI systems can think, decide, and adapt like a human team, tackling complex tasks without being chained to a single tech giant’s ecosystem. That’s the promise of agentic AI. You have systems that act autonomously, make decisions, and solve problems with minimal…

August 12, 2025

INNOVATION

Behind The Tech: #RAG Is So Yesterday – Hello MPC

4 min read

As someone who’s been knee-deep with AI at Cisco, I’ve seen trends come and go, and today I want to talk about one that’s starting to feel a bit dated: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG. Don’t get me wrong—RAG has been a game-changer for making LLMs more accurate by pulling…

July 25, 2025

INNOVATION

Cisco and Curtin mark 10 years of innovation with new regional Innovation Central presence

3 min read

Cisco and Curtin University are celebrating a decade of Innovation Central Perth (ICP), with the partnership now expanding to Curtin’s Singapore Campus where the first international Innovation Central facility will open later this year. Since opening in 2015, ICP has served as a dynamic platform…

July 10, 2025

EDUCATION

Cisco and 10 Australian Universities Sign Participation Charter

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Cisco and 10 Australian Universities Sign Participation Charter to Accelerate the Pace of Digitisation and Adoption of AI Through the National Industry Innovation Network One of Australia’s largest industry-led innovation networks formalised with 10 Australian universities. Formed to directly…

July 6, 2025

INNOVATION

My First 100 Days At Cisco – Building AI the Right Way

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I’ve always believed that when it comes to building scalable AI infrastructure, you have to find a balance between performance and reliability. Technology offers speed, but a dependable infrastructure is what makes AI truly sustainable. My time at Cisco has reinforced that belief, so I wanted to…

June 26, 2025

INNOVATION

My First 100 Days At Cisco – Cisco Live 2025 & the Future of AI Applications

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In my first few months at Cisco, I’ve had a front-row seat to the business’s key areas of focus. Every large tech business claims to be changing the way the world does things, but the scale of transformative solutions I’m seeing at Cisco is different. This year’s Cisco Live event was confirmation –…