Capitalising on the `Blue Tech’ opportunity
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The Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector is going through digital disruption. The sector – particularly government-owned TAFEs – is responsible for training and re-training people across a range of industries. Many of those industries are being completely transformed…
Cisco helps connect 8,000 kids in New Zealand with well-being workshops
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Technology can offer a platform to enable human connection that can impact people’s lives in a real way. Cisco aims to positively impact one billion lives by 2025, to make a difference. In New Zealand, 8,000 children connected from schools across the country as Cisco hosted a live ‘virtual’ creative…
CX Gives Back across Australia & New Zealand
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Giving back in our communities is part of Cisco’s culture and DNA. But it’s more than giving back by volunteering our time – it’s also in aligning our skills and passions, so we can truly provide meaningful support to organisations in need, which is when you see and feel the impact. The Customer Experience…
Cisco partners with Victoria University to open Cybersecurity Training Centre
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Victoria University partners with technology giant Cisco to open Cybersecurity Training Centre in Melbourne’s West: addresses Australia’s skills shortage News Summary: World’s largest Cyber security vendor Cisco is partnering with Victoria University to open Cybersecurity Training Centre…
How the tools make the digital workplace
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Digitization has changed the workplace immeasurably. From filing cabinets and workplace cubicles to cloud storage and remote working, advances in technology have streamlined processes and empowered employees. The result: businesses benefit from improved productivity and efficiency, while…
Tokyo 2020 in 365 days: On the path to new opportunity for Japan Society
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Japanese English On July 24, 2020, one year from today, we will light the cauldron and usher in a new era in Japan at the open ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. The games moto: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Swifter, Higher, Stronger. Three words that perfectly describe Japan’s transformation…
Digital Industries Summit – Education Track
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Different industry sectors are being disrupted by technology at different rates. This has been explored at length in a seminal piece of primary research by Cisco titled The Digital Vortex. The Digital Industries Summit – held as part of Cisco Live Melbourne – was intended to get below the surface…
Universities Driving Global Innovation Ecosystems | Cisco’s Higher Education Study Tour to Germany and the UK
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Universities Driving Global Innovation Ecosystems Cisco’s Higher Education Study Tour to Germany and the UK Just a few years ago the term `digital disruption in higher education’ tended to be synonymous with flipped classrooms and Massive Online Open Courseware (MOOCs). However, in 2019 disruption…
Fostering the next-generation of innovators and problem-solvers
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Cisco thingQbator was conceived as a Cisco India CSR initiative to students build digital skills through learning by doing. The key objectives being democratize innovation by building spaces and communities in colleges to foster innovation. Most of all, we wanted to challenge young minds to find…