Australia & New Zealand

November 1, 2019

SECURITY

Cybersecurity threat alerts in Australia on the rise but majority are fake

4 min read

Key Statistics: 84 per cent of organisations in Australia suffered a breach that cost them over $1 million, which is higher than any other country, in the APJC region and globally 69 per cent of Australian organisations reported receiving more than 100,000 alerts every single day, more than double…

October 24, 2019

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

MentorMe: Cisco wraps up its female university student mentoring program

3 min read

Earlier this month, over 170 female university students graduated from Cisco’s Mentor Me program, which provides 1:1 mentoring with a tertiary student and Cisco employee. The office sites across Australia and New Zealand where abuzz to celebrate the end of the program! Students across 18 universities…

October 4, 2019

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Cisco rises to #2 Best Place to Work in Australia!

4 min read

We are absolutely thrilled to move up to #2 Best Place to Work in Australia, building on the top 3 spot last year! This recognition reinforces the value and work we’ve been doing to listen and create the workplace culture where our employees can thrive. Whether this is through the meaningful work they…

October 1, 2019

EDUCATION

Cisco partners with La Trobe to enhance technology innovation and global collaboration

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Cisco joins forces with La Trobe University to lead on campus technology innovation, and to position and prepare students for industry-ready and digital skills required in the knowledge economy that help to solve real-world industry problems.  • La Trobe University and Cisco strengthen partnership…

August 29, 2019

EDUCATION

Capitalising on the `Blue Tech’ opportunity

1 min read

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

2 min read

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

3 min read

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…

August 16, 2019

SECURITY

Cisco partners with Victoria University to open Cybersecurity Training Centre

3 min read

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…

July 18, 2019

EDUCATION

Digital Industries Summit – Education Track

1 min read

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…