Australia & New Zealand

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Australian News Summary: Readiness is critical: 92% respondents said they expect a cybersecurity incident to disrupt their business in the next 12 to 24 months The cost of being unprepared can be substantial as 70% of respondents said they had a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months, which…

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Reflecting on International Women’s Day and the theme this year is cracking the code: innovation for a gender equal future. In STEM industries, women make up about 27% of the workforce on average. There is clearly more to do to achieve a gender equal future. Cisco Australia was recently recognised…

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Lunar New Year is a key cultural moment in the calendar for many, with more than 17 percent of the workforce in Australia celebrating it. At Cisco, we have 280 employees who are part of an inclusive community known as the Connected Asian Affinity Network (CAAN), which advocates for Pan-Asian talent,…

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After winning the 2022 Cisco Global Digital Sustainability Challenge Award for the APJC region in June with their Flood Node submission, Madison Technologies have been developing the initial concept and have created the first prototype. The Cisco Global Digital Sustainability Challenge asked…

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Every day the world increasingly relies on the flow of digital information – from banking to education to travel to health – it Is vital. The way that we want to work and live relies heavily on our ability to securely access whenever we want it, wherever we want it. Breaches are in the news more frequently…

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Australia must accelerate to capture digital readiness advantage Drops in global ranking, divided across state and territories Australia ranks 16th of 146 countries in the Cisco Digital Readiness Index. Australia drops from 10thplace in 2017 and 12th in 2019 however, still ranks among the highest…

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Every 20 hours, an Australian child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is the most common lifelong physical disability in the world, affecting 18 million people worldwide. It’s caused by damage to the developing brain during pregnancy, birth, or shortly after birth, and it directly…

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‘Emerging Talent’ is a community within Cisco focused on supporting people’s career journeys, with particularly focus on helping them shine and unlock their goals. One of the first questions we get asked when someone joins, or is interested in joining, is: ‘what is the group and where did it ‘emerge’…

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Cisco Study: Kiwi employees say hybrid work makes them happier & more productive, but more needs to be done to make it more inclusive and flexible 26 October 2022 | News summary  83.2% of New Zealand employees say the ability to work from anywhere has made them happier  63.2% of employees felt that…