High Tech Policy
Cisco and Junior Achievement Partner on STEM Mentoring Event in RTP
Today, Cisco and Junior Achievement teamed up to host a Job Shadow Day as part of Cisco’s series of STEM mentoring events being held throughout the week. Fifty students from the Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School – a group of first generation college attendees, English as second langu…
Cisco Announces $20,000 Grant for Girl Scouts’ GIRLS GO TECH Program
On behalf of Cisco, I’m pleased to announce that our company has awarded the Girls Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines a $20,000 community impact grant to help girls from underserved communities attend its award-winning GIRLS GO TECH program. Every year, the GIRLS GO TECH program helps 350…
Statement of Dan Lang on Nomination of Daniel Marti as U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
Yesterday, President Obama nominated Danny Marti as U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. I welcome this nomination to this critical role in protecting American intellectual property and our innovation economy. A thoughtful and balanced approach is needed to both deter copying of Am…
Data Protection in the balance – EU Citizen Protection and Innovation
In the wake of the European Parliament elections, stakeholders and commentators have been reflecting on the likely impact on important dossiers they follow. On data protection, we are pleased to welcome the reelection of the rapporteur, Jean-Philipp Albrecht, as well as key players Axel Voss and Ti…
Statement of Jeff Campbell on U.S. Federal Communications Commission Decision on Open Internet Proceeding
Today’s decision by the Federal Communications Commission marks an important milestone in the effort to develop appropriate rules for an open Internet. We at Cisco strongly favor a balanced approach that at once protects end users and content providers from unwarranted blocking, as well as drives i…
European Cybersecurity Policy Priorities
As an Internet society we are generating digital information at an exponential rate. It’s coming from more devices that are more connected than ever and getting smarter all the time. Next year we will hit the zettabyte era – that’s 1000 exabytes of IP traffic each year, the equivalent of 36 million…
Global IT Report Identifies Key Policies for the Internet of Everything
Note: The full report can be found here as well as chapter 1.2, “The Internet of Everything: How the Network Unleashes the Benefits of Big Data“ The World Economic Forum launched the 2014 Global Information Technology Report (GITR) today, and the annual assessment provides insight into…
Roadmap for Additional Discussion on Net Neutrality in Europe
As consideration of the Net Neutrality legislation in Europe moves to the next phase, it is important that policymakers reflect on two real-world issues that were not fully resolved in the debate in the European Parliament. These include whether networks under the currently proposed framework can h…
Two Groundbreaking Decisions that Make More Spectrum Available for Broadband and Wi-Fi
The FCC made two groundbreaking decisions today to put more radio spectrum to work delivering broadband connectivity to consumers — one which will improve 5 GHz spectrum for Wi-Fi and the second that makes more licensed cellular spectrum available for wireless broadband. Taken together, these…