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2/11/19 Update: Today we completed the acquisition of Singularity Networks. Welcome to Cisco! I am pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Singularity Networks, a privately-held network infrastructure analytics company. Singularity Networks captures, enriches, and analyzes network data to help…

In my last blog post, I talked about how we are seeing more and more use cases where customers are using multiple clouds to build the next generation of digital experiences. It’s clear to me that many of these cloud use cases involve successfully spanning across multiple environments on and off-prem…

Today, Cisco is making a bold statement. Known for best-in-class data center solutions across all industries around the globe, we are announcing that there is nothing centered about data centers anymore. This doesn’t mean data centers are going away; in fact, they are expanding. Now there are…

Feb 6, 2019 Update: We have completed the acquisition of Luxtera. Welcome to Cisco! Internet traffic has grown dramatically over the past two decades and is only going to accelerate. More traffic will be created in 2022 than in the 32 years since the internet started, according to Cisco’s recent VNI…

The Enterprise Networking team at Cisco got a great holiday present this year. CRN, the voice of the reseller channel, released its Products of the Year feature, and two of our most important initiatives won in their categories. The fact that we won in two giant categories means the world to Cisco,…

While some of you know me as a steward of our corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, my history with Cisco goes back much further to my first role in business development. How, you might ask, did my journey take me from business development to where I am today? Working at one of the world’s…

Today, more than ever, we hear about issues related to the workforce and the age of a digital economy: from talent shortages and immigration to skills gaps and economic inequality to job creation and inclusion. On their own, these are big issues to solve for, but together they represent both opportu…

Technology holds great promise to improve lives – consider how every second in India, three people experience the Internet for the first time. Or how video collaboration units enable  patients at family health clinics in rural areas in Africa to connect to specialists at larger medical centers. Yet…

Update 1/11/19: Pleased to share that we have completed the acquisition of Ensoft.  Welcome to Cisco! I’m pleased to announce Cisco’s intent to acquire Ensoft Ltd. to further our commitment to simplify service provider networks through automation and programmability. Ensoft, a privately-held company…