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October 3, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

Inspired and Empowered through Cisco Cyber Security

Three months after joining Cisco as a Cyber Security Specialist in South Africa a friend asked how my new job was going, and how it felt to work for such a large, global company. The answer was easy – my new job was going fantastic, and I told her any time I have a question I was always met with th…

What’s old is new: Why Cisco wants its products back

This post was written by guest blogger Abbey Burns, Circular Economy Program Manager at Cisco Cisco’s products power networks and shape the way we live, work, play, and learn. However, they also shape the world in many other ways. We extract natural resources to make and ship our hardware, and our…

January 25, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

Cisco Cares About Kaihura (and Everywhere Else!)

“Did you enjoy your safari?” This is what people ask me when I say I went to Africa. My answer? “I didn’t go on safari, but what I did was wonderful all the same!” I didn’t know much about Africa before my first trip in 2014.  My daughter Kori and I went with our local church on the first of what wo…

September 13, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The Price of Knowledge: dot Learn

Spotlight on Our Inaugural GPS Challenge First Runner-Up It’s been said that knowledge is freedom. For many, this means freedom from poverty, since a formal education can significantly improve an individual’s standard of living. In the Internet age, it may seem like online videos and other learning…