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December 16, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Exablaze

  02/03/2020 Update: We have completed the acquisition of Exablaze. Welcome to the team!   Network capacity and speed are today’s bread and butter for data intensive, highly transactional-based businesses requiring optimized bandwidth performance in industries and market segments like high…

July 10, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

How Cisco Taught Me The Importance of Culture

Company culture wasn’t something I initially considered when looking for my first “real” job after leaving the safe haven that is life as a university student.  I had just accepted a graduate sales role at Cisco, and with nothing to compare this new career experience to I had limited expectations an…

March 7, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

Cisco Kayakers Clean-up Iconic Sydney Harbour

You may have heard a little rumour that here at Cisco we love to give back – and it’s true! Additionally, Cisco encourages us to find ways to give back that we’re passionate about, and there may be no greater passion for us Aussies than our oceans. My role at Cisco is in digital marketing for the A…

March 1, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

Every Day is the Right Day to Ask, “R U Ok?”

As a Collaboration Engineer a major part of what I do at Cisco is to empower people with the right tools to connect with each other, conduct business, and have an open communication channel. It gives me a sense of contentment that we at Cisco get to help our customers in such ways, and that communic…

April 26, 2018

PARTNER

Making Every Drop Count for the Great Barrier Reef

From the time we’re young, we’re taught not to waste water. We cut down on our showers and turn off the faucet when we brush our teeth. But, we’re not always on the lookout for other ways we waste water—like leaks. These can be hard to spot across homes and businesses, at least not before they’ve wa…

February 28, 2018

DEVELOPER

Network Programmability at Cisco Live Melbourne

With only a few days before Cisco Live Australia and New Zealand kicks off, and still with a couple of open registration spots available, I want to invite the attendees of this event to sign up for the two workshops I will be running in Melbourne: DEVNET-2101:NXOS in the real world using NX-API REST…

October 4, 2017

EDUCATION

Securing the Digital Institute – Deakin University: A Case Study in Cyber Security Excellence

Ransomware and malware attacks have been capturing recent global headlines and like all industries, the education sector is vulnerable to this growing threat landscape. Although the full reputational and financial impact of these attacks are not known, it is a stark reminder of the significant cost …

August 9, 2017

EDUCATION

Start Up to Scale Up – The Role of Universities in Anchoring Innovation Systems

I recently returned from a study tour to Sweden and Israel with executives from one third of Australia’s universities. The purpose of the tour was simple: to understand two of the world’s most innovative economies and to identify what could be learned and applied in Australia (read the full study to…

August 4, 2017

HEALTHCARE

Capturing the Opportunity of Digital Transformation

Information is the fuel for the continuing transformation of healthcare, enabling a care system that can address the growing challenges of quality, equity and cost.  But as health systems and hospitals digitally transform, as they increase their ability to acquire and process clinical information, t…