#BeTheBridge

December 23, 2019

COLLABORATION

Being Remote Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be Close

Remote Workers Using Webex to Connect Anytime, Anywhere I never considered myself as having an accent, but many of my US colleagues ask me where I’m from, and about my accent. Well yes, I guess that to them, I have one. It’s a matter of perspective. The part of the world we live in is our norm, s…

November 18, 2019

GOVERNMENT

The Bridge Between Envisioning a Better World and Creating One

Our journey through Cisco’s #FutureofPublicSector series today puts us right in front of the bridge between hope and possibility. We all have opportunities to address the realities of a growing society, including: economic issues, social or educational barriers, the need for better healthcare…

November 8, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Military Friendly: How Cisco Serves Those who Served

Cisco is proud to be military friendly by connecting with, supporting, and hiring veterans. Our Veterans Program taps into our culture of service by providing training, mentoring, and support to transitioning service members, veterans, and military families. Cisco is proving amazing things can happe…

October 3, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Reflections on Cisco Leader Day 2019

I recently had a great experience attending Cisco’s third annual Leader Day which happened to fall on a pretty historic day for us — the day Cisco was named the #1 World’s Best Workplace by Great Places to Work. We took a moment to celebrate this exciting recognition, but then dove in to the f…

January 20, 2019

DEVELOPER

Cisco Live Europe – DevNet Zone – Where Is Silvia?

Everyone needs a best friend at work, and for me that special person is Denise.  On normal office days, we sit across from each other, and brainstorm all day long.  Some of your favorite DevNet community ideas were born right there, in our Cisco office, so make sure you thank Denise the next time yo…

December 13, 2018

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Between where we stand today and where we go from here, there’s a bridge

Between divided and united, there’s a bridge. Between being left out and welcomed in, there’s a bridge. Between a narrow definition of diversity and full spectrum diversity, there’s a bridge. Between benefiting some and benefiting everyone, there’s a bridge. Between people and communities in need an…

December 4, 2018

COLLABORATION

Amy Chang is Building Bridges: America’s Top 50 Women in Tech

Everyone here at Cisco is overjoyed at the recent announcement that Amy Chang, our Senior Vice President in the Collaboration Technology Group, has been named one of America’s “Top 50 Women in Tech” by Forbes. You can read the story here. The great thing about this list is that to even qualify for n…

December 2, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Building Bridges Between Hope and Possibility

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…

November 25, 2018

DEVELOPER

Latin America Technologists

I’m writing this on a Sunday.  I do some of my best writing on Sundays, going back to before I knew how to write. On late Sunday mornings, after Church, I would sit at the school desk my Grandma had set up in a covered area of her patio, close to her kitchen.  She and I could carry on a conver…