Cisco CSR
Cisco Research Helps Countries Bridge the Digital Divide
Co-Authored by Jeff Campbell, Pastora Valero and Dominic Scott. Cisco recently released the results of our 2019 Digital Readiness Index, a report measuring the digital readiness of 141 countries along with analysis of several components of how well-positioned a country is to benefit from the digital…
Modeling an inclusive digital future
We live in a digital world. Digital technologies are advancing at a rapid pace, connecting people around the world and creating new and exciting opportunities. More than any time in human history, people have greater access to knowledge, services and resources as a result of technological advancemen…
Beyond edtech: Success in the classroom of the future starts with breakfast—and lunch, and dinner
The school buses are on the move. I haven’t had a school-bus rider for some time, but I still feel a tug whenever bus D10 drives down my street. It’s an emotional time of year, and even someone watching from a distance can tell that students are excited and anxious. What’s less visible: one in seven…
Data, Technology, and Women’s Economic Empowerment
This post was written by guest blogger Charu Adesnik, Deputy Director of the Cisco Foundation. Our economic empowerment programs connect underserved people to skills, meaningful employment, financial products and services, and opportunities they need to thrive and develop careers. With the strategic…
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…
Think Global, Act Local: Cisco and Dimension Data Win ASAP Award for CSR Projects
We set out to do something big – with a belief that we could drive change and make a lasting impact in the world. To commemorate 25 years as business partners, Cisco and Dimension Data strived to find a unique way to pay it forward and make a difference. What started out as a grand idea – to complet…
Establishing Normalcy to Do the Extraordinary
Since its genesis, Cisco has sought to apply our technology and resources to positively impact people around the world, working closely with our partners and customers to do so. Whether it’s reskilling people through the Network Academy, saving Rhinos from poachers in South Africa, or providing conn…
Encrypted On-Prem Connections to Public Clouds
Last time in this space I covered APIGee, a component of the Cisco and Google Hybrid Cloud announcement that enables legacy data stores to be front-ended by a modern, secure API with analytics and monitoring. But if you have business logic running in the public cloud, how can you securely and relia…
Breaking Down Barriers – Cisco Sponsors Greenlight for Girls
Research shows that young women across the globe don’t generally choose tech careers because they think it’s not an interesting career, or they believe they wouldn’t be good at it, or, even worse, they imagine they wouldn’t be comfortable or happy with their potential colleagues. Cisco is committed…