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At Cisco, we’re no strangers to stretching our minds into creative brainstorming sessions that last for hours, and collaborating together to solve solutions. But, I found myself wondering if our bodies are as flexible as our minds? Many people think that to be fit you need to become an Olympic athle…

32 hours non-stop. Pushing boundaries. Thinking creatively and innovating in ways never thought possible. That sums up the recent 4th Annual Enterprise Networking Group (ENG) Hackathon. It sounds like it’s all around solving business challenges to transform Cisco and technology (which it is) but it’…

I still remember my very first day at Cisco, as if it was just yesterday (though it was july of 2014.) I had just graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science. I came onboard at Cisco as a Network Consulting Engineer (a dream come true.) Like every new hire, I was filled with energy, enthusiasm an…

Recently my team in the Cisco Data Center Software Group got together for a game of bubble soccer. “What is bubble soccer?” you ask. It’s only a game involving giant inflatable orbs of fun! More specifically, it’s a combination between zorbing, a sport where a person rolls down the side of a hill in…

As an Intern Experience Leader (a fancy way of saying I mentor interns at Cisco) I get asked a lot of questions. At a recent intern event, I got asked this very specific question. “Why Cisco? Why here over the other tech giants?” It’s not the first time this question has come up. And my standard ela…

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re discussing what DevNet can do for Network Engineers with Cisco expert Chris Oggerino. Get the Podcast Listen to this episode Download this episode (right-click on the episode’s download button) View this episo…

  “Delivering Awesome” might mean different things to different people. For the team delivering a workspace reboot, it meant finding a fun way to make the employee residents in the updated Building 18 in San Jose, CA feel at home in their new work environment. For the engineers who work in the…

If you think running a 5K race is challenge enough, try throwing a few daunting obstacles on the course. Cisco Network Consulting Engineer Deidra Brown has faced that challenge, and has overcome it. A few years ago, Deidra wouldn’t have even considered a physical challenge. She had struggled with we…

The words “geek” or “nerd” are often thrown about with negative connotations, but not at Cisco! Here, we wear our geek badges with pride, and like to think that being geeky is cool. Take, for example, Cisco’s Consulting Services Team in San Jose, pictured above. They helped Cisco celebrate geekiness…