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To be honest, I worried this year that Cisco’s second innovation revolution across the entire company might not live up to expectations. So many corporate innovation programs fail after their first year or slowly fade away because of weak results or flagging enthusiasm. There are plenty of rea…

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…

Cisco’s Mission Statement is to shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors, and ecosystem partners.  We don’t set out to be recognized; however, receiving recognition for our impact in the industries we serve is an extraor…

Before I discovered electrical engineering, I wanted to be a teacher. I have always loved learning, so naturally I want to help others learn. For me, the most exciting part is the first time I have a light-bulb moment and real understanding of a concept begins. Consequently, seeing that same initial…

This post originally appeared on Triple Pundit. This is the third article in a five-part series on how a company or organization can develop, implement, and sustain successful public-private partnerships (PPP) that achieve large-scale impact. Click to read part one on determining who to work with, p…

This post was written by Cisco Intern Michele Day before she completed her internship with us and returned back to school for the fall semester.  *** Even before my very first day at Cisco, I knew this was the place for me. How? I was hooked on reading THIS Life at Cisco BLOG! Throughout the recrui…

It is now safe to say that Cisco’s innovation engine is powering ahead on all six cylinders. To our five long-time cylinders, called our “strategic innovation pillars” of build, buy, partner, invest, and co-develop, we have empowered a sixth – our employees. Not just product developers and engineers…

If you read my blog posts, you know there’s one thing that is very important to me: meetings. It’s how business moves forward. Meetings are where we get stuff done and where we solve problems. That’s why we are continuing to focus on building tools that enable meetings to be as seamless and simple a…

In FY17, which ended in July, we completed and met our latest greenhouse gas (GHG) Scope 1 and 2 reduction goal. To recap, Cisco’s past Scope 1 and 2 reduction goals include: June 2008: Five-year EPA Climate Leaders commitment to reduce all Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions worldwide by 25% absolut…