hackathon

What do the World Cup, the Tour de France, and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have in common? They were all featured on the big screen at the IETF Hackathon at IETF 102 in Montreal. A World Cup full of surprises and late heroics concluded with France scoring an impressive victory over Cr…

Digitizing a country is not an easy task. However, Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, wants to make this real for his country to bridge the digital divide and drive growth in the country. The Smart India Hackathon 2018 is a unique initiative in its second year.  Its goal is to ignite the c…

The first ever IETF Hackathon was held March 21-22, the weekend before IETF 92 in Dallas, TX. It was a late addition to the conference schedule, answering the call to action from Engineering CTO and Chief Architect Dave Ward’s talk at IETF 91, Open Standards, Open Source, Open Loop. Cisco DevNet tea…

This blog post was guest-written by Faith Lin, Community Relations Manager at Cisco Here at Cisco, we value social impact and making a difference in our own communities. Often times, we do so by volunteering with local nonprofits. Other times, we use our passion, creativity, and talent to empower th…

Imagine entering a room with mostly strangers, and being tasked with improving the company. That’s what the recent HackIT event was for me (there’s another this week!), and as I sat down at a table only knowing one other person, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. What I found was a team that…

Using CMX (Connected Mobile Experience) to track devices We had an amazing hackathon at VivaTech in Paris France last month. 10 person teams were assembled with the purpose of using Cisco Technologies to improve the conference experience! Cisco mentors and staff were on site and provided access to m…

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 like to think that I am pretty passionate about technology. And I like to work with others who share my passion. So when I hear about a group of 150 engineers working 24-hours straight in a race to make our products better…that gets my attention. On April 26 & 27, our Infinite Video Platform (…

Our Innovation Centre in Australia, Perth, recently had the opportunity to host a hackathon, exploring safety and productivity solutions for heavy vehicles. Launched in December by the state’s Transport and Innovation Minister, Bill Marmion, the hackathon was held as part of the government’s commitm…