Holidays

December 11, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

The Cisco Cookie Queen Bakes up a Recipe for Hiring in the Future!

You know what always brings people together? Cookies! ☺️ I LOVE making cookies.  There’s just something about sweating away in the kitchen, my hair powdered with flour, my face smeared with chocolate, ingredients all over the counter that I find rewarding. Its hard work, but I get so…

November 9, 2018

GOVERNMENT

Mission Moments: From the Navy to Cisco, a Story of Still Serving

In honor of Veterans Day, we’ve asked veteran Naval Officer Tina Swallow, a current Cisco leader, to share her story of service in both the U.S. Navy and in the private sector. A long line of Naval service continues I was born in Newport, Rhode Island when my father was studying at the Naval War Co…

October 30, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

This Halloween, Be a Cisconian!

Everyone has a favorite holiday. For me – there is no mistaking – it’s Halloween – especially the costumes! And it isn’t uncommon to hear me proclaim “That would make an AMAZING costume!” in January…or February…or even March. 😉 You can be anything you’ve ever wanted to become…

December 19, 2017

LIFE AT CISCO

Cisco Employees Take Ugly Holiday Sweaters to New Heights (Lows?)

Every year, teams get together in December to celebrate the close of another calendar year, to wind down and just have some good old fashioned team fun. There are white elephant gift exchanges, team dinners, and – a Cisconian favorite – ugly holiday sweater contests. This year will be no different.…

November 30, 2012

SECURITY

Cyber Security Survival for the Holidays

A couple of days ago, I participated in a Social Video Broadcast about cyber security survival tips for the holiday season. Some of my advice is familiar. Use stronger passwords, apply the “smell test” to too-good-to-be-true on-line offers, read the manual—especially the parts about account set up a…

November 26, 2012

SECURITY

Live Broadcast: John N. Stewart to Discuss Cyber Security for the Holiday Season

The National Retail Federation predicts that Holiday Shopping this year will grow to $586.1 billion, with a record percentage of those purchases occurring online and from mobile devices. As more shoppers make purchases online and on their mobile devices, Cyber Monday is fast becoming Mobile Monday,…

November 12, 2012

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

New ways to use the Web for the holidays.

From recipes to ride sharing, collaborative consumption is changing how we get and give. It’s almost time to buy the Thanksgiving turkey and pull out the Christmas lists. But as the Web explodes as a place many will go to shop, so are sites where we share what we have or do — and you can…