olympics

April 5, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

Off-The-Chart Cisco Perks

This blog was co-written by the contest winners Kunal Shukla and Judith Thorp Working at Cisco has a bunch of great perks – cool technology that lets us work from anywhere, time off to give back and more. But sometimes, the perks get a little off-the-charts. Cisco’s Global Sponsorship Team recently…

February 22, 2018

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Joining the (Olympic) Movement to #SeeHer in the Media

If you live in the US and have been watching any of the Winter Olympics coverage on NBC, you may have seen the amazing ads celebrating the women taking part in the games. Many of the spots are sponsored by companies such as P&G, AT&T, USAA, Verizon, and NBC Universal and they are broadcast m…

February 12, 2018

THREAT RESEARCH

Olympic Destroyer Takes Aim At Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics this year is being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Guardian, a UK Newspaper reported an article that suggested the Olympic computer systems suffered technical issues during the opening ceremony. Officials at the games confirmed some technical issues to non-critical systems…

February 8, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Celebrating 10 years of Olympics partnership with NBC

As the 2018 Olympic Winter Games get underway in PyeongChang, South Korea, Cisco is proud to once again play a key role in delivering content from the world’s largest sporting event to billions of fans around the globe cheering on their countrymen and women. It was announced today that NBC Olympics…

CSR Volunteer Program Connects Employees to Students and Instructors in Rio

The final countdown to the 2016 Olympic Games is on – the Opening Ceremonies are a week away, and people around the world are working tirelessly to ensure that everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Cisco is an official supporter of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we are dedicated to leavin…

February 6, 2014

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

Digital Technology and the Olympics: When Is it Cheating?

We all know how close we are to our mobile devices and digital technology, and how much we rely on these new tools – 87% of us use our mobile device while on the go and 81% of users read email on their mobile – and all of us use some combination of the web, mobile, video, social media, computing pow…