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May 22, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

Giving Back to Help Others Move Forward through NPower

It’s an awesome feeling to wake up each day and know that your efforts are making a difference for the greater good.  When I was a soldier in the U.S. Army over 20 years ago I had that feeling every day and now I have it again at my new place of work – Cisco. I began my Cisco career 9 months ago and…

April 23, 2018

GOVERNMENT

Earth Day 2018: Tech and Trees the next big thing?

Forget driverless cars, drones, and hyperloops. The convergence of tech and trees is the next big thing. From New York City to the USDA (and even your own backyard), “Smart Trees” connected by the Internet of Things (IoT) are gaining ground as Earth Day 2018 arrives. Earth Day 2018 As you think abou…

October 25, 2017

GOVERNMENT

Trick-Or-Treat? As Cybersecurity Month winds down, which will your agency pick?

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close and All Hallows’ Eve nears, it’s time for one last thought. And it is, appropriately, a dark one – the “Dark Web”. It is the graveyard of the Internet, a maze of death-filled tombs and twisted conjurings that are giving average, everyday…

May 11, 2017

PARTNER

Bridging the Digital Divide at the Montebello Unified School District

Expanding student horizons with help from ConvergeOne and the Cisco partner ecosystem. It’s east of Los Angeles. With 85% of kids on free or reduced lunch. But many of the staff and teachers at the Montebello School District were students there not long ago. And they’re back, teaching, leading, look…

May 16, 2013

GOVERNMENT

The Collaboration Evolution – A Strategy for Transforming Government Collaboration

The traditional office is not what it used to be.  I’m not referring to Mad Men, where smoking in the office was acceptable and having a cocktail in the middle of the day was the norm.  I’m talking about when and where work gets done.   For me personally, being  part of an organization that embraces…