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2015 Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Society
Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility strategy prioritizes the issues that are most important to our business and to our stakeholders, identified through a formal CSR materiality assessment. We use the Cisco CSR Report to communicate our approach, objectives, progress, and challenges around five hig…
Aironet 1850 Series APs Help Education World
The Chartwell School in Seaside, CA and the Namibia University of Science and Technology might be on opposite sides of the world, but both schools know that Cisco Aironet 1850 Series Access Points (AP) are the best products to deploy a wireless network. An 802.11ac Wave 2-based access point, the Air…
Cisco, Greenlight for Girls Inspire Women to Pursue STEM Careers
This blog was originally published on the Cisco Learning Network. I’m not an engineer. I’m not technical. I didn’t pursue STEM studies in university, either. So, why am I making so much noise and effort around getting more girls and women into STEM? Simply put, I’m an “advocate” and a “voice” willi…
What I Learned at Grace Hopper: Collaboration Is Crucial for Improving Gender Diversity in Tech
In October I had the privilege of attending the Grace Hopper Celebration for the first time. I am truly in awe of how transformative and inspiring this conference is. Grace Hopper is the largest event for women in computing. It’s a place for women to come together and get inspired by other women who…
Cisco IT Promotes STEM Initiatives
My previous blog about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) highlighted examples of how Cisco IT is supporting STEM initiatives through mentoring, IT training, and job programs with schools in local communities. Here I’d like to spotlight the Boys and Girls in Leadership and STEM progra…
Cisco Mom and Son Bring IoE and Entrepreneurship to Kids Everywhere
Sometimes, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. That’s the case with 8-year-old Omkar Govil-Nair, whose mom, Shubha Govil, is a senior manager of products for the Cisco Collaboration Technology Group. Technology and tinkering with invention is something that the two of them share. “Omkar wa…
Define Your Future @Cisco
I am looking forward to the Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference, Oct 14-16 2015, Houston, Texas. From Cisco Women in Cybersecurity to extraordinary software developers and inspiring executive I invite you to join us at Cisco to invent together. Intercloud, security, and IoE are all areas tha…
#CiscoChat Seize the Moment and Make your Mark at Grace Hopper
The Grace Hopper Celebration Conference is upon us once in two weeks in Houston, Texas and Cisco is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor recognized as a leader in diversity and highlights our continuous commitment to increasing the impact of women in technology. For the last 13 years, GHC has strived to b…
A Celebration of STEM Mentoring – the Million Women Mentors Descend on Washington
When it comes to encouraging more students to enter the fields that make up STEM –Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – American faces twin crises. First, how do we meet the looming 1.8 million shortfall in the number of workers who have the technical skills necessary for the jobs of tomorrow?…
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