#WomenInTech

March 6, 2020

DATA CENTER

Meet our featured Woman in Tech on International Women’s Day

On International Women’s Day, and every day, Cisco is committed to celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.  As the World’s Best Place to Work, we are proud to celebrate and support the people that make Cisco, well, Cisco. The mission for IWD: Women in T…

February 10, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

When Life Changes Forever, There’s Cisco 

Four months after I received my master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Notre Dame, after attending on a full, talent-based scholarship – my life changed forever.  It was Thanksgiving, and on the final baste of the turkey dinner I was cooking for myself and my new husband – “it”…

January 23, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

Zero to Hero

Twenty years ago, I was an underdog professional. A 30-something-year-old Latina woman (one of the few female electronic technicians at the time) who hadn’t graduated from an Ivy League university and had failed her first certification exams. But I didn’t let my ‘not-so-stellar’ background prevent m…

January 15, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

You are Your First Career

Upon hearing the words ‘Corporate America’ – your thoughts are probably filled with suits, ties, and briefcases. Which isn’t necessarily the case today, and especially not at Cisco. Upon hearing words like ‘volunteer’, ‘give back’, and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ – Corporate America might be…

October 30, 2019

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Inspiring Women Leaders in IT

Co-Author: Luz Ma Murguia, Latin American Marketing Director, Cisco There is evidence that a shortage of technology professionals is undermining business performance. In a 2016 survey by Venture Beat, 65% of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and other business leaders said that difficulty in recruit…

October 1, 2019

LIFE AT CISCO

One Second Every Day at Cisco

This post was authored by Alyssa Cuffie a Cisco Marketing Intern for Summer 2019. Can you tell a story in just a one second video clip every day?  Our initial reactions might be, “No way!” But in Jon Favreau’s movie Chef, his son documents the cross country journey of his father’s food truck by stre…

June 4, 2019

DEVELOPER

Cisco Live US – DevNet Zone – Where Is Silvia?

Welcome to a new year of Cisco Live! San Diego, Cancun, Barcelona, Melbourne, and as always we kick-off with a… #CiscoChat LIVE! The conversation begins when you start asking us what #TeamDevNet is preparing for the upcoming conference.  We gave you a preview, an opportunity to ask questions,…

March 8, 2019

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Five Things I’ve Learned to Fuel My Growth Mindset

Today is International Women’s Day and there is so much to be thoughtful about — top of mind for me is my mom and how important she was in helping me develop a growth mindset. The core of my own approach to growth centered on a fundamental lesson I learned from her: that when you put in…