Social Innovation Summit: Where Business Innovation Meets Social Transformation

The Social Innovation Summit takes place this week on December 4 and 5 in Mountain View, California. This annual gathering brings together corporate, investment, government, and nonprofit leaders to explore the strategies and business innovations that are generating social transformation. At Cisco, we apply the same technology, expertise, and partnerships we use to help our […]

Standards Play a Vital Role in Fueling Innovation

On Tuesday morning I was honored to represent Cisco in a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) about the role of the federal government in standards.  (Watch the webcast here.) Standards play a vital role in fueling innovation, promoting competition, lowering technology costs and accelerating market growth – particularly when […]

America’s Continued Lead in Innovation Requires Fixes to Flaws in Patent System

This week, in a remarkable speech to the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama laid out a bold vision for America to maintain its global lead in innovation. In his remarks, the President said, “Scientific innovation offers us a chance to achieve prosperity. It has offered us benefits that have improved our health and our […]

SD-Routing: Unlock Agility and Efficiency for the Secure WAN Edge

Traditional network management solutions can’t keep up with the demands of cloud adoption, remote work, and ever-growing user expectations. SD-Routing brings a simplified, frictionless approach to full lifecycle management across the WAN edge that streamlines, secures, and automates traditional branch router operations unlocked by software-defined innovations.