Today we are very excited to unveil the winners of our yearlong AXP developer contest. In this video, Sue Bostrom, executive vice president and chief marketing officer and Marie Hattar, vice president of Network Systems and Security Solutions at Cisco, …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on October 08, 2009 at 12:08PM
Our judging team of seven has been busy evaluating the demos of the eight qualified finalists, taking time off from their busy schedule. They are convening later this month. While we have no doubt the judging team will come to the …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on September 17, 2009 at 08:31PM
As we close on our external judging panel this week, we wanted to welcome on board Brian Proffitt – a key pillar of the Linux community manager of the Linux Developer Network at the Linux foundation. Brian has been following …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on July 16, 2009 at 02:59PM
As we step closer to our August 15th deadline, for Phase-2 of the Cisco Developer Contest to close, we’re excited to have one of our key customers (pun intended), from KeyCorp join the judging panel. Dominic M.Del Balso, Vice-President Enterprise …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on July 12, 2009 at 03:37PM
Our top ten finalist teams keep busy, as we edge past the mid-point of Phase-2 of the Developer contest. As part of the organizing team, we’re equally busy with a key task - ensuring our judging panel is locked down …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on July 04, 2009 at 11:58PM
The wait is over. After getting nearly 900 registrations from 75 countries, among all those who submitted their proposals for Phase-1 of the Cisco Developer contest, we had 110 qualified teams who satisfied the requirements originally set forth. Cisco judges …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on May 15, 2009 at 09:00AM
Okay, it’s almost time. Let’s begin the drumroll, as we announce the finalists that move in into Phase-2 of the Cisco Developer contest and begin to develop applications. Watch this space on May the 15th, 2009. Also look out for …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on May 14, 2009 at 05:43PM
Our team is very close to announcing finalists for the Cisco AXP ‘Think Inside the Box’ Developer Contest. Based on the judging criteria outlined in the terms and conditions, we have identified a short list of potential finalists. Each potential …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on April 30, 2009 at 10:42PM
We urged you to think outside the box, for the Cisco ‘Think Inside the Box’ contest, and you did. After a little over 4 months, the curtain came down on the proposal submission phase of the contest (a.k.a Phase-1) on …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 28, 2009 at 10:40AM
Hey, all. Another day to go for Phase-1 to close. Tomorrow is it (I’m writing from a PST timezeone and it is not midnight yet). Boy - do people wait for a deadline to really get going. We’ve seen a …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 26, 2009 at 11:06PM
Security is hot. It has always been. It will always be. If you look at IT-related spending security budget allocations usually tend to be among the highest. However, having spent nearly 15 years directly and indirectly in various security-related roles, …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 23, 2009 at 11:41PM
Okay, DON’T confuse this with the external Developer contest! Phase-1 of that contest is open till Feb 27th, 2009. We extended it, remember? This one is about the INTERNAL developer contest. It closed on Jan 12th, 2009. For those who …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 18, 2009 at 11:21PM
From those registered to participate in the Cisco ‘Think Inside the Box’ Developer Contest, among the most frequent questions we’ve received of a non-technical nature have to do with two aspects (i) Intellectual property and (ii) Team composition. Given the …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on February 08, 2009 at 03:58PM
What could be a better way to start the new year than with a brand new award? Check out this issue of Linux Magazine, which names Cisco to the ‘Top 20 companies to watch in 2009’ award, debuting at #5. …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 12, 2009 at 11:45PM
As I had indicted in one of my previous blogs, we decided to heed your requests and pull the trigger on the contest extension. Cisco is pleased to announce that it is extending the entry deadline for Phase-1 of the …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 05, 2009 at 12:52PM
First, a very happy New Year to all of you! I hope everybody got a chance to spend some well deserved time with your families and have some good ol’ holiday fun. As we bid goodbye to 2008 (phew!) and …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on January 01, 2009 at 12:47PM
Last October, I presented a paper on Video-delivery networks at the MPLS 2008 conference. The audience reaction was quite positive and I enjoyed talking to a bunch of service providers, some other vendors and a few Enterprise customers on how …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on December 17, 2008 at 01:52AM
Or is it Twit, Twit? Either way - Check out our new Twitter site that went live just before Thanksgiving.. hoooha! What do you think of the name - “CiscoGeeks”? Codejockeys and other certified geeks most welcome!
Posted by Shashi Kiran on December 03, 2008 at 12:52AM
As we navigate through the Developer contest, we’re often asked what is our target audience? Valid question, don’t you think? So, I thought it worthwhile to dedicate some blog space to it. The primary audience for the Think Inside the …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on December 02, 2008 at 11:10PM
A few days ago, I was having lunch with Navid Rastegar - one of Cisco’s bright young hires. I was supposed to be his mentor. Ironically, he was the one educating me on why I should have a presence on …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on November 13, 2008 at 09:58PM
Not the Internet Protocol this time, but Intellectual Property… With any contest soliciting ideas, questions pop-up on who owns the IP? We’re getting quite a few questions on who owns the IP for the ideas submitted to the Cisco ‘Think …Read more.
Posted by Shashi Kiran on October 29, 2008 at 10:29PM
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