Thoughts and opinions on public policies that foster innovation and digital technologies, promote broadband adoption, and protect global competitiveness.
Recently, I wrote about the LEADS Act proposed by U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Christopher Coons (D-DE), which offers a thoughtful approach to a knotty problem—whether and how governments should be empowered to demand the
On behalf of Cisco, let me congratulate President Obama on nominating Michelle Lee to be Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Over the past year as Deputy Director, Michelle Lee has demonstrated that she has what it takes to oversee the
Earlier this year, Cisco and Apple jointly filed an amicus brief supporting Microsoft in its appeal of a U.S. Federal Court decision requiring it to hand over customer data held in an Irish data center. In our filing, we made the case that the ruling
Today, Cisco and Junior Achievement teamed up to host a Job Shadow Day as part of Cisco’s series of STEM mentoring events being held throughout the week. Fifty students from the Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School – a group of first
On behalf of Cisco, I’m pleased to announce that our company has awarded the Girls Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines a $20,000 community impact grant to help girls from underserved communities attend its award-winning GIRLS GO TECH program.
Yesterday, President Obama nominated Danny Marti as U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. I welcome this nomination to this critical role in protecting American intellectual property and our innovation economy. A thoughtful and
In the wake of the European Parliament elections, stakeholders and commentators have been reflecting on the likely impact on important dossiers they follow. On data protection, we are pleased to welcome the reelection of the rapporteur, Jean-Philipp
Today’s decision by the Federal Communications Commission marks an important milestone in the effort to develop appropriate rules for an open Internet. We at Cisco strongly favor a balanced approach that at once protects end users and content
As an Internet society we are generating digital information at an exponential rate. It’s coming from more devices that are more connected than ever and getting smarter all the time. Next year we will hit the zettabyte era – that’s 1000 exabytes of
