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Empowering HBCUs through our Social Justice commitments
As an executive sponsor for Cisco’s Social Justice Actions, I help steward our company’s five-year, US$150 million commitment to HBCUs. Our mission is to create a generational impact through technology modernization and STEM education acces. I am proud to provide an update on Cisco’s commitment across four key areas of impact.
Outshift by Cisco Announces its Latest Cloud Native Application Security Strategy with Panoptica
Panoptica, a product from Outshift by Cisco, helps customers secure cloud native applications, prioritize risks with precision, and accelerate development, deployment, and production across teams.
Launch of Cisco FSO Platform Unifies and Secures Digital Experiences at Scale
Announcing the Cisco FSO Platform, an open and extensible, API-driven Full-Stack Observability (FSO) platform built on OpenTelemetry. Our Cisco Full-Stack Observability strategy provides AI/ML-driven analytics and a new observability ecosystem that delivers relevant and impactful business insights.
Unleashing Innovation Starts with Unifying Experiences
Cisco Networking Cloud is our vision to simplify IT, everywhere, at every scale. Learn how we’re enabling a unified management experience platform on your terms.
Furthering the AI-First Security Cloud: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Armorblox
We are pleased to announce our intent to acquire Armorblox, a company that has pioneered the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and natural language understanding in cybersecurity, to strengthen our plans for an AI-first Security Cloud.
Renewing our USGA Partnership to Further Drive Inclusion and Innovation
Cisco and USGA's renewed partnership will be on display at two marquee Championship events this year, where we will debut USGA ShotCast Powered by Cisco. Fans will be able to follow the action from both the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open with 3D hole imagery and real-time radar data.
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Smartlook, Enabling New Offerings for Cisco AppDynamics and Full-Stack Observability
Cisco announces its intent to acquire Smartlook Inc, s.r.o. It represents a big step forward in delivering even more value for Cisco AppDynamics and the Full-Stack Observability Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) solution, with new application and user experience insights, analytics, and troubleshooting capabilities.
Let’s Just Go! How I Was Shaped by My Cuban-American Heritage
At age 12, Alvio Barrios left Cuba as a refugee on the Mariel Boatlift, a six-month period in April of 1980 allowing Cubans to emigrate to other countries. Alvio shares how his journey influenced his identity, leadership style, and belief in a life lived with a sense of adventure.
Cisco Announces its Intent to Acquire Cloud Security Software Company Lightspin
Cisco Emerging Technologies & Incubation (ET&I) intends to bolster its cloud-native portfolio with Lightspin focused on end-to-end security and observability.

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