Collaborating thanks to my dog
The friend who inspired me to embrace social media does not follow me on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. She follows me around the house.
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Helping the Open Internet to Thrive
Cisco is proud that our employees have played leading roles in the creation of interoperability standards, just as they have invented many of the foundational technologies used in the global data network.
Patent Fees Should Cover PTO Expenses
The fees paid by users of the PTO should cover the cost of the services the PTO provides, and the fees, once paid, should actually be available to the PTO to provide those services and not diverted to other purposes.
Silicon Valley Innovation is Built Around Employee Mobility
For the sake of our country's competitiveness, I hope we can move beyond non-compete agreements with employees as a policy matter.
HP Sues Employees for Leaving – We Challenge HP to Support Employee Freedom
We challenge HP, with new leadership deeply steeped in Silicon Valley’s environment of mobility and opportunity, to step up and support employee freedom and stop suing employees just for leaving.
Cisco Responds to Wall Street Journal Article on China
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal explores how US companies, including Cisco, are working with the Chongqing government in a wide-ranging public infrastructure project. First, as a matter of policy, Cisco has not and will not sell video
Cisco Supports Freedom of Expression, an Open Internet and Human Rights
First things first – Cisco believes in the Internet and its ability to educate, unite, empower, challenge, disrupt, collaborate, create and inspire, and the equipment we provide helps the Internet work. Cisco strongly supports free expression and open
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
Cisco welcomes launch of first ever U.S. National IP Strategy
In a fascinating profile of Thomas Edison that appeared recently in Time Magazine I was reminded once again of Edison’s importance to America’s historic strength in science, innovation and discovery. Edison’s goal was to create a