internet

September 25, 2015

HIGH TECH POLICY

As Two Digital Divides Close, A New One Threatens

3 min read

Five years ago when it was created, the UN Commission for Digital Development stated that “the digital divide continues to be a development divide that must quickly be bridged.” Since then, huge progress has been made in closing the digital divides in the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs), particularly telephones and the Internet. […]

The History and Future of Internet Traffic

5 min read

I remember when 1 Mbps was big bandwidth. And 45 Mbps was unbelievably, outlandishly huge bandwidth. One spring day in 1995, at the headquarters of a large technology company outside of Dallas, there was excited chatter at the proverbial water cooler about the T3 access line that was being installed. A T3 line! Nearly 45 […]

#CiscoChat Recap: Powering the Internet Transformation: Getting Broadband Where It Needs to Be

2 min read

When the “Gigabit City Challenge” was issued in 2013, civic leaders and broadband provider across the country began to rethink how faster broadband speeds could move beyond satisfying consumer demand for streaming and web surfing to fuel economic growth, drive innovative development and develop gigabit communities where innovation labs would drive new business and new […]

January 20, 2015

HIGH TECH POLICY

Who’s Got (Networking) Talent? Launching the 2014 Global Talent Competitiveness Index Report

3 min read

“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of the conditions of men – the balance wheel of the social machinery.” – Horace Mann, 1848 Mann, is he right. Education paves the way to opportunity and higher living standards. And today we recognize a technology with a similar power – […]

September 29, 2014

NETWORKING

Cisco Wins Best of Show IPv6 Product!

2 min read

The North American IPv6 Summit is the largest annual IPv6 event in North America, designed to educate about IPv6 and the current state of IPv6 adoption. We were...