telework

September 13, 2021

INSIDE CISCO IT

Employees do their own performance troubleshooting with ThousandEyes

ThousandEyes Endpoint Agent, installed on laptops, collects information ranging from page load times to local Wi-Fi stats. We built a bot that lets them run their own tests so they can get to the bottom of performance issues faster.

October 7, 2015

COLLABORATION

My Job Moves with me Anywhere I Go

In the last five years I have moved from Siberia to San Francisco, to Berkeley, to San Jose, to Phoenix, and now to Minneapolis. Unlike most people, moving so many times almost feels like a privilege to me. My husband and I have been able to explore the “sparkle” of Silicon Valley. We enjoyed Phoenix […]

April 30, 2015

COLLABORATION

Don’t You (Forget about Employee Engagement)

Tonight I’m heading out for a huge slice of nostalgia. I’m going to see 1980s pop group Simple Minds. No doubt there’ll be much reminiscing and swaying of...

April 27, 2015

GOVERNMENT

Remember, It’s Just a Meeting

Driving the discussion of collaboration. Today, the federal government is still heavily involved in placing people on an airplane and flying key decision makers across the world to meet in person. While face-to-face interactions are important, long-term productivity requires the flexibility and capabilities to facilitate immediate, impromptu meetings without technological restrictions. The fact is, being […]

March 7, 2014

GOVERNMENT

Mobile Government and Telework Week 2014

Each year I pledge to telework along with thousands of others for the annual Telework Week.  Today, I worked from my rpod parked in front of my house.  My rpod is my personal smart work space and provides me everything I need to work at home or on the road with secure mobility capabilities that allow […]

July 17, 2013

INSIDE CISCO IT

How Cisco IT Delivers Teleworker Services

What does it actually take to enable the 89 percent of Cisco employees who do at least some of their work remotely? For Cisco IT, this challenge means supporting products and services on both sides of the connection: in the teleworker’s home (and on their mobile devices) and in the Cisco corporate network. Cisco Teleworkers […]