News@Cisco: Public Policy News

The City of Almere Pilots Innovative Video Services for Older Citizens

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:30:00 PST

ALMERE, Netherlands, July 2, 2010 - The city of Almere, Cisco and the technology innovation foundation Almere Kennisstad in the Netherlands are today launching a pilot project that aims to assess how video communications can help increase citizen participation, boost the well-being of communities, and improve the social and economic success of the city. In collaboration with Cisco's Ageing Well ...

National LambdaRail Pioneering America's Broadband Future

Mon, 03 May 2010 04:00:00 PST

May 3, 2010 By Charles Waltner One of the hottest topics in the networking industry these days is how the United State's should develop its broadband infrastructure, highlighted most recently by the Federal Communications Commission's comprehensive, multi-billion dollar plan to keep the country competitive in the age of the Internet. But since 2003, one organization has been quietly ...

Brazil Surpasses 15 Million Broadband Connections in 2009

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:00:00 PST

SÃO PAULO, Brazil, April 29, 2010 - Cisco announced today the 13th edition of the Cisco Broadband Barometer, produced by IDC, showing that broadband connections in Brazil increased by 1.3 million during the second half of 2009. That represents a 9.5 percent growth for the second half of 2009 and a 27 percent growth in the Brazilian broadband market during 2009. In the first ...

Digital Schools Sponsored by Cisco Are Set to Connect Isolated Islands to IT Opportunities

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST

October 19, 2009 By Mike Stone Some 1500 km from Lisbon and about 3900 km from the east coast of North America, the Azores may appear cut off from the world. But this Portuguese Autonomous Region is becoming more connected every day, in part thanks to a digital schools project supported by the Cisco® Networking Academy®. The project is part of an ambitious initiative which ...

Latin America Increasing IT Education to Improve Skills

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PST

September 21, 2009 Latin America is lagging in terms of networked readiness, according to recent report by the World Economic Forum and the graduate business school INSEAD. Grim though that may be for the competitiveness of the region, part of the solution may already be in place in the shape of a keen interest to invest and form partnerships that will boost the level of IT skills in ...

How the Cisco Networking Academy is Getting Results and Jobs for IT Students around the World

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:00:00 PST

August 17, 2009 By Mike Stone It goes without saying that most people who acquire skills through the Cisco® Networking Academy® are looking to get a job with an IT company. What student Selim Kolgeci, of Suhareka, Kosovo, did not expect was that he would set up an IT company of his own. Impatient for commercial success, Kolgeci did not wait to complete his Cisco CCNA® ...

Government and Cisco Help to Promote Special Needs IT Education in Pakistan

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

July 27, 2009 By Mike Stone Pakistan is a country with a youthful population that has taken bold steps to expand its economy and create jobs. And as the wealth of the country continues to grow, it is trying to do more for members of its society that have not had the opportunity to play an active role in the economy—with a little help from the Cisco® Networking Academy& ...

Stimulate Your Business

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PST

July 27, 2009 The economy is recovering, but it often takes longer for that recovery to trickle down to small businesses. To provide relief and encourage continued growth, the U.S. Congress recently passed the Recovery Act—legislation that offers economic help to small businesses to help them to survive and thrive. Cisco talked with Michael Stamler, director of the ...

UnitedHealthGroup, Cisco Launch Connected Care, First National Telehealth Network to Expand Health Care Access

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PST

Washington, DC – July 15, 2009 – UnitedHealth Group [NYSE: UNH] and Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced they are partnering to build the first national telehealth network, which will give patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not possible. The new "Connected Care" program combines audio and video technology and health resources to greatly expand ...

Cisco Networking Academy IT Education is Critical to Mauritius's New Economic Direction

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PST

June 15, 2009 By Mike Stone It turns out that even paradise needs computer skills. Right now, Mauritius, an idyllic island nation in the Indian Ocean, is banking on technology expertise to give its economy a kick start—and the Cisco® Networking Academy® is playing an important role in its plans. The country intends to introduce Networking Academy training in ...

Cisco, Microsoft and Other IT Leaders Launch e-Skills Industry Leadership Board

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:00:00 PST

February 09, 2009 By Jason Deign A+, ECDL, CCNA®… as if doing an IT course were not tough enough, choosing the right certification can be quite a test in itself. But now the European Union, a community well-versed in trying to deal with differing standards and benchmarks, has brought together Cisco®, Microsoft and other IT leaders, plus major education ...

Students invited to design 'connected community of the future' in Cisco Urban 2020 Competition

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:00:00 PST

LONDON - January 5, 2009 - Global networking leader Cisco has today launched Urban 2020, a new competition for university students across the UK and Ireland. Aimed at stimulating debate around all aspects of urban regeneration, Urban 2020 invites students to design the connected community of the future. As technology continues to transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate, the ...

Networking Academy Goes from Strength to Strength in One of Africa's Neediest Communities

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST

December 17, 2008 By Mike Stone In the last year the Nairobi ghetto of Kibera, home to one million Kenyans, has been the scene of an extraordinary achievement by the local people. Kibera is a community that lacks running water and, for the most part, electricity. It does not even have a sewage system. Yet Kibera, where unemployment runs at 50 percent and crime, high infant ...

The Cisco Networking Academy Works with UNIFEM in Jordan and Morocco to Help Get Women into IT

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

October 27, 2008 By Mike Stone The Cisco® Networking Academy® and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) are working to help more women work in IT in developing nations. As this collaboration develops, both organizations are finding is that it is not just technical skills that count. In countries where social restrictions on time, autonomy and ...

Egypt Pledges to Open 1000 New Cisco Networking Academies by November 2009

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

October 22, 2008 By Mike Stone From the pyramids to the Aswan dam, Egyptians have never been shy about thinking big. And young Ahmed Korany Zaki is no exception. Despite a lack of educational opportunities throughout his childhood, he has built up an IT career in a country where not knowing how to use a computer is fast becoming a thing of the past, thanks to a major private- ...

Recovering Addicts Find a Road to Recovery through the Networking Academy in Mexico City

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

October 20, 2008 By Jason Deign Saúl Machorro, 39, peers intently at a computer screen on a Formica-topped table in a sparsely-decorated room in Naucalpan, on the outskirts of Mexico City. Nearby, a number of Cisco® routers and switches hum and flicker unobtrusively. This is a typical Networking Academy® lab setup, of the kind helping to provide IT skills which ...

Korea Ranks First in Broadband Adoption Among 30 OECD Member Countries

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:00:00 PST

October 1, 2008 By Bill Roberts Koreans who do not want to use a credit card do not need online payment services to shop on the Internet. The nation's banking system installed a real-time direct settlement capability many years ago on the country's networking infrastructure. About 50 percent of all bank transactions go through the online channel; another 30 percent take ...