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Cisco Prioritizes Re-Skilling the IT Workforce in a Prime Directive

In Digital Transformation, Technology by Ron WestfallLeave a Comment

As Cisco announces a major initiative at re-skilling the IT workforce with upgrades in education programs and new certifications, the company boosts its strategic business growth objectives by taking a proactive approach to the IT workforce. The approach bolsters its overall differentiation as digital transformation rivals like Juniper, Ericsson, and Nokia have not proactively developed re-skilling initiatives or programs.

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Cisco Live — Collaboration Goes Cognitive and Interoperable

In Collaboration by Daniel NewmanLeave a Comment

Cisco Live 2019 was about the future of collaboration, which is all about cognitive collaboration and interoperability. The Cisco ecosystem has always had vastly more collaboration tools (contact center, VoIP, on and off-prem) than many of the upstart cloud players, but in the age where less is more and simple wins hearts, Cisco has needed a wildcard to differentiate their meeting tools.