Author: Chuck Robbins

For companies around the world, we are all learning so much about what we thought we couldn’t do as a result of this new and unexpected normal. Suddenly we find ourselves social distancing to flatten the COVID-19 curve, staying inside and working from home every day. To accommodate this, organizations are faced with how to get up and running with remote workforces for the first time, how to expand their capacity quickly, how to best protect their teams and keep their data secure, and ultimately how to keep their businesses productive. All of that is compounded by additional concerns over…

Cisco is committing $225 million in cash, in-kind, and planned-giving to support both the global and local response to COVID-19. In addition, we are rallying our 77,000 employees and encouraging them to give what they can to help our community partners on the front lines bolster their operations in this time of need.  Supporting Global Efforts As part of our commitment, we are allocating $8 million in cash and $210 million in product to the global coronavirus response. We are focusing these resources on supporting healthcare and education, government response and critical technology. Part of this will go to the…