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Partner Innovation Challenge

This past year, we launched our 5th Partner Innovation Challenge and we introduced the NEW Bold Bets Special Prize.

We were thrilled to announce the winner at Partner Summit - Congratulations to CDW for their winning idea Cisco Cloud Frontier! If you are curious to learn more about the challenge and bringing dreams to reality with Cisco, please check out our latest blog.

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Protecting Cyberspace amid Exponential Change

The confluence of rising cyberattacks and a complex geopolitical backdrop creates an increasingly challenging environment for decision-makers to predict, prioritize and respond to cyber risks.

How can leaders foster a more secure and resilient digital ecosystem to prepare for future cyber shocks?

Watch our very own Chuck Robbins answer that question and more on this WEF panel.

Cisco Tech Blog

Learn about the latest tech innovations and engage in thought leadership news from Cisco - we are always exploring what's next.

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Open Source at Cisco

Explore community-powered innovation in cloud native development, AI/ML, API security, observability, network automation, and more, with contributions from Cisco developers.

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Partner Innovation Challenge

This past year, we launched our 5th Partner Innovation Challenge and we introduced the NEW Bold Bets Special Prize.

Click here for more information.

Protecting Cyberspace amid Exponential Change

The confluence of rising cyberattacks and a complex geopolitical backdrop creates an increasingly challenging environment for decision-makers to predict, prioritize and respond to cyber risks.

How can leaders foster a more secure and resilient digital ecosystem to prepare for future cyber shocks?

Watch our very own Chuck Robbins answer that question and more on this WEF panel.

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Visionaries Wanted

At ET&I, we predict and plan for the challenges of the future. We look for people who are bold, agile, and creative, with an entrepreneurial mindset - people who like the hard problems best. The only thing missing, is you.

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Avenues of Innovation

Cisco Innovation Labs

Cisco Innovation Labs are hyperlocal teams that partner with customers, startups and universities to fuel the venture pipeline.

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Design Partner Portal

Through our Design Partner Portal, we partner with external collaborators to explore solutions to their pain points and to test out our Bold Bet solutions.

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Research

Cisco Research connects Cisco engineers with world-class academic researchers to explore strategically promising technologies.

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Ventures

Our venture teams develop our Bold Bets from inception through go-to-market before handing off a full-fledged product to our business groups.

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Our Bold Bets Process

We source ideas from Cisco employees, Cisco Partners, VCs and Entrepreneurs on specific business opportunities.

We validate ideas through market analysis, the building of a demo, and prospective customer discussions.

We build, test, and iterate our Minimal Viable Product with the help of our design partners and early users.

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Research

Cisco Research connects Cisco engineers with world-class academic researchers to explore strategically promising technologies.

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Systems + networking

Networking is our core. We’re deeply interested in all related topics, as well as adjacencies that drive change in the way networks need to operate.

Security + privacy

We’re investigating new technologies to increase trust and address a broad range of the Internet’s security & privacy challenges.

Artificial intelligence

We explore machine learning, deep learning and algorithms to enrich and optimize the experience of our products and solutions.

Future of work

We’re addressing challenges in human-computer interaction, and investigating technologies and designs that will augment the collaborative experience for all.

Tech for healthcare

In this post-pandemic world, there’s a greater need for remote monitoring, diagnosis, and other forms of administering healthcare to patients that cannot be reached physically easily.