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‘Green & Blue' has had the participation of 14 Partners
and 6 client companies, with nearly 100 people involved
and the support of all of Cisco Spain
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For a month, the participants have obtained Cisco
mentoring and additional resources, working on 14
sustainable solutions based on Cisco technology and open
APIs.
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Omega Peripherals and TechData have received the first and
second prize, respectively
Madrid, March 31, 2022. – 36 professionals from 14 Cisco
partners [i]
have participated in the largest hackathon on sustainability
held by Cisco Spain to date, which ended yesterday with the
awards ceremony.
For a month, the development teams - each made up of a
maximum of three participants - have designed an innovative
and marketable solution focused on sustainability and
included in one of the five categories of the
challenge: Sustainable, safe and connected mobility ; Smart,
secure and digital automated infrastructures ; Green and
smart buildings ; Conservation of natural
resources; Sustainable tourism .
Called
'Green&Blue Hackaton' ,
the hybrid event was opened on March 2 at
the Cisco Innovation Center in Barcelona by Jeff
Sharritts , Executive Vice President and Chief Customer &
Partner Officer at Cisco, Wendy Mars , President of
Cisco EMEAR, Agostino Santoni , Vice President for
Southern Europe at Cisco, and Pastora Valero , Senior
Vice President of Public Policy at Cisco EMEAR. Reyes
Maroto , Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism,
participated in the inauguration by videoconference through
Cisco Webex.
Mentoring and resources
In the last four weeks, each team has had the support of a
Cisco mentor to answer technical questions and also receive
business and sales advice. The solutions have been developed
on the open APIs of Cisco software belonging to any
architecture, and the two winning proposals will be promoted
by Cisco and its Innovation Center in Barcelona.
All participants have had access to multiple inspiring
resources, including talks on sustainability, interventions
by key professionals in the sector and workshops to develop
new ideas, with nearly 100 people involved and the support
of all of Cisco Spain. In addition, six Cisco customer
companies have provided insights and insights on
sustainability.
“The hackathon intended to generate high-impact ideas on
Cisco technology and with the ability to take advantage of
the Next-Gen funds from the EU to allocate them to real
solutions” , highlights José Vigil, Director of
Engineering at Cisco Spain. "We are really very satisfied
with the high quality of the proposals and we fully trust
that they will have a positive impact on companies and
communities ."
Eco-responsible commitment
Cisco
has committed to
achieving zero Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2040. The goal
affects all areas, including the use of its products,
operations and supply chain, moving 10 years ahead of the
date considered critical by experts.
The company already uses 100% renewable energy in several
countries around the world, and intends to use it for at
least 85% of its global consumption by 2022. The commitment
also involves reducing waste, designing more efficient
solutions and promoting recycling and circular economy, in
addition to limiting all GHG emissions related to the supply
chain by 30% by 2030.
Two years ago, Cisco also created the Green&Blue concept , a
robust strategy that combines sustainability (Green) with
digital (Blue) to help customers and partners drive a more
digital and sustainable future. This proposal also includes
an annual global challenge for partners
– Cisco Sustainability Challenge –
endowed with prizes of up to 300,000 dollars to market their
ideas and in which the winners of the Spanish hackathon will
have the option to participate.
"A sustainable future requires that we work together with
our employees, partners and customers to achieve the best
possible results" , says Andreu Vilamitjana, General
Director of Cisco Spain. “We are delighted with the
results of this incubator of ideas that shows that if we
work together we will make a positive difference in the
great challenge of inclusive sustainability”.
Winning projects
The jury - made up of members of Cisco, I ñaki
Bizarro from Onnera Group and Carlos
Jiménez from IFEMA MADRID – has assessed the
innovation and technical achievement of the projects, their
commercial viability and the benefits for the market, as
well as their final presentation.
Andreu Vilamitjana and José Vigil revealed the two winning
teams, which were:
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First place: Omega Peripherals, with the Edge
Farming project to accelerate the growth of vertical farms
through alternative proteins that reduce the carbon
footprint.
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Second place: TechData, with the project Management
and optimization of water consumption in irrigated
crops to control the areas based on their water needs and
nitrogen levels in aquifers, improving the fertilization
process.
José Vigil, Agostino Santoni, Wendy Mars, Jeff Sharritts,
Pastora Valero and Andreu Vilamitjana celebrate the
announcement of the winners
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