News@Cisco: Education News

Educators Give High Marks to Cisco Video Solutions

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - NECC - July 1, 2008 - Educational institutions have been some of the earliest adopters of collaboration technologies to help bridge communications across districts, connect students around the world, and enable new kinds of learning modes. Today, Cisco announced that K-12 school districts and higher learning institutions are again embracing new technology, this time in the form of video applications, such as desktop video and digital signage, to quickly share ...

Cisco Says Radical Shift in Education Systems Required to Sustain Global Competitiveness

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (NECC), June 30, 2008 - Cisco is calling on U.S. business leaders, policy makers and education officials to take a more aggressive approach to transforming education. As a multinational company, Cisco is deeply engaged in the effort to help bring education into the 21st century and prepare our nation's students to become members of the global workforce. Cisco has an interest in seeing skilled, well-educated students coming through schools and universities in the ...

CiscoLive! 2008

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

CiscoLive! 2008 June 22 - 26, 2008 CiscoLive! is Cisco's annual IT and communications conference. The conference, located in Orlando, Florida, features Networkers, ...

Tackling the Global Shortage of Skilled Network Engineers

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

June 24, 2008 By Jenny Carless Cisco has taken another important step in its ongoing efforts to accelerate the development of technical talent across the globe with two new major initiatives, announced today at Cisco Live: The Cisco Learning Network and three new Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) concentrations. The ...

Cisco Boosts Worldwide Talent Development Efforts to Meet Increasing Demand for Networking Skills

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

ORLANDO, Fla., CiscoLive, June 24, 2008 - Underscoring its commitment to accelerate the development of technical talent across the globe, Cisco today unveiled the Cisco Learning Network (www.cisco.com/go/learnnetspace). Designed for both the seasoned professional as well as individuals considering a career in information technology (IT), the Cisco Learning Network is a Web 2.0 community that enables networking professionals to collaborate ...

Cisco Networking Academy Announces 2008 '4R' Award Recipients

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 20, 2008 - Cisco today announced the winners of its annual 4R Recognition Awards, which honor excellence among academies, students and instructors in the Cisco Networking Academy program, a global instructional program that provides students with information technology (IT) and networking skills. The awards highlight the successes of the Networking Academy participants at all educational levels in four categories: Rigor, Relevance, Relationships and ...

Jordanian Women Increase Influence in Information and Communication Technology Education and Training

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

AMMAN, June 11, 2008 - The role of women in the Middle East is changing, as is evidenced by enrollment in the Cisco Networking Academy program. Since January 2008, about 36% of the 1,200 newly enrolled students in Jordan are women. This brings the total number of participating students in Jordan to 6000 in the 34 Cisco Networking Academies across the Kingdom. "We are excited to see such a significant increase of females in Jordan taking an interest in ICT as a career that ...

Yvon Le Roux of Cisco Looks Ahead to the 2008 Public Sector Summit at Nobel, Ponders Role of Web 2.0

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST

June 9, 2008 What will the public sector of the future look like? For years, the annual Cisco® Public Services Summit at Nobel Week in Stockholm has been providing clues, offering guests a unique sample of some of the most advanced perspectives on government, education and healthcare innovation.