The friend who inspired me to embrace social media does not follow me on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. She follows me around the house. When I was 25 years-old, I had an amazing job as a marketing project manager. I t...
Though we often take it for granted, the global data network is one of the wonders of our world. Without that network, users around the world would not be able to surf the web, post video and text, and communicate with each ...
Last year's America Invents Act made major changes to our patent system, largely designed to improve Patent Office operations, reduce the backlog of applications, and the quality of patents. A properly functioning Patent and...
In my last blog, I wrote about HP's disturbing pattern of suing non-California employees under 'non compete' clauses, often imposed years after employment began. Apparently it's relatively recently that HP decided to a...
For the third time in two years, HP has filed a lawsuit to stop a former employee from going to work with Cisco -in one case, almost half a year after the employee had left HP in a voluntary reduction-in-force. As headhunter...
An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal explores how US companies, including Cisco, are working with the Chongqing government in a wide-ranging public infrastructure project. First, as a matter of policy, Cisco h...
First things first -Cisco believes in the Internet and its ability to educate, unite, empower, challenge, disrupt, collaborate, create and inspire, and the equipment we provide helps the Internet work. Cisco strongly supports free...
On Tuesday morning I was honored to represent Cisco in a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) about the role of the federal government in standards. (Watch the web...
In a fascinating profile of Thomas Edison that appeared recently in Time Magazine I was reminded once again of Edison's importance to America's historic strength in science, innovation and discovery. Edison's goal was to create a ...
This week, in a remarkable speech to the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama laid out a bold vision for America to maintain its global lead in innovation. In his remarks, the President said, "Scientific innovation offers...