The start of 2016 offers great promise as the world awakens to the power of connectivity and increasing digitization. The new Digital Age is upon us, and it is unlike anything we have experienced before.
— John T. Chambers
By exciting citizens about the new digital opportunity, breaking down silos of competing groups to form a truly open innovation ecosystem and shifting day-to-day resources to focus on big long-term investments for the future, countries can ensure that they break through and bridge the digital gap.
This will be the first time in my lifetime I'm voting for a Democrat. I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton. I've already voted.
In September 2014, the USIBC members indicated an investment figure of $41 billion that was likely to be invested over a 2-3 year period.
I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met.
The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play.
We're going to become the number one security company.
We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global opportunity.
There's a lot to learn from President Clinton. It kills me as a strong Republican saying it, but he was the most effective president during my lifetime. And when business got out of line, he smacked them.
As a country, we must come together to provide the training, certifications, and jobs that our veterans have earned and deserve.
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology, at their local hospital or health clinic. Clinicians use technology to share patient reports and diagnostic images and collaborate on cases.
To create a truly digital Europe will require a foundation of high-speed, high-quality broadband, both wired and wireless.
We're living through the second Industrial Revolution.
You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry.
If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going to be the biggest technology transition of all times.
We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know.
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important.
Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy.
I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our country back to participation by all groups and will talk about how technology will enable not just 10% of our population, but all of our population.
I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.
I think India should be our top ally in Asia Pacific. And the two countries have so much in common, including being the largest and most powerful democracies.
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked.
If you agree with everything I have said, then I have failed.
We'll have a sales leader go run engineering. A lawyer go run business development. A business development leader go run our consumer operations. We're going to train a generalist group of leaders who know how to learn and operate in collaboration teamwork. I think that's the future of leadership.
I don't enjoy politics. I like to get things done, and I like Republicans and Democrats, and that doesn't always work well.
It's important to remember that finding a job is only the beginning of a smooth transition to civilian life for our troops - as employers, we must also ensure their ongoing success.
In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories.
When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference.
Cities, too, are embracing digitization. Barcelona has installed in-ground parking sensors and launched connected public transportation as part of its Smart City strategy.
Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.
If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.
Everything becomes connected, and cyber security becomes the top issue for CEOs. An average company has 40-60 security vendors, and they have a violation every three months with viruses.
In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.
You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups.
In France, President Francois Hollande is leveraging the next wave of the Internet to jumpstart economic reforms and create jobs for hundreds of thousands of citizens. A historically socialist government, France has had the courage to quickly implement unique partnerships with the business community to drive entrepreneurial spirit and thinking.
I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I'm more interested in where they are on technology.
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country.
I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president.
There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education.
There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur.
At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos.
The business community is very comfortable with Romney.
We know that veterans have valuable skills and experiences that are highly sought after in today's workforce.
When I look at the success of the Cisco Networking Academy program, which has reached more than 4.75 million people since 1997, I know it could have never achieved this scale without our partners. Together we provide the tools, equipment and training for our students and teachers.
Widening the talent pipeline sufficiently will require a generational commitment to teaching math and science, providing technical training, and mentoring young people of all backgrounds so they understand the full range of possibilities that a career in technology affords.
Wearable technology will tell us how well we are sleeping and whether we need to exercise. Sensors in the street will help us avoid traffic jams and find parking. Telemedicine applications will allow physicians to treat patients who are hundreds of miles away.
Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct.
Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a company or country, that doesn't mean you will lead in this one.
Some people need a command-and-control environment.
Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for Cisco and disrupting what needs to change.
