The Digital Renaissance of Work

Appendix 2 The Journey Towards the Cisco Connected Workplace

 

Cisco is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment. At the end of 2012, Cisco employed 66,000 people. More than 15,000 people were based out of their American headquarters in San Jose, California and their global workforce works from more than 475 offices across 165 countries.

Talking with Alan McGinty, Senior Director, Global Workplace Solutions Group, it is perhaps not surprising that Cisco’s journey to a more mobile, flexible, collaborative workforce had been taking place over a number of years. The evolving work styles of its employees had not gone unnoticed and, with a global property footprint of 22.5Mft² showing utilization ...