Connecting the Games
“You can delay a rocket launch because the IT is not working, but you can't delay the Olympic Games.” This infamous quote from Jean Benoit Gauthier highlights the scale, complexity and critical importance of Cisco's role as network infrastructure provider to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Connecting the Games, takes you behind the scenes of delivering London 2012. It explores the people, technologies and challenges in making the greatest show on Earth work without a hitch. After all, there are no second chances.
Cisco HouseCisco House
Cisco House is a business showcase built in a high profile and iconic location overlooking the entrance to the Olympic Park.
Cisco House will use new highly engaging, interactive, multimedia showcases to give our CxO guests new insight on some of today's best-in-class Business, Country and City transformations from across the Globe.
The focus will be on sharing ideas across industries and from thought leaders to show how our guests can innovatively drive productivity and competitive advantage.
Webinar archive
Cisco is helping businesses prepare for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a series of webinars. The "Prepare for success webinars" offer free business advice from experts to help you better understand how you should be preparing for the Games.
To add to the excitement we have also launched the Cisco Interview Series - a sequence of live webinars that will enable anyone, anywhere to interact with top Olympians and world class athletes ahead of London 2012. You can catch up on previous webinars here.
STEMNet - Learning from the GamesSTEMNet
With all that is happening in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it's easy to see how young people are inspired by the best athletes in the world to work on their sporting skills.
But what does it take to inspire them to go further with their education?
Find out how Cisco is working with schools and colleges to make a real difference in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEMNet) education and training.
Maths and Science Series 2012
Who is involved?
Cisco is working to deliver unique learning activities. Our goal is to maximise the visibility Cisco’s role as the official network infrastructure provider of London 2012 and use it as a springboard to promote learning and great teaching.
Cisco Networking Academy
Just as sporting academies the world over are training athletes for the Games, Cisco are training over 1 million students in 11,000 Cisco Academies, in 167 countries worldwide.
Not only does this equip them with relevant technology skills, it also opens doors to a plethora of employment opportunities.
Cisco technology also provides students the freedom to learn outside of the classroom, with e-learning, online curriculums and assessments. Cisco have also run successful academies in places as diverse as community centres, homeless centres, football clubs, prisons and military bases as well as traditional schools, colleges and universities.
Meet the Bloggers
Over the next year, we'll be following the Cisco 2012 team as they help to deliver the most connected Games ever. Follow them on their journey as they share insights and opinions around the Games and Cisco's role. Keep up with the blogging action here.
