Articles by Category: Event

How Cisco Supports Work-Life Balance: My 21-Day Motorcycle Dream Trip

2025-09-09 12:00
🌍 Namita J., a Meraki Technical Leader at Cisco, shares her inspiring journey of a 21-day motorcycle trip across Europe. Cisco’s culture of trust and flexibility allowed her to take 30 days off without concerns about work. Her manager and team fully supported her adventure, ensuring a seamless workflow in her absence. This experience highlights how Cisco promotes work-life balance, empowering employees to pursue their dreams. 🏍️✨ #WorkLifeBalance #Cisco #EmployeeWellbeing #DreamBig...
Namita Jakhar

A Heartfelt Thanks to Our Community of Builders

2025-09-09 00:00
We're thrilled to announce that Twilio has been named one of Fast Company's 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators! 🎉 This recognition highlights our commitment to fostering a creative culture and empowering innovation within our community of builders. Thank you to everyone who contributes to this vibrant environment! 🙌 #Twilio #Innovation #BestWorkplaces #Community #Gratitude
Inbal Shani

Machine data: The next frontier in AI

2025-09-08 22:00
🚀 At #SplunkConf25, Cisco and Splunk introduced new innovations to harness the potential of machine-generated data. 🔍 Machine data is crucial for AI, yet it remains underutilized due to challenges like data silos and the complexity of integration. 💡 Cisco aims to address these obstacles, providing the infrastructure needed for AI success. #AI #DataInnovation #Splunk #Cisco #MachineData
Jeetu Patel

DoorDash takes part in the 2025 Disability:IN Conference

2025-09-08 20:04
🚀 This summer, DoorDash participated in the Disability:IN Conference for the first time, joining advocates and leaders focused on disability inclusion in the workplace. Our Able@ DoorDash group led the effort, with speakers Kinzie Keller and Lyndsey Leask sharing valuable insights on neurodiversity and creating accessible environments. We are committed to building inclusive products and practices, and this event provided us with new ideas to enhance our accessibility journey. Learn more about...
Raj Prashad

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Transform, Amazon Neptune, and more (September 8, 2025)

2025-09-08 17:20
🌟 Exciting updates in the AWS community! AWS Community Day 2025 is set for September 24 in Utrecht, bringing together over 500 cloud practitioners. The event will feature 25 breakout sessions focused on serverless architectures and container optimization. 📈 Recent AWS announcements include enhancements to AWS Transform, which now analyzes detached storage infrastructure for migration cost comparisons. Additionally, Amazon Bedrock introduces Global Cross-Region inference for Claude Sonnet 4,...
Source: AWS Blog
Esra Kayabali

Tech Unscripted: Your Front-Row Seat for Honest Talk Between CIOs

2025-09-08 16:38
🚀 Discover Tech Unscripted, a new video series featuring candid conversations with IT leaders tackling today's challenges. Gain insights on managing ISP outages, securing remote work, and addressing AI demands. Each episode offers actionable tips for strategists, engineers, and security professionals. Tune in for valuable lessons straight from the experts. 📈💡 #TechUnscripted #CIOInsights #ITLeadership #Cybersecurity #DigitalTransformation
Todd Shimizu

Fan-Made PREDATOR Cinematic: IT ALL ENDS | Unreal Engine 5.6 | MetaHuman

2025-09-08 16:34
🎬 Exciting news for fans of the Predator franchise! A talented group has released a fan-made cinematic titled "PREDATOR: IT ALL ENDS," crafted entirely using Unreal Engine 5.6. This project showcases impressive visuals and storytelling. The creators shared insights about the production process, revealing they completed a total of 108 shots. Check it out and immerse yourself in this indie creation! #Predator #FanFilm #UnrealEngine #Cinematic #IndieFilm

Launching the 2nd Edition of the Cisco Cybersecurity Academy in Portugal

2025-09-08 15:30
🚀 Exciting news for cybersecurity enthusiasts in Portugal! Cisco is launching the 2nd Edition of the Cybersecurity Academy, expanding on the success of the first edition. This six-month program aims to equip high-potential talent with hands-on training and industry-recognized certifications. Yves Mertens emphasizes that this initiative strengthens relationships among Cisco, customers, and partners, addressing the growing cybersecurity skills gap. Special thanks to the project team and Cisco...
Louise Mahrra

Java Annotated Monthly – September 2025

2025-09-05 08:24
🚀 Excited for September's Java Annotated Monthly! This edition features updates on Java 25, set to release on September 16, 2025. Key enhancements include Compact Source Files, Flexible Constructor Bodies, and Scoped Values for better thread management. Additionally, IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 supports these updates, including new debugging tools. Don't miss out on the upcoming events and insights from Marit van Dijk! #Java25 #IntelliJIDEA #TechNews #SoftwareDevelopment #JavaCommunity
Irina Mariasova

Java Annotated Monthly – September 2025

2025-09-05 08:24
🚀 September brings exciting updates in the latest Java Annotated Monthly! This edition features the much-anticipated Java 25 release on September 16, 2025, highlighting new features like Compact Source Files and improvements in performance. Marit van Dijk shares insights on these updates and the support in IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2. Don’t miss this month’s tech news and upcoming events! #Java25 #IntelliJ #TechNews #Kotlin #SoftwareDevelopment
Irina Mariasova

Leading design through disruption: A conversation with Sara Vienna, Chief Design Officer at Metalab

2025-09-05 00:00
🚀 Excited to share insights from my conversation with Sara Vienna, Chief Design Officer at Metalab! Sara reflects on her journey from a cold email to leading a top design firm. She emphasizes flexibility and continuous improvement in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. AI is reshaping design, prompting a redefinition of craft that focuses on user needs over time spent. Client expectations have also shifted, with heightened pressure on businesses to adapt. #DesignLeadership #AIinDesign...
Source: Webflow Blog

Discover How Heroku’s AI PaaS Delivers Real-World Results at Dreamforce

2025-09-04 15:00
🚀 Heroku has transformed at Dreamforce into an AI PaaS, designed to enhance the shift from experimentation to production. Key highlights include new features like AppLink, Managed Inference, and Agents, all aimed at speeding up the delivery of AI-powered applications. Discover how companies like Workday and AT&T; are achieving significant results with Heroku’s solutions. Explore more at Dreamforce! #Heroku #Dreamforce #AI #TechInnovation #BusinessGrowth
Source: Heroku Blog
Lauren Groccia

JetBrains JavaScript Day 2025 Registration Is Now Open

2025-09-04 14:39
🚀 Exciting news for JavaScript enthusiasts! Registration is now open for the fifth edition of JetBrains JavaScript Day, a free online event set for October 2 at 9:00 am EDT / 3:00 pm CEST. Join us for insightful talks from industry leaders, covering topics from modern JavaScript tooling to open source project management. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and engage! 📅 Register now and be part of the conversation! #JavaScriptDay #JetBrains #JavaScript #TechEvent #WebDevelopment
Aleksandra Aganezova

AI Week 2025: Recap

2025-09-03 14:00
🌐 AI Week 2025 has concluded, focusing on how to harness AI's power while maintaining control. Key announcements included new products and partnerships aimed at enhancing AI security and usability. 🔒 The event emphasized four main areas: securing AI environments, protecting original content, supporting developers, and improving Cloudflare with AI features. Stay tuned for updates on our Blog, AI Avenue, and CloudflareTV! 📅 #AIWeek2025 #Cloudflare #AISecurity #TechInnovation #AI
James Allworth

Conference Hopping: Training Attendee Scanning Def Con

2025-09-03 12:00
🚨 The Black Hat NOC faces unique challenges, as it operates in a cybersecurity hub where scanning and ethical hacking are expected. Cisco is enhancing security with network-based telemetry to monitor diverse personal devices at the conference. An alert recently identified suspicious activity linked to a training session targeting an external IP associated with Def Con. #Cybersecurity #BlackHat2025 #Cisco #ThreatDetection #EthicalHacking
Bilal Qamar

Driving Cisco XDR Integration With Third-Party Partners at Black Hat

2025-09-03 12:00
Cisco is the Official Security Cloud provider at Black Hat USA 2025, showcasing its latest advancements in XDR integration. These integrations enhance the Security Operations Center's capabilities, allowing analysts to quickly investigate Indicators of Compromise (IOC) with a single search. Special thanks to alphaMountain.ai and Pulsedive for their contributions to the event. #Cisco #CyberSecurity #BlackHat2025 #XDR #MalwareAnalysis 🚀🔍💻
Aditya Sankar

Cisco Secure Firewall: SnortML at Black Hat USA 2025

2025-09-03 12:00
Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider for Black Hat USA 2025! Attendees can participate in hands-on training sessions, using cloud resources for real-time attack simulations. The Cisco team ensures stable connectivity and monitors traffic to protect against unauthorized attacks. SnortML, Cisco's machine learning tool, demonstrated high accuracy, detecting over 100 attacks with only 21 false positives. Stay informed about cybersecurity innovations! 🔒💻 #Cisco #BlackHat2025 #Cybersecurity...
Adam Kilgore

Black Hat Training Attendees Scan Aviation Organization

2025-09-03 12:00
🚀 The Black Hat conference highlights the unique challenges of cybersecurity, particularly within its Security and Network Operations Center (NOC). Attendees engage in ethical hacking, leading to expected scanning and exploitation activities. This dynamic environment differs from typical corporate settings where such actions are seen as malicious. With a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy, comprehensive monitoring becomes challenging. The focus shifts to robust network-based telemetry for...
Bilal Qamar

Black Hat USA 2025: 10 Years Protecting Black Hat

2025-09-03 12:00
Cisco celebrates a decade as the Official Security Cloud Provider for Black Hat USA! 🎉 Partnering with companies like Arista, Corelight, Lumen, and Palo Alto Networks, Cisco helps build and secure the Black Hat network. The NOC focuses on continuous network stability, delivering seamless security and visibility through an embedded SOC. 🔒🌐 #BlackHat2025 #CyberSecurity #Cisco #NetworkOperations #TechPartnerships
Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Refining SSO at Black Hat USA

2025-09-03 12:00
🚀 Exciting updates from Black Hat USA 2025! Cisco Duo has enhanced its role as the multifactor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO) provider for the Network Operations Center (NOC). The successful deployment of Duo Directory has expanded user access, supporting over 100 users at the event. This upgrade improves identity and access management for both users and admins. Key features include streamlined password management and a new Global Enrollment Policy to simplify onboarding. 🔐...
Ryan Maclennan

Securing DNS With Umbrella at Black Hat

2025-09-03 12:00
Cisco continues to enhance security at Black Hat, focusing on DNS monitoring since 2017. 🌐 With Umbrella, they route DNS traffic through a centralized service, gaining insights into potential threats like malware and phishing. At Black Hat USA 2025, encrypted DNS requests were blocked to improve visibility into user traffic. 🔍 The team prioritized monitoring the ApateWeb PUP delivery and phishing campaign, noting specific domain patterns. #Cisco #BlackHat2025 #CyberSecurity #DNS #Umbrella
Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Rebuilding homes and a resilient community in Western North Carolina

2025-09-02 16:44
In Western North Carolina, Cisco Crisis Response and 40 Communities are aiding in the recovery from Hurricane Helene. 🌪️ After the storm caused severe damage, affecting over 73,000 homes, a coalition was formed to support local leaders and nonprofits in the rebuilding efforts. 🏠 Nearly a year later, the focus remains on restoring homes, especially for low-income families, while ensuring vital services are accessible. 🤝 #CommunitySupport #HurricaneHelene #RebuildingTogether #CrisisResponse...
Erin Connor

Marketing Velocity Reimagined Wins Triple Industry Recognition!

2025-09-02 15:00
🚀 Cisco’s Marketing Velocity Reimagined has achieved a remarkable feat by winning three industry awards in 2025! 🏆 The program received the 2025 Killer Content Award for Channel Partner Marketing, recognizing its innovative digital co-marketing experience that empowers partners with learning and customizable campaigns. 📈 It also earned the 2025 Sammy Award for Sales and Marketing, celebrating the team's efforts to enhance connections with partners and drive growth through data-driven...
Jennifer Machgan

Hello Developer: September 2025

2025-09-02 12:00
Get ready for an exciting design update! 🎨 Whether you're an experienced developer or just starting out, discover resources to enhance your apps and games. Explore videos, downloads, and documentation. Additionally, you can sign up for one-on-one sessions focusing on machine learning and AI. Plus, meet the team behind the popular game, Hello Kitty Island Adventure! 🌟 #HelloDeveloper #AppDevelopment #GameDesign #MachineLearning #HelloKittyAdventure

Meet Our Newest Innovators: Welcoming AI4SE Interns as JetBrains Employees!

2025-09-01 15:17
🚀 Exciting times at JetBrains as we welcome our new AI4SE interns! These recent graduates from TU Delft have transitioned from academic projects to full-time roles, applying their MSc thesis work in real-world settings. Meet Milan, Nadine, Saga, and Sergey, who gained hands-on experience during their internships and contributed to significant research. Their work will soon lead to journal publications! 📚 The AI4SE program, launched in 2023, combines academic research with industry...
Katie Fraser

AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2, Amazon Q Developer, IPv6 updates, and more (September 1, 2025)

2025-09-01 12:59
📅 This week, the AWS Heroes Summit in Seattle highlighted the contributions of the AWS Heroes community. These exceptional individuals share their expertise through content creation, speaking, and open-source projects. 🤝 The summit provided a platform for networking and collaboration, with discussions on AWS roadmaps and direct feedback opportunities to AWS service teams. 🚀 Notable launches included IPv6 support for AWS App Runner, AWS Client VPN, and RDS Data API, enhancing connectivity...
Source: AWS Blog
Sébastien Stormacq

ICPC World Finals Livestream: ecnerwala and SecondThread Speed-Solving Kotlin Challenge

2025-08-29 19:29
🌍 Join us live from the ICPC World Finals in Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 2, 2025, at 9:30 am UTC! Watch top programmers Andrew ‘ecnerwala’ He and David ‘SecondThread’ Harmeyer compete in a real-time Kotlin speed-solving challenge. Hosted by Sebastian Aigner from JetBrains, this event showcases coding mastery under time pressure. Don't miss the chance to see Kotlin's strengths and get inspired to join the upcoming Kotlin Heroes contest! #ICPC #KotlinHeroes #CompetitiveProgramming #LiveEvent...
Ksenia Shneyveys

Hack Week 2025: How these engineers liquid-cooled a GPU server

2025-08-27 15:00
🚀 Hack Week 2025 at Dropbox focused on the theme “Keep It Simple,” encouraging innovation and collaboration. One highlight was the "Liquid Cooling CPU/GPU Hardware" project, which won the Learn Fast award. The team developed a custom liquid cooling system for GPU servers to address the thermal demands of AI workloads. This system demonstrated significant benefits, including lower operating temperatures and quieter performance. Future plans include expanding testing across multiple data...
Catie Keck

Ready for the Best School Year Ever? Join Our STEM Clubs, Camps, and Competitions

2025-08-27 07:45
🎉 A new school year is here, bringing fresh opportunities in STEM! Join our free online Youth Clubs to enhance your skills in math, coding, and AI. Weekly sessions with expert instructors and a global community await you. 🔍 Explore the Math Club, AI Club, and Coding Club for tailored learning experiences. 🌐 Engage in competitions and prepare for olympiads with peers worldwide! #STEMEducation #YouthClubs #Math #Coding #AI
Alena Gupaisova

Awe dropping.

2025-08-26 14:00
🎉 Mark your calendars! Join us for a special Apple Event on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Tune in to watch live on apple.com, Apple TV, or YouTube Live. Don't miss out on the latest announcements! #AppleEvent #TechNews #LiveStream 📅🍏📺

Living My Childhood Dream — Thanks to Cisco’s Time2Give Benefit

2025-08-26 12:00
Rana K., a Technical Consulting Engineer at Cisco, shares her inspiring journey of fulfilling a childhood dream through the company's Time2Give benefit. 🌍✨ This initiative allows employees to dedicate 80 hours annually to volunteer for causes they care about. Rana, originally from Egypt and now living in Poland, has embraced this opportunity to teach and give back globally. She reflects on the connections she's made, highlighting that cultural differences have not hindered her ability to...
Rana Khalil

Cloudflare Launching AI Miniseries for Developers (and Everyone Else They Know)

2025-08-25 14:00
🚀 Cloudflare has launched "AI Avenue," a miniseries designed to demystify AI for developers and the general public. Each episode explores AI's growth, capabilities, and human augmentation stories, making the technology approachable and engaging. Viewers can interact with AI hands-on, breaking down fears and showcasing its potential. Join the journey to learn more at aiavenue.show! #AI #Cloudflare #Innovation #Technology #HumanAugmentation
Craig Dennis

Watch the premiere of the award-winning animated short NEW IDEA here!

2025-08-25 00:00
🎥 Discover "NEW IDEA," the award-winning animated short that has captured 26 accolades! This film showcases the inspiring journey of its creator, who faced challenges before finding success. Don't miss the chance to watch this imaginative piece and appreciate its unique story! #NewIdea #Animation #FilmAwards #ShortFilm #Inspiration ✨

Kotlin on the Backend – What’s New From KotlinConf 2025

2025-08-22 15:02
KotlinConf 2025 showcased significant advancements in server-side Kotlin. 🌐 Key highlights include a strategic partnership with Spring for enhanced null-safety and Kotlin-centric tutorials. 📚 Developers are increasingly adopting Kotlin for backend, with notable insights shared by leaders from major tech companies. Ktor continues to evolve, offering support for modern scalable applications, including new features for dependency injection and server-driven UI development. For in-depth insights,...
Alina Dolgikh

Do any CISOs feel lucky?

2025-08-22 00:00
Cybersecurity events like the RSA Conference and "Hacker Summer Camp" in Vegas are crucial for industry leaders. This year, CISOs expressed heightened concerns over nation-state threats and the impact of AI on security. Key discussions included resilience and anti-fragility in cybersecurity, with panels addressing AI’s role in enterprise threats. Informal settings also allowed for deeper conversations among CISOs about the practical use of AI and data protection challenges. #Cybersecurity...
info@1password.com (Wendy Nather)

The power of ten — and the power of Purpose

2025-08-21 17:00
🚀 Cisco empowers employees through the Time2Give program, offering ten days off to volunteer and $10,000 in matching donations. In FY25, 81% of employees participated, contributing over 566,000 volunteer hours. This initiative not only supports communities but also enhances employee retention and recognition. Learn more about our impact and future goals for FY26! 🌍🤝 #Cisco #CorporateResponsibility #Volunteerism #CommunityImpact #EmployeeEngagement
Kelly Petrich

Supabase Launch Week 15 Hackathon Winner Announcement

2025-08-20 07:00
🚀 Supabase Launch Week 15 has concluded, and we are excited to announce the winners of our Hackathon! The event showcased remarkable innovation from participants, demonstrating their technical skills. The standout project, "Figma AI Tickets" by vickywane, is a plugin that converts design tasks into actionable user stories using OpenAI’s GPT-4. Congratulations to all participants for their impressive submissions! 👏 #Supabase #Hackathon #Innovation #Figma #GPT4

Hackathon: Winners Announced!

2025-08-15 00:00
🚆 The winners of the first Railway User Hackathon have been announced! This event showcased innovative projects aimed at improving railway user experiences. Several projects received honorable mentions for their creativity and potential impact. Congratulations to all participants for their hard work and dedication! 🎉 #Hackathon #RailwayInnovation #UserExperience #Winners #TechForGood
Source: Railway Blog