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Dubai is managing the convergence of information technology and
operational technologies with sustainable best practices. We are
proud to continue this journey with Cisco, as we work together to
ensure a safe, secure and connected site.”
Mary de Wysocki, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability
Officer at Cisco said: “Cisco led the transition into the digital
age decades ago. Today, our world needs a new transformation
where public and private sectors act to reduce emissions, support
nature-based and technology-based carbon removal solutions, and
transition to clean energy. Global forums, like COP28, that facilitate
this collaboration are a key part in building a low-carbon society.
We are proud to work with customers like Expo City Dubai who
prioritize circular business practices.”
Reem Asaad, Vice President, Cisco Middle East and Africa, said:
“We are proud to support COP28 and the UAE as the host country.
As part of our collaboration, Cisco has provided professional and
technical services to design, implement and support the network
infrastructure at Expo City, enabling attendees and the host nation
to connect seamlessly and securely.” Asaad added, “Today’s
announcement is another key milestone in our journey to support
the UAE’s vision of unlocking the value of digitization in support goal that is approved by the Science Based Targets initiative
of the country’s sustainability efforts.” Cisco has a long-standing (SBTi) under its Corporate Net-Zero Standard. Together with our
focus on sustainability with an ambitious goal to reach net zero customers and partners, Cisco is working to empower decisions
greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2040—a now that can help bring about a more sustainable future.

Cisco Doubles Down on Network Assurance With AWS

At the AWS re:Invent 2023, Cisco (announced new integrations assures the digital experience of every one of those connections.
between Cisco ThousandEyes and Amazon CloudWatch Internet By working with AWS, Cisco is delivering on its promise to provide
Monitor (CWIM), a new Internet monitoring service from Amazon visibility into every domain that impacts digital experience—whether
Web Services (AWS). The first-of-its-kind integration empowers user, enterprise, Internet, or cloud—so it can ultimately provide
customers with unparalleled visibility into their cloud deployments, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven insights, recommendations,
enabling them to deliver unmatched optimized digital experiences. and remediations to support the digital transformation of every
With this new integration, customers can leverage operational customer, wherever they are on their journey. "Since launching one
insights to ensure optimal placement of AWS instances and year ago, Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor has delivered real-
monitoring coverage based on user traffic profiles. This integration time insights into the traffic and performance of our customers’
comes on the heels of ThousandEyes announcing AWS Network AWS VPCs, CloudFront distributions, and Workspaces towards
Path Enrichment, giving customers deeper visibility into AWS by Internet destinations. In-depth Internet visibility is critical to our
enriching ThousandEyes Path Visualization with data from AWS customers, so we’re excited to combine forces with ThousandEyes
data sources—helping customers work more collaboratively to provide a comprehensive view of Internet health."
with providers to resolve issues that are impacting application — Robert Kennedy, VP of AWS Border Network Engineering, AWS
performance. Building upon the existing relationship between "Connectivity is key to Sutherland’s business model and to our
AWS and Cisco, the new integration demonstrates Cisco’s deep customer interactions. Cloud visibility is a big part of that and with
commitment to its end-to-end network assurance vision. Cisco ThousandEyes' end-to-end visibility all the way from our employees'
securely and sustainably connects everyone to everything and home environments to AWS, we're able to quickly catch and
resolve issues which allows us to deliver consistent high-quality
application experiences to both our employees and customers."
— Ted Sanfilippo, VP Infrastructure, Head of Global Network
Services and GTOC, Sutherland
"Customers today need to assure digital experiences over any
network—the ones they own and the ones they don't. As the leader
in Internet visibility, Cisco is on a mission to deliver unmatched
end-to-end network assurance. Today's integration with AWS
demonstrates our shared commitment to empower our customers
to more effectively monitor and manage their cloud environments."
— Mohit Lad, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network
Assurance, Cisco and Co-Founder, ThousandEyes

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