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The award was presented during a recognition event held at Solaire Resort, underscoring the company’s continued role in expanding Cisco’s presence in the southern Philippines.

Cisco’s latest AI Readiness Index shows that only 12% of organizations in the Philippines — dubbed “Pacesetters” — are fully prepared to maximize artificial intelligence, compared to 13% globally.

Tech bellwether Cisco has released a new study revealing a major architectural shift underway across enterprise networks.

This is a slight increase from last year’s Cybersecurity Readiness Index, in which 1% of organizations in Philippines were designated as “Mature”.

The new Cisco 2024 AI Readiness Index has revealed that only 22% of organizations in Philippines are fully prepared to deploy and leverage AI-powered technologies, from 17% a year ago.

Banking professionals from across 13 of the leading banks in the country completed courses under the training program developed by Cisco Networking Academy.

The Cisco Konektado Strategic Emergency Response Vehicle (SERV) was able to provide Internet accessibility to the typhoon victims in Bohol and Cebu by aggregating existing cellular signals through a satellite.

Zaza Nicart succeeds Karrie Ilagan, who has taken on a regional role to lead Cisco Meraki across Asia Pacific including Japan and China.

Respondents from Philippines also consider their cybersecurity infrastructure complex, with 52 percent respectively highlighting this in the survey.

Worries over cybersecurity threats are growing in the small and medium-sized business spheres in the Philippines over the outcomes of cyber incidents, a majority of which are losing customer information to malicious actors. This trend is directly affecting the decision making of SMB players towards strategic measures to improve overall cybersecurity posture.