Cisco starts laying off over 4,000 employees

Cisco starts laying off over 4,000 employees

Joining the Big Tech layoff season, networking major Cisco has reportedly started laying off 5 per cent of its workforce, or more than 4,000 employees. Reports first surfaced last month that the networking giant Cisco is gearing up to lay off over 4,000 employees in a “rebalancing” act while “rightsizing certain businesses”. According to Silicon … Read more

Ukraine Crisis: Tech Companies Cutting Ties With Russia Over Invasion

Ukraine Crisis: Tech Companies Cutting Ties With Russia Over Invasion

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, global technology companies have joined governments and the international business community in cutting ties with the world’s largest country over its ongoing military actions. Companies including Apple, Google, and Meta are restricting the availability of their products and services to Russian users. Similarly, AMD, Dell, TSMC, and Intel are … Read more

Amazon, Microsoft swoop in on India’s $24 billion farming data trove

Amazon, Microsoft swoop in on India’s  billion farming data trove

Amazon.com, Microsoft and Cisco Systems are among technology giants lining up to harness data from India’s farmers in an ambitious government-led productivity drive aimed at transforming an outmoded agricultural industry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, which is seeking to ensure food security in the world’s second-most populous nation, has signed preliminary agreements with the three … Read more

World Autism Day: Engaging across the spectrum

World Autism Day: Engaging across the spectrum

Studies state that at least one child in a hundred, in India, has a neurodevelopmental condition – ADHD, Asperger’s, Dyslexia, Cerebral Palsy or Autism. (Designed by Nidhi Mishra) By Dr. Saundarya Rajesh  Suguna (name changed) was a favorite in my maternal home, several decades ago. She was the daughter of Muthu, the gardener and we … Read more

After case against Cisco, US group gathers evidence against caste discrimination in Silicon Valley

After case against Cisco, US group gathers evidence against caste discrimination in Silicon Valley

In June, US state agency had charged Cisco with engaging in “unlawful employment practices on the bases of religion, ancestry, national origin or ethnicity, and race or color SynopsisAmbedkar King Study Circle (AKSC) in California is collecting evidence following the US State’s lawsuit against networking tech company Cisco Systems for allegedly denying professional opportunities to … Read more