This document discusses Cisco's approach to innovation through building, buying, partnering and integrating. It outlines Cisco's innovation pillars and history of acquisitions from 1993 to present. It also describes Cisco's initiatives to promote innovation within the company such as the Cisco Innovation Academy, Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence program, and an Innovate Everywhere company-wide challenge. The document encourages joining the Cisco Developer Network community to access innovation resources and funding opportunities.

1. Christoph Nienhaus
IT Leiter Deutschland & Zentraleuropa
31. Mai 2016
Building Cisco’sInnovation Story
Innovationskult oder Kultur?

2. Cisco at a Glance
5,488
UCS Blades
348
Active
Production
Databases
29.4MW
Data Center
Capacity
4,000
Production
Apps
41.12PB
Overall Usable
Storage
71,539
Employees
570
Offices
97
Countries
4,379
Routers
6,769
LAN Switches
28,544
Cisco Virtual
Office
CVO
141,766
Connected
Stakeholders
203,702
Connected User
Devices

3. About me!
Face of IT in
Region
Innovation Lead
madX
Broadband
disruptor

4. 4 Pillars of Innovation – Build, Buy, Partner, Integrate
Partner
Build Buy
Integrate
Enhanced governance:
with Executive
accountability
§ R&D spend ~13% of revenue
§ 25,000 Engineers
§ ~$2B in Equity
Investments
§ Top Corporate Venture in # of deals, # of exits, and dollar
invested
§ Business Divestiture: Linksys
§ ~200 acquisitions
Strategic
Alliances
Equity
Investments

5. 2011
Acquisition History
1993 1997 1999(cont)
2005(cont)
2007 2009
2010
2008
2006
2005
20032000
1998
1999
1996
1995
1994
2000(cont) 2001
2002
2004
2012
2013

6. Large Enterprise vs.
Innovation ?!?

7. Cisco Innovation Academy
“Instill innovative behavior within and for all employees”

8. About Us
Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence (Cisco EIR) supports early-stage
entrepreneurs working on the next big ideas in the Internet of Things/Everything
(IoT/IoE), Big Data/analytics, Smart Cities, cloud computing, enterprise security
and other transformational opportunities. https://eir.cisco.com

9. Company Wide Innovate Everywhere Challenge

10. • 1.100 Entries into the competition
• 15 Semi-finalists
• 6 Finalists
• 3 Winners
• 3x Business Opportunities to grow
• Winner takes Prize, Paid time to
develop and
• COMMITMENT!
Innovate everywhere - Results

11. Folding@Home Cisco
https://folding.stanford.edu/

12. What does it take?

14. Join Devnet today!
Developer.cisco.com
340.000 registered
Developers already
waiting for YOU!
Free of charge –
Super funds available!
150 Million US-$ Spark
fund – Go get it!

15. Come to our booth to get a demo – learn
about Spark and the Innovation Fund!