News@Cisco: FeaturesThe latest feature stories from News@CiscoCity Year San JoseSilicon Valley Evolves Whole School, Whole Child Initiative to National Level- May 29, 2008 By Terry Timm Moos May 29, 2008 City Year San JoseSilicon Valley is a beacon of light in the San JoseSilicon Valley region, bringing a range of services to children through its full-time cadre of 45 young adults serving as tutors, mentors and role models, making a difference in the lives of children and transforming schools and neighborhoods. City Year San JoseSilicon Valley is one of 20 City Year ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/hd_052908b.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Featu... Cisco and City Year: John Chambers Honored at City Year New York Benefit Event- May 29, 2008 By Terry Timm Moos May 29, 2008 John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and CEO, was honored on May 28, 2008 by City Year for his positive impact on business and philanthropy in New York City. More than 500 citizen supporters, business and community leaders, and City Year ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/hd_052908.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Featur... Cisco Motion Launch- May 28, 2008 Cisco Motion Launch May 28, 2008 Cisco Motion is Cisco's new, practical approach to Business Mobility, focused on empowering IT to meet and exceed business ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/hd_052808.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Featur... Cisco Establishes New Vision for Managing Mobile Business Communications- May 28, 2008 May 28, 2008 by Charles Waltner Corporations are having a hard time being anytime, anywhere. That mantra of mobile computing sure sounds good on paper, but a rapidly evolving array of nascent devices, standards, and technologies is making things tough for the people that need to manage business communications operations.http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/ts_052808.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Featur... Parking Meter Company Creates New Business Model with Wi-Fi- May 28, 2008 May 28, 2008 Business Challenge Photo Violation Technologies Corp. makes life easier for anyone who has ever had to feed a parking meter, or any city that has had to maintain one. The Canadian company's PhotoViolationMeter is a "smart" parking meter that allows drivers to pay with cash, credit card, debit card, or with a cell phone. The meters even include a grace period for drivers who overpark by a few minutes. But if a driver fails to pay the parking fee, the meter ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/canada/news/2008/fa_05-28.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=... Back to Basic Training- May 27, 2008 May 27, 2008 By Bill Roberts A freak accident during a hellish sandstorm in Iraq shattered Gorman Penn's life, but the Navy Seabee didn't know how shattered it was until six months later. While recovering in a Naval hospital in San Diego, Penn learned of his impending medical discharge from the Navy. He didn't see that coming ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2008/ts_052708.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=News@Cisco:+Featur... School District Transforms Classroom Learning with Wireless Technology- May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008 Challenge A poetry class begins with a lesson on haiku. But instead of just writing words on paper, students add images, videos, and music to make their poems come alive. Next it is onto geometry, where instead of using a pencil and compass, students manipulate shapes visually on a computer screen, stretching triangles and watching how the angles change. In social studies, students create multimedia presentations complete with videos of life in foreign ...http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/canada/news/2008/fa_05-23.html?CMP=AF17154&vs_f=... |