Technology
Cisco: Leading Supplier of Networking and Communications Equipment
 Overview: Technology drives our society; there is no question about it. With the volatile economic conditions of the last decade, the technology industry is one of the fewthat has continued to grow, now with over 14% of the workforce in the high technology industry, according to Gartner. An industry like this needs help developing new ideas and creating new ways to innovate. Technology is being implemented in education more and more, with computer labs, virtual classrooms, and reliance on digital technology becoming increasingly common, ensuring its place in our society's future as well. With so many great minds in every technology company, internal collaboration is not only possible but is a necessity. Challenge:In today's challenging economic times, companies need to evolve and innovate more than ever, and by doing so they need to find creative solutions to business problems by tapping into their global resources to gain inspiration and create new business. Cisco is looking to find solutions that accelerate and change the way we do business and change the future of work, discover technological inspirations that improve living conditions and disseminate culture, uncover next-generation solutions that transform and create new ways of learning and reveal the future of entertainment by gathering solutions that change how people play together. Solution: By creating I-Prize, an open global competition powered by Spigit, Cisco looks beyond its own resources and turns to the "Human Network" to identify its next big business opportunity. Entrepreneurs can submit proposals and collaborate to create the seed idea for Cisco's next billion-dollar business. Spigit's innovation management platform in combination with Cisco's collaboration tools serve as the platform by which entrepreneurs can build on their ideas with fellow innovators. The Spigit platform serves to evaluate all entries for their technology industry innovation and business value and will surface the winning team to receive a grand prize of $250,000.  Check out Cisco's user case here
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