Cisco Announces Expansion Plans in Colombia

The company will invest US$6 million in new offices in Bogota, open a new Customer Experience Room and expand the Cisco Networking Academy program Bogota, Colombia, December 11, 2014.  Cisco announces today a major expansion in Colombia.

In order to support the country's growth through new technologies and encourage the implementation of the Internet of Everything as the foundation for the development of Smart Connected Communities, Cisco will expand its operations in Colombia through a US$6 million investment, which includes new state-of-the-art offices in the heart of Bogotá's business district, the launch of the first Cisco® Customer Experience Room in Colombia and the expansion of the Cisco Networking Academy program across the country.

The expansion in Colombia reflects the wider effort Cisco is making to help Latin America become more connected and embrace the Internet of Everything. The strengthening of Cisco's presence in Colombia aims to contribute to the Colombian Governments and their Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) plans to increase the use of information and communication technologies as well as the development of key applications as tools for improving the quality of life of all Colombians. Plans also include the promotion of Smart City projects and deploying tele medicine and education technologies across the country.

This expansion plan reaffirms Cisco's commitment to Colombia. Not only benefit for our customers, partners and employees, but also strengthen the delivery of products and services for the enterprise market and offers more opportunities for the country to improve connectivity and access to innovative technological solutions, Christian Onetto said General Manager of Cisco Colombia.The expanding operations in Colombia Cisco takes place when the company celebrates 30 years worldwide and 20 years of continuous presence in Colombia.

Specific Areas Of Expansion

New offices: Expansion plans of Cisco in Colombia, the largest investment company in the country, opening the modern facilities are equipped with large areas of collaboration technologies, telepresence and demonstration labs, so that customers and partners business have the option of cutting edge technologies Cisco experience.

The new offices are completely at the end of 2014. The offices are activated two levels, have an exclusive for customers and partners with an auditorium for 100 people, the first Cisco Customer Experience rooms, quiet rooms and different rooms with video conferencing and screens one cooperation with customers from the cafeteria and enable the network. It will also include a centre and a dataset laboratory demonstration in which customers and partners benefit developed by the implementation of test environments in real time the latest Cisco technologies worldwide.

First Cisco Customer Experience Room in Colombia: As part of the new office in Bogota, Cisco announces the opening of its first customer experiences guest room. This is a unique and innovative space where partners and customers first hand, real-time Cisco to find specific solutions.

Visitors to feel the effects of all Internet experience of daily life. In this way, the customers of Cisco technology can be accessed by dcloud (Cisco demos cloud) that can (transportation to work in a personal way with cooperation projects linking of data centers and enterprise security and industry solutions, manufacturing, energy, oil and gas, etc.

Strengthening Networking Academy: The third pillar of Cisco expansion project in Colombia is trying to strengthen its successful Networking Academy training initiative. Through the Cisco Networking Academy supports 170 countries and has more than one million students. The Academy has also trained about 100 thousand Colombian students and providing 21st century skills in information technology and communication, such as critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork with them in the Internet economy take new opportunities.

 Cisco plans to further expand its programs in Colombia with a focus on diversity and contact the Cisco minorities. The expansion project in Colombia is the joint work, the company is developing with the Ministry of ICT and the Chamber of Technology Information and strengthen Colombia Telecomunicaciones (ITT) of working together, supporting infrastructure is capable of new services and solving some of the greatest challenges facing cities today, such as environmental sustainability, aims to provide building employment and economic growth.