Bengaluru: Networking major Cisco has enabled all its employees to work from home and has seen a significant rise in demand for its collaboration tool Webex since the outbreak of covid-19.
In an interview, Sameer Garde, president, Cisco India & SAARC, spoke about how the company is well positioned to manage the work from home transition, the uptick in demand for Webex, and the rise of the subscription model.
Edited excerpts: As Cisco is known to have a flexible work culture, was it very different to transition to complete work from home (WFH) during the lockdown? Cisco has a well-established process to coordinate our efforts during an event like covid-19.