Industry Communications Company Cisco is the market leader in multiple networking areas, such as routing and switching, unified communications, wireless and security. The company helped catalyze the industry's move toward Internet protocol. Employees Over 5,000 in Asia-Pacific IT staff More than 365 Annual IT Budget Over US$15 million a year

In addition, mobile users can also subscribe to a growing list of applications such as VPN (virtual private network), video-on-demand, Net telephony and mobile e-mail.

Furthermore, to enhance the productivity of its workforce, Cisco MeetingPlace was implemented. The product essentially provides intuitive interfaces that make setting up, attending, and managing meetings simple. Its voice, video and Web conferencing capabilities also provide a range of applications, from highly collaborative meetings to training sessions and presentations.

Cisco has been adamant on a totally connected office environment. Its extensive corporate network provides both wireless and wired connections for ubiquitous network access.

The networking company estimates that by providing instant network connectivity to its workforce, it has reaped productivity improvements of between US$9 million to US$18 million per year.

On a micro level, Cisco staff have reported that they gained an additional three hours of productivity per week, while road warriors are seeing between five and six hours per week in added productivity.