Cisco commits US$225 million to global Covid-19 response

SAN JOSE — In a blog post Sunday, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says the company is committing US$225 in cash, in-kind and planned-giving to support both the global and local U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “As part of our commitment, we are allocating US$8 million in cash and US$210 million in product to the global coronavirus response. We are focusing these resources on supporting healthcare and education, government response and critical technology. Part of this will go to the United Nations Foundation’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) worldwide efforts to help prevent, detect, and...