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>> Carlos Dominguez: Hi, my name is Carlos Dominguez
and I’m a Senior Vice President at Cisco Systems.
Cisco Systems is a networking company
and is probably very well known for providing the infrastructure
and the backbone for what we all call the internet.
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Networking is at the heart of all the transformation that is happening
and, if you look forward,
it’s going to continue as we connect everything here.
Not only individuals,
but we end up connecting every single device and everything around us.
We’re also projecting
that we are going to be moving from about 2.4 billion people and things that are connected
today
to over 50 billion by 2020.
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How do you manage all of the data that is going to be running
in this new environment?
The need for IT professionals and people
that not only understand how to connect,
understand security,
can build architectures that allow all of this stuff
to happen
and ultimately to be able to extract the analytical data
is essential,
critical
and I think the world won’t be able to connect without them.
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It’s a career that’s going to required lifelong learning.
The power of some of these courses that are available online
are really transforming everything.
You really have no excuse today,
because a lot of these technologies
are not bound by a set time,
you don’t have to drive anywhere,
you can go online and get certified.
That’s the future of education
and if you’re not leveraging it, I think you’re missing an opportunity.
By the process of doing that
you’re upgrading your net worth.
Not only financially,
but what you’re learning,
the value you bring to corporations
and the ability to find employment.