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We have a growth mindset in CEA and it's that includes our hiring! The East is adding this many heads through the Artemis / Growth hiring process...

What is 49?

100

Cisco is a leading provider of networking equipment, known for its routers. What do the initials "IOS" stand for in Cisco's router operating system?

What is "Internetwork Operating System"?

100

This dashboard is the new single source of truth for representing our customer intimacy and completion of certain tasks such as IAPs

What is Customer 4 Life (C4L)?

100

Clad in Orange with a signature paw print, this University represents the ACC

What is Clemson?

100

Our new security suites will change the game and are divided into these 3 categories

What is User, Cloud & Breach Protection?

100

It could've been a better Q1 for Commercial East. This is the current forecasted growth for the quarter

What is -11%?
200

Lynley & Nishan share the same birthday, which falls on this date...don't F this up

What is March 10th?

200

Cisco's first commercial product, the Cisco 2000, was inspired by a problem on which university campu

What is Stanford University?

200

Building pipeline doesn't happen overnight and requires customer meetings. Rachel has asked our teams that if we have a customer meeting and discuss a certain technology, the prospective deal should be entered in SFDC under this forecastable stage in future quarter pipeline

What is Stage 1 (Prospect)?

200

This university has a mascot that certainly not full of "croc" but resembles it's other friendly reptile in the south...

What is University of Florida?
200

With Majors growth as the focus, this is the number of Majors in Commercial East (+/- 10)

What is 589?

200

Our employees are the lifeblood of Cisco and we have a lot of them! This was the latest employee count from Cisco's July fiscal earnings

What is 83,000?

300

In FY24, CEA simplified it's priorities down these 4 priorities aligning with US Commercial...

What is Better Together, Growth Mindset, Customer Obsessed & Innovate & Execute?

300

What two individuals founded Cisco Systems in December 1984?

Who are Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner?

300

Cisco added this sales stage into SFDC to better represent the complexity between the Customer and Partner process

What is Negotiate (Stage 5)?

300

Symbolic for it's colors, the Big Red Bear cheers hard for its team in the NorthEast

What is Cornell?

300

In what year did Cisco release its first Unified Computing System (UCS) server, marking its entry into the server market and revolutionizing data center technology?

What is 2009?
300

No sticker shock here...Cisco has agreed to acquire Splunk for this amount 

What is $28B?

400

Our structure for working success is built through our V2MOM framework, which stands for this...

What is Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles, and Measures?

400

Cisco's famous slogan, "The Bridge to Possible," reflects the company's commitment to innovation and progress. What was Cisco's previous long-standing slogan?

What is "The Human Network"?

400

The sales qualification framework of MEDDPICC helps our sellers focus their efforts on the most important and beneficial engagements. MEDDPICC is stands for this

What is Metrics, Economic Buyer, Decision Criteria, Decision Process, Paper Process, Implicate Pain, Champion & Competition?

400

This university's Beaver Stadium is home to a mascot of a totally different species.

What is Penn State?

400

This company was acquired in 2007 for $3.2B

What is WebEx?

400

Cisco continues to be a market and industry giant, touting this valued market captilization based on current outstanding shares and market price (+/-10)

What is $214B?

500

Tom McCarthy got all CEA Sellers ready to "F-Em Up" with this FireUp Sales Training that had these 3 key pillars when delivering an executive meeting

What is Create a Compelling Story, Show Up Feeling Like a Winner & Energize Your Audience?

500

Before the company was officially named Cisco, what was the name of the first product developed by it's founders?

What is the Stanford Blue Box?

500

Jeff Sharritts and the WW Sales organization are expecting various sales levels, including Theaters leaders to adopt this regional business motion each month in weeks 2, 6, and 10 to drive customer success

What is Lifecycle Interlock?

500

Not to be confused with "The Shih Tzus", this University currently rules the SEC

What is Georgia?

500

This well-known tune, often referred to as the "world's most frequently played hold music," can be heard when callers are placed on hold in a Cisco phone system

What is "Opus No. 1" ?


500
Never to be underestimated, Commercial East is the largest Area in US Commercial, coming in at this dollar total for Product + Annual Services for FY24 Goal.

What is $2.5B?