Last Batch of S435 students

Goodbye to the last batch of S435 students.



All the best to their future endeavours =)

And MIG lab will be shifting to another lab soon...

Cisco Express team in the Philippines

First time in PH, but have heard a lot about how friendly Filipinos are. The traffic here is really bad and you can expect to drive against the traffic in times of emergency.

In Philippines, I have worked with a lot of System Engineers and they are very friendly and helpful. One of my tasks in Philippines was to backup almost the whole of Cisco Express but to do so will require a lot of time. I work closely with them and arrange a proper schedule to do the backups.

The most important thing, welfare of Cisco staffs, was very well look after. I was given USD$60 per day to spend on food and transportation. Of course I wasn’t able to spend that much a day because I’m on-site the whole day. I ordered dine-in breakfast almost everyday and dinner on one of the day.

Apart from working in Philippines, the working environment in Cisco is very good. Cisco is ranked 6th in Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work For”. We have free flow of Oreo cookies, coffee and can drinks as and when we like. The working culture in Cisco, at least for me, is that we don’t have to follow day by day tight schedule but at the end of the day, we have to finish our task(s).

In summary, I just enjoy a lot working in Cisco because I learnt a lot here too.

Cheers,
Ivan Khor
DMIT Year 3 student

Kenneth Lum (DECC), Ng Kee Way (our lecturer), Ivan Khor (DMIT)



With the Cisco team in the Philippines



The Cisco Express team from Singapore



Testing for the Cisco Express launch in the Philippines