We're turning 25, and ready to celebrate!
Over the last quarter century we've grown from a single message board to a vibrant collection of engineers, volunteer experts and Cisco employees coming together to help each other be successful.
And now we're ready to embark on the next 25 years, but not before we have a little fun!
What's in store? A year of recognition and giveaways, opportunities to give back to the communities important to you, and of course, what would a birthday be without a little swag? There are two live contests right now! - Subscribe to this blog to get updates on ways to win!
Did you know?
Established in 2000, Cisco Community, community.cisco.com is the 2nd most visited digital property after Cisco.com, a trusted online peer-to-peer community and knowledge hub to get fast real world answers, examples and 24/7 advice.
- Serving more than 1.3M members, with an average median time of 1.5 hours for first response.
- 7 languages supported: English | Japanese | Spanish | Portuguese | Chinese | French | Korean
- Beyond just a Q&A portal, you can also find:
* Guided Resources to help you from onboarding to implementation to optimization of your Cisco products
* Technology & Support event and webinars including Ask the Experts, Ask Me Anything, Community Live (in local languages)
* Knowledge base articles, blogs, videos by architectures/products, created by industry practitioners and Cisco specialists
* Project Gallery to showcase your project(s), big or small!
* Acknowledging our top contributors through 4 main member recognition programs: Cisco Designated VIP | Hall of Fame | Spotlight Awards | Event Top Contributors
What is everyone saying? Celebrating around the world at Cisco Live!
A message from the Community Managers: LI | FB | X | IG | BSKY | YT
VIPs share their message here: LI | FB | X | IG
Celebrating at Cisco Live EMEA 2025
Shoutouts from Cisco Connect Korea
Wishes from CLAPJC 2024
What our members love about community.cisco.com...
"The Cisco Community is a valuable space where professionals and enthusiasts connect, collaborate, and solve challenges together with direct access to experts and resources. 🌐 A standout feature is the opportunity to get real-time answers from certified Cisco engineers and peers, fostering learning and growth."
- Community VIP (Singapore)
"This platform remains a unique place which brings together engineers eager to learn and gain knowledge, as well as engineers that share their knowledge."
- Community VIP (Romania)
"Being part of this amazing community where we share knowledge and support each other is truly rewarding. "
- Network Engineer, CCNP (Netherlands)
"Cisco Community helps me by enabling me to collaborate with peers and learn their ideas, tips and tricks, as well as share my experience and feedback on emerging technologies and industry trends with them."
- Cisco Insider Advocate | Sr Consultant, HCL America
"Cisco Community is a source of knowledge of all things Cisco technology. It helps me solve problems so I can make the network better and more resilient." - Cisco Insider Advocate | Sr Network Engineer, LVNL Netherlands
"One of the first places I go every morning to see what is happening to all the threads I am following." - Unified Communications Engineer (US)
"The Cisco Community is an awesome resource and will only ever become more invaluable."
- Principle Infrastructure Engineer (UK)
"It's the Google for network engineers."
- Cisco Live APJC attendee
"I still enjoy using the Community forum very much and prefer it over all other channels. Community is still calmer and easier to keep pace with. And best of all, indexed by web search engines. So that when I have a question I end up on the Community articles."
- Community VIP (Australia)
"It's very rewarding to be active in the Community. It gives you added value in life and makes you still count in the world of business (staying a part of it) and being able to share lot's of past experience."
- Community VIP and Hall of Fame (Belgium)
Raffles, prizes and more! - Win exclusive 25th anniversary Community swag!
CLOSED - Contest #1- Thank you thread- Reply in this post below and tag a community member that has helped you answer a question or supported you in the community. A lucky winner and their tagged member will win our 25th anniversary swag pack every month!- January Winners: Karsten Iwen - Rick Burts
- February Winners: Natanael Machado de Oliveira - Tomy Arquinigo
- March Winners: Francisco de Assis Teixeira Agostinho - Janderson Mendes Pontes
- April Winners: Samuel Gonçalves Lima Neto - Pedro Ferreira
CLOSED - Contest #2 - Share your favorite content- Complete this Slido form answering "What is your go to or favorite thread, blog, video or knowledge article in the community" A lucky winner will win our 25th anniversary swag pack every month!- January Winner: Bill king
- February Winner: Welington Alexandre Jacinto Junior
- March Winner: Jeffrey Moura
- April Winner: Yuki Tomita
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CLOSED - Contest #3- Follow us and reshare at least one of Cisco Community's social posts in the month of May and June on your preferred social channel(s): LinkedIn | Facebook | X/Twitter | Instagram | Bluesky!-
May Winner: Gopinath Pigili
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June Winner: Gustavo Leon
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CLOSED - Contest #4- Update your profile picture! - Private message: Brooke Hammer with your preferred picture so that she can update it and enter you into the contest.-
May Winner: Dexter King
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June Winner: Phil Carter
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CLOSED Contest #5- Give us your feedback! - Add your Community enhancement idea to this forum and we will randomly select winners for July and August.- July Winner: Chris Welsh
- August Winner: Karthikeyan Ganesan
Contest #6 - Explore the Women in Tech group hub:Show your support by giving a Helpful vote, joining the conversation in the comments, tagging a colleague to share the inspiration, or starting your own post (learn more here), to spark meaningful connections and conversations!- September Winner: Maren Mahoney
Contest #7 - Attend a NEW Expert Insights Series or Community Live event:Register to attend any October event and let us know below which session you register for in any EIS or Community Live social post LinkedIn l Facebook l Bluesky- September Winner: Francesco Rosito
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Contest #8- FINAL Contest! Win a Cisco U license - Click HERE for more information.- Grand Prize Winner: Assis Teixeira
Let’s get social!
- Follow us to stay up to date: LinkedIn | Facebook | X/Twitter | Instagram l Youtube l Bluesky
- Please don’t forget to tag us and/or use #CiscoCommunity25
- Share and engage with our anniversary posts. The most engaged member at the end of the year will win 25th anniversary swag!
Want to know more? - Come here for Blogs, Interviews and more celebrations.
Looking forward to celebrating Community!
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