Meeting with representatives of “Cisco” company

Deputy Minister of Science and Education Mukhtar Mammadov met with representatives of “Cisco” company.

The meeting was attended by Dorin Pena, Cisco's Executive Director for Romania and CIS countries, Ramil Eyubov, Cisco's General Director for Azerbaijan, Farid Zeynalov, Cisco's responsible manager for the territory and Vusal Khanlarov, head of the Department of Informatization of the Education System.

During the meeting, information was presented on the achievements in the field of education in Azerbaijan within the long-term cooperation with “Cisco” company. At the same time, it was reported that the security of Internet and Intranet services provided to educational institutions, filtering of malicious content is ensured.

The meeting discussed the issues of cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Education and “Cisco” company on educational institutions created in the liberated territories, the presentation of the educational laboratory "Cisco DevNet" for Azerbaijani students, and increasing the number of “Cisco” network academies in Azerbaijan. The issues of introduction of new technological solutions into the educational process were also discussed.

It should be noted that a total of 4331 educational institutions across the country are provided with access to the intranet and internet by connecting them to the Azerbaijan Educational Network. Of these, 1 235 educational institutions are connected to fiber optic communication channel, 2 008 educational institutions are connected to a wireless LTE network, and 1 088 educational institutions are connected to ADSL. "Cisco" solutions are used in the management and distribution of the network in educational institutions.