{"id":97817,"date":"2020-06-16T11:18:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T00:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/?p=97817"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T00:18:18","slug":"cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">SYDNEY: Cisco Australia and Optus have joined forces with Latrobe and Curtin Universities to set up something called the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) to work on innovation projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">They say the network will act as a clearing house for industry ideas and as a driver for digital transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">According to Optus business MD Chris Mitchell, the aim is to make Australian universities and industry more adaptive.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One of NINN\u2019s first projects will be publishing a white paper on the role of collaborative technology in remote working, with a specific focus on government, health and education sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: Cisco Australia and Optus have joined forces with Latrobe and Curtin Universities to set up something called the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) to work on innovation projects. They say the network will act as a clearing house for industry ideas and as a driver for digital transformation. According to Optus business MD Chris &#8230; <a title=\"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":97820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,8,27,69,20,25,26],"tags":[235,269,270,236],"class_list":["post-97817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-and-downloads-archive","category-hardware","category-internet","category-news-archive","category-sales-marketing","category-services","category-technology","tag-cisco","tag-national-industry-innovation-network","tag-niin","tag-optus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SYDNEY: Cisco Australia and Optus have joined forces with Latrobe and Curtin Universities to set up something called the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) to work on innovation projects. They say the network will act as a clearing house for industry ideas and as a driver for digital transformation. According to Optus business MD Chris ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Computer Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Computer Daily News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Computer Daily News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfda9ce41a6377ee24a7e4ffdb4c8a9\"},\"headline\":\"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\"},\"wordCount\":108,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"cisco\",\"National Industry Innovation Network\",\"NIIN\",\"optus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Content and Downloads\",\"Hardware\",\"Internet\",\"News\",\"Sales &amp; Marketing\",\"Services\",\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\",\"name\":\"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1313},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"width\":1359,\"height\":477,\"caption\":\"Smart Office\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfda9ce41a6377ee24a7e4ffdb4c8a9\",\"name\":\"Computer Daily News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Computer Daily News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/computer-daily-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office","og_description":"SYDNEY: Cisco Australia and Optus have joined forces with Latrobe and Curtin Universities to set up something called the National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN) to work on innovation projects. They say the network will act as a clearing house for industry ideas and as a driver for digital transformation. According to Optus business MD Chris ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/","og_site_name":"Smart Office","article_published_time":"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1313,"url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Computer Daily News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Computer Daily News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/"},"author":{"name":"Computer Daily News","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfda9ce41a6377ee24a7e4ffdb4c8a9"},"headline":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks","datePublished":"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/"},"wordCount":108,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg","keywords":["cisco","National Industry Innovation Network","NIIN","optus"],"articleSection":["Content and Downloads","Hardware","Internet","News","Sales &amp; Marketing","Services","Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/","name":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks - Smart Office","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-16T00:18:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/bafe8974a8795da74424dfd0a97bbf61_L-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":1313},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2020\/06\/16\/cisco-optus-join-universities-set-innovation-networks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cisco, Optus Join With Universities To Set Up Innovation Networks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","name":"Smart Office","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization","name":"Smart Office","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","width":1359,"height":477,"caption":"Smart Office"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/2dfda9ce41a6377ee24a7e4ffdb4c8a9","name":"Computer Daily News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Computer Daily News"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/computer-daily-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}