Hundreds of Cisco Systems employees will be laid off as the company shifts focus to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Hundreds of Cisco Systems employees will be laid off as the company shifts focus to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

The huge layoff round that Cisco Systems announced in August is slamming a few Bay Area offices, according to new WARN documents filed with the state of California last week. When the San Jose tech giant first shared news of the cuts,

Venerable tech giants Cisco and IBM are together laying off nearly 200 people in San Francisco as part of broader job cuts. By itself, San Jose-based Cisco is letting go 134 people in The City, a company representative said in a letter made public Thursday.

Cisco Systems, Inc. will be laying off hundreds of employees in the Bay Area, according to state filings with the Employment Development Department. The job cuts will impact 134 employees at the tech giant’s San Francisco office at 500 Terry A.

Cisco’s current round of layoffs will impact about 6,000 jobs as the company looks to sharpen its focus on AI networking, security and collaboration.

Cisco Systems has finally revealed the extent of its second round of mass layoffs this year, revealing the impact on its workforce in the Bay Area. The tech giant announced last month that it would cut 7% of its global workforce,