Author Archives: Cisco Canada
Cisco, TELUS and Free The Children: You Change the World, and We’ll Change the Way You Work
By Jenn Madden, Program Manager, Corporate affairs, Cisco Canada It didn’t take much to become enamored with Free the Children. We, Cisco, were hooked by the story of an organization that began with a 12-year-old gathering eleven of his friends … Continue reading
Nurses, technology, and the changing face of healthcare
By Shanti Gidwani, National Senior Director, Healthcare Recently, I had the honour of speaking at the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association’s annual general conference – what a thrill! It was an opportunity to speak to nurses about how technology can help … Continue reading
Connecting Canadians to the Internet of Everything
By Andrea Dil, Brand Marketing Manager, Cisco Canada If you work in IT, or with Cisco technology, chances are you’ve heard about the possibilities of the Internet of Things. Cisco’s own Futurist, Dave Evans, is adept at seeing the possibilities … Continue reading
Making it easier for partners to do business with Cisco in the mid-market
By Donna Cooney, Director, Partner Development, Collaboration, Cisco Canada Recently we introduced several collaboration products, programs and incentives aimed at helping our channel partners and their midmarket customers. Why? Well, if you haven’t been following our midmarket blog series then you … Continue reading
When you hear what the Nexus 6000 can do in 210 seconds, imagine what it can do for your business
By Dino Marasco, VP Data Centre and Cloud Infrastructure Sales, Cisco Canada Last week we took another important step towards unifying the data centre by unveiling an exciting update to our Nexus switch portfolio. The announcement focused on preparing our … Continue reading
Canadian service providers: Latest VNI forecast shows 13-fold increase in mobile data traffic by 2017
By: Jeffery Maddox, Vice President, Systems Engineering, Service Provider Sales, Cisco Canada As you may recall from last year, Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VNI) reports and forecasts worldwide stats on mobile data traffic for the next five years. This year’s … Continue reading
Experiencing 100th Grey Cup Madness Firsthand
Cisco had the pleasure of meeting the family of Steven Rodehutskors, two-time Grey Cup Champion, at the 100th Grey Cup Train Tour in Calgary. The family travelled to Toronto for the 100th Grey Cup. Tracey (mom) shared the family’s four-day … Continue reading
Improving Navigation with Interactive Wayfinding Systems
By Chris Wiegand, CEO, Jibestream Have you ever gotten lost in a large and unfamiliar building like an airport – taken a wrong turn only to walk in circles? It happens all the time. Thankfully, today’s digital signage and interactive … Continue reading
Men and their hair
Author: Jenn Madden – Program Manager, Corporate affairs. Hair – it’s a topic, that let’s face it ladies, is something we tend to know a lot about. From the latest trends and styles, to celebrity hits and misses, the topic … Continue reading
What drew an experienced Registered Nurse to work at Cisco?
I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Shanti Gidwani, and I am a Registered Nurse. I’ve had amazing experiences in my career, working with patients as young as three days old, new mothers, teenagers, young adults, geriatric patients and … Continue reading


