Author Archives: Mark Kummer
A glimpse into 2017: As the world gets more crowded so does the Internet
Every year we release our annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) report that examines trends in Internet usage and adoption, and forecasts four years into the future to predict what the world, and Internet, may look like. As the global population … Continue reading
How Allstream is building on the power of Cisco with Hosted Collaboration Solutions
Last month Allstream launched its Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS), a unified communication-as-a-service (UCaaS) offering based on Cisco’s UCS product suite. In this clip, Allstream’s vice president of unified communications Tom Jolly explains why HCS could solve critical business challenges in … Continue reading
Why Cisco Canada is proud to be a broadcast sponsor of the Masters golf tournament
The Masters is one of professional golf’s biggest events, one of four major tournaments on the PGA Tour that showcase the best the sport has to offer, with the world’s best golfers vying for the coveted green jacket. This year, … Continue reading
How Cisco is helping shape the future of TV in Canada
Every year the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is buzzing with innovative new technology that not only gives us a peek into what tomorrow holds, but what is possible today. So it’s fitting that Cisco choose CES to unveil Videoscape Unity, … Continue reading
Cisco helps Eastlink harness cloud, gives customers anywhere access with Videoscape
With devices like smartphones and tablets it has never been easier to take our favourite music, applications and videos on the go. Mobility, powerful new devices and even social media are changing the way we consume content. As consumers we … Continue reading
Q&A: What Canadians Want from Wi-Fi and Mobile
Last week I had the opportunity to meet with Stuart Taylor, from the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), to discuss the results of the recent Cisco IBSG research on What Canadians Want from Wi-Fi and Mobile. The study was … Continue reading
Why the transition to flexible, cloud-based video services is inevitable
The consumer video and television landscape is in transition as Canadians are increasingly looking to the Internet to satisfy their programming needs. Big market players such as Apple and Google are just starting to weigh in and gain traction with … Continue reading
Why Service Providers need to prepare for the ‘new normal’ and how they can do it
If you were following the release of Cisco’s Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast earlier this month, you would know mobile traffic growth is set to explode over the next five years. And while the trend itself might not be surprising, … Continue reading
What Cisco’s VNI forecast means for Canadian service providers
The release of this year’s Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) report has highlighted some jaw dropping statistics and predictions about the exploding growth of IP traffic, Internet video, mobile devices and broadband speeds. For example, the projected increase of global … Continue reading
Pushing the IP video envelope
Friday, Rogers Communications announced it had selected components of Cisco Videoscape TV architecture to evolve its existing TV experience into the recently launched Rogers NextBox 2.0 Interactive Program Guide and Whole Home PVR. The Videoscape components enable Rogers to offer … Continue reading


