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About Mike Ansley

As vice president, Partner Organization for Cisco Canada, Mike Ansley leads a diverse organization with responsibilities for channel partners, distribution, and the small and medium business segment in Canada. His team works to ensure that all channel partners have the necessary programs, tools, training and support resources to create demand and preference for Cisco products. Ansley continues to serve in the interim as vice president Solutions for Cisco Canada where he is responsible for Advanced Technologies and Architecture sales, including national sales and engineering teams focused on unified communications, data centre, optical, wireless and security solutions. Ansley holds a bachelor of business administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Toronto. Ansley is currently working on a Masters of Management Science at the University of Waterloo’s School of Engineering. En tant que vice-président, Organisation des partenaires pour Cisco Canada, Mike Ansley dirige une organization diversifiée en partie responsable des partenaires revendeurs, de la distribution et du segment des PME au Canada. Son équipe veille à assurer que tous les partenaires revendeurs disposent des programmes, des outils, de la formation et des ressources de soutien nécessaires pour encourager la demande et, de ce fait, la préférence pour les produits Cisco. M. Ansley continue également d'occuper le poste de vice-président des solutions pour Cisco Canada. Dans le cadre de ses fonctions, il assume la responsabilité des ventes de technologies et d’architectures de pointe. Ce groupe inclut les équipes techniques et de ventes nationales qui ciblent les communications unifiées, les centres de données, les technologies optiques et sans fil, et les solutions de sécurité. M. Ansley est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en administration des affaires de l’Université Wilfrid Laurier située à Waterloo, en Ontario, et d’une maîtrise en administration des affaires de l’Université de Toronto. Il effectue actuellement une maîtrise en sciences du management à l'école d'ingénierie de l'Université Waterloo.

Partners, unlock the value of the Internet of Everything

Now that we’ve explained how we can connect Canadians to the Internet of Everything, it’s time for partners to start taking action. The Internet of Everything represents a potential $14.4 trillion economy over the next decade; $400 million in Canada … Continue reading

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The summer of BYOD spells great news for partners

The streets are getting a little less congested, the buses have a little more breathing room and the offices feel just a little emptier. Summer is officially here, which means employees are looking to spend more time in the sun, … Continue reading

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Land of Opportunity: Collaboration technologies in the Canadian business market

In Canada’s evolving business landscape, any opportunity for a company to become more efficient or reduce expenses must be considered. Cisco Canada President Nitin Kawale has described this period of Canada’s business history as being a time of opportunity or … Continue reading

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Q&A: Colosseum Online makes the move to Cisco UCS

Last month I shared my excitement over the momentum for Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) platform, with over 350 Canadian customers served since 2009. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jean Crescenzi, President and Chief Technology Officer … Continue reading

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What you need to know about Cisco’s Unified Computing System

We’re thrilled that over 10,000 Cisco customers worldwide have now deployed a data centre solution based on Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). With customers across all vertical markets and industries, we are thrilled that momentum is clearly building for UCS … Continue reading

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FlexITy’s Nolan Evans Achieves Cisco BATP Certification

In the video below Nolan Evans, Chief Architect of FlexITy Solutions, and I discuss Evans’ recent achievement of the highly coveted Cisco Business Architecture Transformation Program designation. Evans is one of a handful worldwide to hold this designation and one of a … Continue reading

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Join Us for a Small Business TweetChat on the Value of Technology Partners

According to a recent survey by IT World Canada, Canadian small businesses listed their biggest IT problem as ‘staying current and competitive with technology.’ The same surveyed revealed that, although interested in new products, more than 70 per cent of … Continue reading

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