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Work is What You Do (Not Where You Go)
As I wrapped up my monthly forecast call last week, it struck me just how drastically work has changed in the last decade. It was 10 p.m. and I was in my hotel room in Macau, face-to-face with sales...
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Using Technology to Stimulate the Economy of Small and Medium-sized...
There is much talk of delayed productivity in Quebec. This problem should not be taken lightly, since, in the current context of globalization, it has become important for Quebec to increase its...
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The Future of Collaboration
This month, we announced major bold and beautiful updates to our WebEx meeting platform. Now more than ever, WebEx is a one-stop-shop for meeting, conferencing and collaborating. As a tech addict and...
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How the Quebec Technology Association is Transforming with Technology – Part 3
In part one of this series I shared the story of L’Association québécoise des technologies (AQT), or the Quebec Technology Association, and the struggle it faced to connect and engage with disparate...
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Keep Your Employees Happy This Season – Let them work from anywhere.
Twas the time over Christmas, and all down the hall Not a worker was present, no lights on at all. The weather was snowy – too slippery for driving Work had to be done, business year end was thriving....
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My take-aways on the Transformative Pedagogy Webinar with Dr. Lance Ford
It is always a pleasure to chat with Dr. Lance Ford. He is so good at communicating verbally and visually that it is hard to remember we are actually videoconferencing with him. Very quickly the...
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How you can become an Agent of Collaboration and solve your business’...
Your business is operating in an incredible time. You may not realize it, but never – never – before have businesses had the tools at their disposal that we do. Never before have companies been able to...
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Winnipeg Warriors Hockey Club Wins Cisco Canada’s Hockey’s Hidden Hero Contest!
In the fall of 2014, Cisco Canada launched our Hockey’s Hidden Heroes contest. We wanted to not only celebrate the spirit of hockey, but to encourage people to nominate their heroes who spend countless...
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Is your Business Games Ready?
The TORONTO 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games are less than a month away and the city of Toronto will be buzzing with activities, athletes and spectators. The Games are a great opportunity for Ontario...
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An ex-Winnipegger’s Guide to Winter Survival
So it’s here … it happens every year … and yet the onslaught of winter always jolts our senses and monopolizes our elevator conversations as if it’s something new. I moved to Toronto 15 years ago from...
View ArticleQ&A with the University of Fredericton part 2: Differentiating through...
In the first half of my chat with Peter Mersereau, Operations Manager at the University of Fredericton (UFred), we talked about the challenges facing an online university, such as bringing students and...
View ArticleTelePresence for SMBs: It isn’t just for the big guys anymore
Last week I spoke with Gary Isaacs on this blog about how my customers in the mid-sized business sector are using, and benefiting from, Cisco’s technology solutions. We also discussed some of the...
View ArticleCisco, TELUS and Free The Children: You Change the World, and We’ll Change...
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 together to help end...
View ArticleEducation innovation is the answer for the connected generation
Today the University of Fredericton proudly announced it had successfully completed its first year as Canada’s first online university to exclusively use Cisco WebEx for its courses. This is not only...
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Four questions every Small Business owner must ask when considering...
They say communication is the key to success in a relationship, and that rule certainly applies to the relationship between business owners and their employees and customers. Collaborative technology...
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Customer Success from Coast to Coast
Part of Cisco’s philosophy is that we help change the way people live, work, play and learn by fostering technological innovation. We’ve seen examples of this across the world, but often we don’t have...
View ArticleThe CFL – “Steeped in tradition but built for the future”
According to ratings and attendance stats, the CFL has been attracting more and more fans to the sport. Cisco, as the official technology partner, has been working with League, the Clubs and the...
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Crossing the bridge – Five cloud services that you should pay attention to
For the longest time, I did not think of Gmail as a cloud service. I saw it as a convenient web-based application, delivered at an affordable price – free! Cloud, of the Telco variety, was what I was...
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Clara’s Big Ride: Crossing boundaries and pushing the limits to end the...
It’s not only a bike ride across Canada; it is a connected experience like we have never seen before. Clara Hughes, six-time Olympic medalist in cycling and speed skating, will be pushing the limit in...
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Spread ideas, not germs. Why employees should work from home.
It’s first thing in the morning and the colleague that sits beside you shuffles in sniffling and coughing. You want to express concern for her but all you are really thinking is ‘you better not get me...
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