Author Archives: Jeff Seifert
How cool is this? Connecting students to researchers via video from the classroom
Inspiring our Canadian youth to get excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is critical to all of us. Our youth will be key to helping Canada succeed in a more fierce global competitive market. While we have amazing … Continue reading
Are businesses ready for the data avalanche?
With millions of smartphones, sensors, video cameras, smart meters and other devices connected to the Internet, the increasingly enormous amounts of data being generated can be overwhelming. While this “data avalanche” can present a potential abundance of insights and opportunities … Continue reading
Search engines and online shopping: the new security threats?
You have your IT security policy in place; you’ve blocked access to or otherwise protected yourself from the usual suspects like gambling, pharmaceutical and adult websites, so your network is safe, right? Findings from the 2013 Cisco Annual Security Report … Continue reading
Attached at the hip: Canadians and their smartphones in a connected world
If you had to choose only one device what would you choose? Would it be a laptop? Smartphone? Tablet? This is one of the many questions posed in the third annual Cisco Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR). This year’s study … Continue reading
The Internet of Everything will fuel an amazing future: John Chambers weighs in
Staying connected has become so integral to our daily lives that more and more of us are carrying multiple, connected devices. Devices such as phones, laptops and tablets immediately come to mind. But what happens when people, process, data, and … Continue reading
Entering a New Era: Introducing the Internet of Everything
My colleague, and Cisco’s Chief Futurist, Dave Evans first introduced Cisco to the ideas behind The Internet Of Things (IoT) in 2011. The term, first coined in 1999, holds that as more and more things become connected it changes the … Continue reading
What Cisco’s TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games partnership will mean for Ontario
Earlier today, Cisco Canada became the Official Information and Communications Technology Provider of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. This partnership means our network technology will be providing voice, video and data to TORONTO 2015, helping to create the most … Continue reading
Why we’ll be cheering during the London 2012 Olympic Games
We’ve been saying at Cisco for a while now that the London 2012 Olympic Games will be the most connected Games ever – and for good reason. The IT systems for London 2012 will process 30 per cent more information … Continue reading
Cisco and the NHL Experience [INFOGRAPHIC]
Working with Cisco’s Internet-based technologies, digital media, broadband innovation, mobile capabilities and TelePresence, the NHL is transforming hockey for both players and fans, on and off the ice. In fact, ahead of the 2011 – 2012 season, the NHL installed … Continue reading
The challenge of connecting Canada’s north
There are many challenges that face people living in Canada’s far north. The problems around availability of housing, low rates of student graduation, health care challenges, substance abuse and high rates of suicide are all tragic in a country that … Continue reading