
New beginnings.
I vividly remember my first trip to San Jose to meet my new team and colleagues at Cisco - a company that, until then, I had not heard much of before. This was not really a surprise as I came from the real estate industry, and at that time routers and switches didn't appear to go well with bricks and mortar. I coincidentally had crossed paths with some Cisco folks that were looking to make their buildings and workplaces more 'connected', and eventually more 'intelligent'. Thi

Municipalities at the Centre of Canada's Innovation Economy
I just returned from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference and Trade Show #FCM2017AC. For several years, Cisco Canada has partnered with the FCM advocating for the use of digital technologies and innovation to create smarter and more intelligent communities in order to improve lives of citizens and and create opportunities for businesses. For more than ten years, Cisco has been a leader of the global smart city movement. We believe that, with the u

Learning about the Internet of Things from Maciej Kranz
StartFragment Not long ago, Maciej Kranz and I had the opportunity to sit down - as part of our "Meet the Expert" series in the Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre - and have an in-depth conversation about the Internet of Things, and in particular his newly published book on how to build it ("Building the Internet of Things"). Maciej probably has the coolest job at Cisco. He is Vice President of Strategic Innovation in Cisco's Corporate Strategic Innovation Group. In addition to