Jennifer Rideout
Canada Marketing
Articles
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Small and Midsize BusinessIT professionals, can you avoid the curse of multivendor mountain?
You park your car in the usual spot and take a deep breath. “Another day in paradise,” you think, as you slog into the office. In the lobby you…
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ManufacturingWhat you should know about Industrial Control System Cybersecurity
Every year we release the Cisco Annual Cybersecurity Report to advise businesses and IT professionals on security trends and emerging threats.
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ManufacturingManufacturers: Why you should care about Workplace Transformation
As far as priorities go, workplace transformation is probably not a top concern for Canadian manufacturers. That’s the brutal, but honest, truth.
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ManufacturingIndustrial Collaboration: Now, or Never
For years, collaboration technologies (voice, video, and messaging) have had a place in office environments. The question in recent years has become whether collaboration technologies have…
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ManufacturingExpert Opinion: Cisco Kinetic for Manufacturing
While at Cisco Connect Toronto I caught up with Richard Mullen, part of Cisco’s IoT engineering and solutions group, to discuss Cisco Kinetic and how it impacts manufacturers. In the…
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ManufacturingPredictions: 5 digital factory trends for 2018
It’s that time of year again. Time to dust off the crystal ball and predict what technologies will most impact factory floors in the year ahead. To set the stage
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ManufacturingExpert Opinion: Cisco Industrial Network Director
Recently I had the chance to catch up with Scot Wlodarczak, market manager for industry marketing at Cisco, at Cisco Connect Toronto to talk about how our solutions are helping
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ManufacturingExpert Opinion: Collaboration on the factory floor
Scot Wlodarczak explains how manufacturers can provide clear video and voice communications in industrial environments.
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Manufacturing4 Tips: How to meet production deadlines this holiday season
The holidays are a busy time for manufacturers. Not only is there an increase in demand for consumer products, but the end of the calendar year signifies the end of
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ManufacturingManufacturers, are you harnessing the power of your data?
Today’s customers expect to receive products when they want them, where they want them. Failing to meet these expectations means your relationship is over. With the avalanche of operations and supply chain data available
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Small and Midsize Business10 Reasons to Consider Financing
Financing provides significant business benefits to companies of all sizes, but how well do you know what those benefits are? For example, did you know it was possible to finance
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ManufacturingIT/OT Convergence: 5 questions answered
IT/OT convergence is the integration of IT systems with the operational technology (OT) systems traditionally used in industrial environments. For factory and IT professionals, the reality that information technology (IT) systems
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ManufacturingHow do you improve factory efficiency? With a more efficient factory worker.
Recently, I’ve had several conversations about advanced technologies and the impact of Industry 4.0 with peers who also advocate for the adoption of these solutions. Often, the discussion focuses on…
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ManufacturingThe Digital Transformation of Barrick Gold [video]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have likely heard of Barrick Gold. (Actually, you’ve probably heard of them if you’ve been living under a rock, too. But I
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Small and Midsize BusinessDigital transformation: A business primer
“What is digital transformation?” If you’ve asked yourself this question, you aren’t alone. One word – digital – is reasonably straightforward. At its most simple, digital means technology. Any solution
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Corporate Social ResponsibilityStories of Connected North – Tony Allen: Bringing Canadians Together
Tony Allen has been a Systems Engineer with Cisco Canada for 18 years, after retiring from the Canadian military. He has been involved with the Connected North program since its
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Corporate Social ResponsibilityStories of Connected North – Parr Josephee: Coming home again
This post is part of a series highlighting the Stories of Connected North, a transformative program bringing education and mental wellness resources to remote communities. For 18-year-old Parr Josephee, coming
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ManufacturingIndustry 4.0: 11 Questions Answered
This post is part of a continuing series dedicated to the questions that surround Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet, and manufacturing. There are questions – lots of them – around…
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ManufacturingModernizing manufacturing through digital transformation
Digital disruption – and transformation – is coming slowly to the Canadian manufacturing industry. So slow, in fact, that more than 40% of manufacturers have not even begun planning for
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Small and Midsize BusinessFive signs your business needs a technology upgrade
Eighty-two per cent of Canadian entrepreneurs intend to invest in their business this year, according to a Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) survey. The leading primary investment project?…
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