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January 28, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

Learning to ‘Be You, With Us’ at Cisco

This post was written by Cisco marketing intern Sang Le. On my first day at Cisco, I could tell I was different. As the first and only female Marketing Intern for Cisco Cloud Security – I stuck out like a sore thumb alongside the 100+ software engineers I worked with in Vancouver, Canada. I thought…

September 14, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

My first internship experience with Cisco (Hint: I came back for more!)

My father gave me many gifts over the years, but one of the greatest was sharing his passion for sales. Many times you hear that children don’t wish to follow in their parent’s footsteps, but for me – it was something I knew would always happen as I discovered at the age of 16 that I was passionate…

October 4, 2016

LIFE AT CISCO

Working at Cisco Makes Me Nervous and it’s Exactly How I Want It.

This post was written by Cisco Intern, Mark Henderson, who interned for us over the summer in Toronto, Canada. He’s back at school now, but his post inspired us. Have a great year Mark!   *** “If you’re not nervous, you’re not growing.” This quote is one that I have held as a personal mantra,…

July 19, 2016

LIFE AT CISCO

4 Reasons Why Canada Interns Chose Cisco

Everyone has an #IChoseCisco moment – the one where you knew, “This company is speaking my language!” It’s exciting when you find a place to call your own, where you feel like you belong and are accepted while you’re being challenged to take the next steps in your caree…

Fibrenoire’s Jean-François Lévesque shares tips with Cisco on how to thrive in the fast-paced service provider world

Since its founding in 2007, Fibrenoire, based in Montreal, Quebec, has grown from a startup to one of Canada’s largest metro-fiber-to-the-business service providers. As further testament to their success Fibernoire was the first Canadian service provider to earn MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Services cer…

Mining Copper Ore — and Digital Insights — in the Internet of Everything Economy

The Internet of Everything (IoE) is a juggernaut of change, transforming organizations in profound ways. It sows disruption, and it grants enormous opportunities. But this sweeping wave of change is not reserved for what we normally think of as “technology companies.” In the IoE economy, even seemin…

Delivering Education And Mental Health Care to the Arctic Circle

This post was written by Willa Black, Director of Corporate Affairs for Cisco Canada, and was originally published on the Huffington Post. The territory of Nunavut, Canada is incredibly cold and remote. It’s roughly a four-hour plane ride north of Toronto, with temperatures well below the free…

Cisco is Among Canada’s 10 “Most Admired Corporate Cultures”

This post was written by guest blogger Nicole Geronimo, who works for Cisco’s Corporate Affairs team in Toronto, Canada. On February 3, Cisco Canada was presented with an award, given by executive search firm Waterstone Human Capital, for being a national winner of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate…

September 17, 2013

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Exploring the Internet of Everything in Canada

We sat down with Victor Woo to see how the Internet of Everything is creating innovation in Canada. Victor, when we first talked, you were just settling in your new role with the Internet of Everything. Since we last spoke, is there anything interesting that you have noted about IoE in Canada? Absol…