Bernadette Wightman, a 15-year Cisco veteran, has been named president of the company’s business operations in Canada. She will succeed Nitin Kawale, who will retire after 19 years of service at the company, Cisco said Friday. “We thank Nitin for his leadership and congratulate Bernadette as she takes over the reins and brings her perspective …
Read More »Cisco to Help Alberta Modernize Patient Care Systems; Nitin Kawale Comments
Cisco has teamed up with the University of Calgary’s W21C Program and Alberta Health Services to further the development of healthcare services in Alberta. The team will use Cisco’s technologies and strategies to attempt to modernize and deliver patient care systems in hospitals and households through a virtual hub, Cisco said Monday. …
Read More »Cisco to Invest $150M in Canadian Companies; Nitin Kawale Comments
Under Cisco Investments, the Cisco Canada Innovation Program, will invest in Canadian companies to continue driving Cisco innovation in Canada. Canada’s finance minister, Joe Oliver, along with Cisco Canada announced Friday the Cisco Canada Innovation Program, a strategic program to drive Canadian industry, proposes to invest $150 million for further …
Read More »Nitin Kawale: Cisco Opens Canadian Tech Center to Seek New Markets
Cisco will invest up to $100 million over 10 years in a technology hub in Toronto as part of efforts to help develop new technologies and seek fresh market opportunities. The Internet of Everything Innovation Center will serve as a venue for start-up businesses, large companies, industry customers and government clients …
Read More »Cisco, Ontario Gov’t Strike Tech R&D Job Creation Pact
Cisco and Ontario’s provincial government have signed a 10-year agreement for the company to create more than 1,700 technology jobs focused on research and development in the province within the first six years. The deal includes goals to grow Cisco’s number of employees in Ontario to 5,000 by 2024 and …
Read More »Cisco to Promote STEM Education Using Video Collaboration Tools; Nitin Kawale Comments
Cisco Canada is collaborating with Partners in Research and Sheridan College in a program aimed at helping K-12 students explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math through video conferencing with professionals. Partners in Research’s virtual research on call program offers real-time interactive mentoring and presentations from subject matter experts, …
Read More »Cisco to Help Build University's Biomedical Research Cloud; Nitin Kawale Comments
A Cisco business unit will help a university build a cloud computing infrastructure for biomedical research that intends to help facilitate collaborations between industry, academia and government. Cisco Canada will contribute $2.1 million to McMaster University, with $1.6 million targeted for a health biosystems professorship over eight years and $500,000 …
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