Key network questions (and answers) on BYOD and cloud
At the beginning of the summer, InsightaaS joined forces with Leger Marketing to investigate two related issues: the extent to which individual-owned devices (as...
University of Toronto adds new certificate program in Big Data
According to a recent McKinsey & Company study, "The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and...
Prep for the SDN journey
Software-defined networking has dominated the networking discourse over the past couple of years. A complex topic and technology, the SDN concept is still searching...
IaaS and depreciation
InsightaaS perspective: This is a bit of a "funny" post. I initially developed it as part of my ongoing series for the TELUS Talks...
Startup key to shaping SMB cloud programming
The SMB segment has been a hard nut for the IT vendor to crack. Numerous, needy and heterogeneous, the small to mid-sized business community...
Go with the SDN Flow
Software-defined networking (SDN) is the ‘next big thing’ that has arrived. Based on the OpenFlow standard protocol, which enables the physical separation of the...
Navigating the cloud path between "all" and "nothing"
InsightaaS perspective: Cloud is having a major impact at all points in the IT delivery ecosystem: on end-users, on IT management and staff members,...
Connecting CSR dots into Cisco Canada strategy
What makes a good corporate citizen? In the Cisco Canada schema, giving back involves a series of initiatives to kick start Canadian productivity. The...
Audacious objectives and a "culture of execution"
At most major Cisco events, the highlight is John Chambers’ keynote address. He is a charismatic speaker, at home on a platform from which...
It's a software defined world after all
Three trends are converging to put software front and centre in Dell efforts to future proof its business. While the erosion of PC sales...