world in transformation

World in

TransformationNitin KawalePresident Cisco Canada

A Time of Opportunity…or Peril?

Canada’s Challenge

• We are in trouble

• Lagging

• Canada a mid-level

economic player

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Why is Productivity Important

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Why am I Telling You This?

“ICT has proven to be a key enabler of

socioeconomic progress and

development…enhancing productivity

and, therefore, economic growth…

reducing poverty and improving living

standards.”

-The World Economic Forum,

Global IT Report

You Can Be theEvangelists!

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People are NOTthe Problem• We’ve seen this

in Canada

• Among the best

employees anywhere

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People are ready!

Organizations are NOT!

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The Next Generation

• Thinks differently

• Socializes differently

• Works differently

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Empowering the Future

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Technology’s Impact

Three key trends:

• Mobility

• Cloud

• Video

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Example: TP With Government

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Example: Bank of Montreal

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Workspaces or Workplaces?

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Flexibility

Productivity

Flexibility

Productivity

Location / Device Dependent

Location IndependentDevice Dependent

Location / Device / Application Independent

It’s All About Freedom

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Flexibility

Productivity

This Is Work Your Way

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Intelligent Network

Native or Web–Based Applications, Securely

BYOD

The Future Workspace Does Both

Corporate

BYODVirtual Desktop plus

Enterprise Collaborative Applications VXI

Virtual | Visual | Social | Mobile

And Always Secure

Where Innovation Comes From

#CiscoPlusCASource: IBM, “Global CEO Study 2006: Expanding the Innovation Horizon”

External sources ofideas and innovation

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Business partners

Customers

Consultants

Competitors

Academia

Associations, trade shows, etc.

Internal sources ofideas and innovation

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Employees (general population)

Sales or service units

Internal R&D

Impacting Innovation in Canada

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Innovation and R&D

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Casting a Wider Net

• Government must

attract investment

• Multinationals have

whole world to choose

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Cisco Looks to be Innovative• Agreement with Ontario

• Research chairs &

innovation centres

• It matters to all – Cisco,

universities, Canadians

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Linked Prosperity

• It’s the bigger picture

• A shared vision

• A national solution

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Going Forward

• What can YOU do today?

• Start NOW to build culture

of innovation

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Parting Thoughts

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“Pessimists are Usually Right

and Optimists are Usually Wrong.”

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“But Great Changes areAccomplished by Optimists”

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