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David Durham

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David Durham is a content and editorial strategist in Cisco’s Global Partner Marketing. His focus is making sure Cisco Partners get the right information at the right time, through whatever communications channel is most convenient for them.

David has been back with Cisco since 2018. He returns to Cisco after running internal communications for 3D Systems, Inc. He has spent time at Cisco previously in Partner communications for the Americas and in defining communication processes for Cisco employees to communicate directly with Cisco partners. He has also held similar positions with IBM, Pharmaceutical Product Development and Nortel.

In addition to his work at Cisco, he is passionate about animal rescue and spends a lot of his personal time volunteering with rescue organizations to transport rescue dogs headed to their foster homes. If you’re ever in a WebEx meeting with him, you’ll likely hear some of his pack “talking” in the background!

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November 7, 2019

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Heading home from Cisco Partner Summit 2019

This is a wonderful time of year… time for me to meet with our partners! Cisco Partner Summit always provides an opportunity to share strategy, announce news, get feedback (and go to a couple of electric parties, while I’m at it!) The curtains have just closed on Cisco Partner Summit 2019, but the b…

October 30, 2019

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Cisco Partner Summit 2019: Know Before You Go

Who’s ready for the biggest partner event of the year? With just a few days left before heading to Las Vegas for Cisco Partner Summit 2019, I know I’m ready to get this show on the road! Want to hear more thoughts from Cisco executives on how to own your edge, but won’t be there in person? We’ve got…

October 8, 2019

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Registration is Open for VPS 2019

Cisco Partner Summit 2019 is nearly here! We are now less than a month out from our biggest Partner event of the year. Are you getting excited? I know I can’t wait to get back to Las Vegas and check in with our partners. Partner Summit always brings exciting news and announcements, impactful breakou…

April 18, 2019

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Marketing Enablement has a New Face

Boon Lai, Vice President of Global Partner Marketing, recently talked about the work in digital learning and artificial intelligence we’ve seen come to fruition in 2019. Specifically, if you happened to see Boon present at the Cisco Marketing Velocity event in New Orleans, you heard him speak about:…

November 20, 2018

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Closing Out #CiscoPS18

Last week in Las Vegas, I attended my fourth Cisco Partner Summit, where I was able to see some of our big announcements firsthand. In case you missed Partner Summit, we covered all the news in our Partner Blogs.  You can review our posts on: Leading New Customer Value Together, which focused on ou…

March 31, 2015

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Partner Voices: Identity, Security and the Internet of Everything

As I often do with our Cisco Partner Voices blogs, this week’s entry is really more about me getting out of the way and letting the partner tell the story. I mean, after all, that’s what this whole series is about, right? This week, I had the opportunity to hear from Geoff Webb (@GeoffvWebb), Senior…

February 4, 2015

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Partner Voices: Making the Grade

This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Dawn Kerwick, Vice-President of Marketing at ePlus. She had some great insight into what ePlus has been doing in the education sector, and I wanted to share that with you as part of the Partner Voices series. Rather than hear me blather on, I’ll ju…

November 20, 2014

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Partner Voices: Cloud, Data Security, and Business Continuity with Cisco Cloud-Powered Solutions from TekLinks

Well we’re deep into football season, so I decided what better time to chat with David Powell, TekLinks Vice President of Managed & Cloud Services, than when his beloved Alabama Crimson Tide are fighting for a spot in the College Football Playoffs. (Meanwhile, my Wake Forest Demon Deacons are mi…

November 5, 2014

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Partner Voices: Solution Partner KEMP Technologies Delivers Reliability for Cloud Services Provider

To show yet again how vital the Cisco Solution Partners are to our Cisco Partner Ecosystem, we’re highlighting how KEMP Technologies helped cloud services provider Peak 10 implement new infrastructure to keep up with customer demand. With more than a decade of experience as an IT provider, Peak 10’s…