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More than two decades ago, Cisco and IBM announced a global alliance. Since then, as well-known market leaders, we have collaborated in a number of areas, ultimately with the objective of helping our mutual customers reduce risk and accelerate their achievement of real-world value. Cisco and IBM con…

There is one thing that every CEO wants to know the answer to: How is my company performing compared to others? This question does not stem from insecurity, but rather from the desire to gain insight, to achieve great results, and to generate maximum returns. “Am I charging enough for my services?”,…

I’ve been relying a lot more on my home collaboration solution since Cisco made the responsible decision to close some of its campuses in northern California as a precaution to the coronavirus. And I can tell you, I am even more of a believer of how technology can improve our communications and coll…

In my last blog, I unveiled how Cisco is engaging our Strategic Partners to help create competitive advantages for our joint customers. I made some pretty bold statements, like this one… “I truly believe that our team maximizes the value that Cisco and our Strategic Partners bring to customers, and…

According to our sixth annual CISO survey, highlights of which are summarized in our 2020 CISO Benchmark Report, 46% of respondents declare having more than 41% of their organization’s security already fully managed by third-party vendors; albeit with some wide variations between countries, topped b…

When I discuss the close partnership that Cisco enjoys with Amazon Web Services (AWS), I’m frequently greeted with surprise. Some people actually think Cisco and Amazon compete against each other. But this is simply not the case, as Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins commented recently on a CNBC i…

At the American Embassy School in New Delhi, kids from ages 3 to 18 come together from 60 countries to get an American-style education. The school’s classrooms, libraries, and other amenities span across a lovely 13-acre campus that bustles with more than 1,500 students, staff, and teachers. Not onl…

We’re excited to announce that the Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) payment solution is live and available in the U.S. for all Cisco SKUs. CCW is a multipurpose tool for Cisco partners and sellers to quickly create a Bill of Materials (BOM) with a list of price quotes. This new payment solution will i…

When your customers have an issue, how much time does their team spend coordinating with different support teams across multiple products and vendors? How are your customers preparing for the extensive ongoing technical and change management requirements of collaboration as they move to the cloud? H…