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There is no question that having ultimate flexibility in everything we do these days is almost considered standard issue now. For instance, I love to binge watch television series together with my kids. As teenagers, this is how they expect to consume content. We can dictate the terms of when, where…

Partner Success Story Providing high-quality Wi-Fi is an IT investment most businesses incur. Customers expect Wi-Fi at every destination. It is crucial to post pictures of appetizers, split checks, and look up the difference between ‘bucatini’ and ‘fettuccini’. It has become a necessity when dining…

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:…

Jay Baer is the founder of Convince & Convert, a Hall of Fame keynote speaker and emcee, host of the award-winning Social Pros podcast, and the author of six books including Talk Triggers: The Complete Guide to Creating Customers with Word of Mouth. Of all the ideas that promise to help busines…

Co-authored by Ken Daniels   Work hard, play hard. Sleep when you’re dead 😵. We’ve heard the same clichés at Cisco, and from our partners. Hard working professionals can find endless ways to excuse maintaining an overly stressful and unsustainable approach to work. We often need to be b…

Partner Success Story In the pursuit of knowledge, creativity knows no bounds. Or so they say. But administrators at the Parkland School District in northern Alberta, Canada knew its teachers and students were missing out. Schools were spread across the region, some in remote locations, which meant…

Speaking with more and more partners while traveling recently, I am thrilled so many of you have marketing for the future top-of-mind. Seems like no matter what country I visit, or which partner I consult, we all agree on the power that marketing holds in our new digital age. Last month I recapped m…

On behalf of the entire Programs Portfolio team, I am thrilled to announce that for the eighth year in a row, our Cisco Channel Partner Program has earned the 5-star ranking by CRN and is listed in CRN’s 2019 Partner Program Guide. And for the third year, our Cloud and Managed Services Program (CMSP…

It all starts with security. That is the answer Cisco’s channel chief, Oliver Tuszik, gives when partners, customers, analysts or even media ask him what the biggest technology opportunity is this year between Cisco and our partners. Security can no longer be siloed; the focus should be on an end-to…