Partner

From spotty wifi to digital marketing. How Purple digitized pizza. PizzaExpress is known around the world for its great party food and fun atmosphere. But their restaurants in the Middle East had a problem. Their customer database was stale and small. Only 22k users signed up in seven years. And, th…

Our executive chairman, John Chambers, would always emphasize “when we partner, we partner for life.” That simple philosophy is foundational to the Cisco Partner Ecosystem. Cisco was one of the first technology companies to build a channel strategy and, decades later, partnering is still at the hear…

If customer retention is what keeps you awake at night, then you’ll want to hear what Sanjiv Patel has to say. As director of data science for Cisco, Sanjiv plays a leadership role in our company- and partner-wide digital transformation. Kelly Crothers, director of strategy, planning and thought lea…

Sirius uses Cisco ACI to customize a new network for Boys Town For 100 years, Boys Town has helped kids and families across the country. They offer homes for troubled kids, family counseling, medical services, and more. To do all this, it literally takes a village. From their headquarters outside Om…

News flash. We had some big news recently. You’ve probably seen it. The launch of The Network. Intuitive. A new era of networking is here. One that is constantly learning, adapting, and protecting. One that evolves with business demands. That’s great, right? But what does it mean to your marketing…

Partner feedback is at the core of everything we do at Cisco. Talking with partners is one of the best parts of my job. Over the last few months, I’ve been traveling across the Americas attending a number of partner events – Commercial Channel Advisory Board (CCAB), Partner Operations Advisory Boar…

Human trafficking is the third largest crime industry in the world. In India, one girl is sold into sex slavery every ten minutes. Most organizations that work to eliminate human trafficking focus on fighting the crime after it occurs. They rescue girls and prosecute criminals. Operation Red Alert i…

Unless you live off the grid, you can’t help but notice that virtual sales is playing a larger role in every facet of our lives. In addition to driving the most obvious purchases (i.e. my 10-plus Amazon orders in the last 30 days), it’s also powering buying and selling motions across bigger ticket,…

With Cisco’s launch of The Network. Intuitive., we are delivering an open and extensible architecture that is constantly learning, adapting, and protecting. As Nirav Sheth pointed out in his blog about the new network on June 21, we are leading a breakthrough approach from the traditional, man…