Partner

March 3, 2014

PARTNER

Just Switch It: Migrate Customer Switches, Wireless Access Points

Today the switching and wireless markets are worth US $19.2 billion and $4.2 billion, respectively, representing the largest migration business opportunity in the networking industry. The Cisco Catalyst switching portfolio has been refreshed across every platform, creating a once-in-a-lifetime sales…

February 28, 2014

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – February 28, 2014

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Kickoff for Partner Summit 2014 This year’s Cisco Partner Summit starts in ju…

February 25, 2014

PARTNER

Congratulations to My Fellow Channel Chiefs for 2014

Each year, CRN announces its list of Channel Chiefs. This list constitutes a “who’s who” within the world of channel management. According to CRN, these folks head up the partner programs that you all depend on to run your businesses. I am extremely honored to be one of the named Channel Chiefs this…

February 21, 2014

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – February 21, 2014

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Off the Top Karen Walker recently spoke with Glenn Gow of Crimson Marketing f…

February 18, 2014

PARTNER

Partner Voices: CDW on Driving Solution Adoption across Your Practice

As part of our ongoing Partner Voices blog series, I recently had the opportunity to catch up with Yvonne LeNoue of CDW regarding her blog, “Top 5 Areas of Focus to Drive Solution Adoption across Your Contact Center Practice.” I invited her to expand a little more on those ideas for our Cisco partne…

February 17, 2014

PARTNER

Marketing Insights on Revenue Generation, Buying Patterns, and the Role of Social

Revenue-generating marketing, customer buying patterns, and social selling are a few of the topics I talked about recently with Glenn Gow of Crimson Marketing.  I’m pleased to share these excerpts from our conversation and invite you to listen to the podcast. Glenn: Why don’t we start with this conc…

February 14, 2014

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – February 14, 2014

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Off the Top Bruce Klein offered us his thoughts on the Internet of Everything…

February 13, 2014

PARTNER

Software-Enabled Services Create Lucrative New Partner Opportunities

When I meet with partners around the globe, I hear a steady drum beat that sounds like this: Customers are shifting their focus from “make my network work” to “give me operational outcomes.” This is a clear sign that customers are moving from an IT-centric view of networking to a business-centric vi…

February 7, 2014

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – February 7, 2014

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week: Off the Top Robb Berger had some news this week on the Value Incentive Progra…