Cisco Enterprise Agreement
Security Choice: Simpler Buying for more Effective Security
Security is difficult. Detecting and stopping constantly evolving attacks is a never-ending (and often thankless) challenge. And worse, the current state of security finds companies working with many products that don’t fit or work together. Managing so many product consoles and alerts makes comple…
Security Innovations: Four Compelling New Reasons to Choose Cisco Security
Kaizen, a Japanese word for “improvement,” is a term used in business to describe ongoing process improvement. The concept is simple: No process is perfect and, even if it’s working well today, the dynamic business environment could demand a change tomorrow. Kaizen is the relentless focu…
Is Your Organization Ready for Digital Transformation?
While digital technology is opening entirely new ways of doing business, some organizations fall short of their ambitions and instead settle on improving existing ways of operating. In fact, analyst reports are predicting some $2 trillion dollars will be spent in 2019 worldwide on digital transforma…
Four Ways to Simplify Security
This blog post was collaboratively written with Dinesh Shadrach. Dinesh Shadrach is a Sr. Product Manager in Cisco’s Security & Networking Business group where he oversees the design and evolution of Cisco’s cross-architecture software buying programs. Security breaches dominate the hea…
IDC White Paper: Cisco Enterprise Agreement and Top Enterprise Software Challenges
Acquiring and managing enterprise software is a major investment and a complex undertaking. With the Cisco Enterprise Agreement (EA), a single, simplified agreement offering broad access to Cisco’s software portfolio, we have a clear strategy to make the process simpler, more flexible and more compe…
NEW #CiscoChat Podcast: Enterprise Software Management Made Easy
What makes managing software so hard? As someone charged with leading your organization’s digital transformation, you’ve had your fair share of setbacks. In fact, you’ve probably seen almost all the ways transformation can become mired in complication: Issues with contract terms, compliance, and lic…
Cisco’s Focus on Software and Subscription Buying: Making All the Right Moves
Cisco’s software strategy has been getting great external validation following our recent series of major announcements in network infrastructure software and subscription buying models. In May, we introduced Cisco Enterprise Agreement, a simpler, more flexible way for customers to buy network…
Cisco Accelerates Digital Transformation with Enterprise Agreement Launch
This is exciting. It has been just over a year since my first blog in which I stated, “To win in today’s market where disruptive startups and agile competitors are advancing on all sides, digitizing the enterprise to infuse greater agility and innovation is critical. This means transforming your ope…
The Partner Opportunity with Cisco’s New Enterprise Agreement
As Cisco continues to transition our portfolio towards a software centric, subscription-based model, we are constantly looking for ways to help our customers simplify their software management and get the most out of their investments. To do that, we announced the Cisco Enterprise Agreement (Cisco E…