Cisco Partner Ecosystem

You could feel the energy rumbling through San Francisco’s air as over 2,000 partners stepped onto Moscone Center to learn about Cisco’s latest product news and partner technologies. The November 2016 Partner summit did not disappoint as it became the platform that launched Cisco’s UCS S-Series, a n…

I can’t believe it’s been nearly two weeks since an energizing Partner Summit in San Francisco! As I take a step back and reflect, one word continues to pop into my head – focus. More than ever before, our teams are more focused, aligned and ready to help our partners and customers go Fu…

  In Scott Brown’s recent blog post, “The Digital Shift: Partner Evolution and Future of IT”, he talks about the transformation of product and service delivery models in our industry and evolution of sales practices to keep pace with customer expectations. As digitization and the anything-as-a-…

Cisco has always been incredibly enthusiastic about the role of the partner and there is no disputing the unbelievable success we’ve had together. As a matter of fact, today over 85% of the business we do in the marketplace is done through our partner ecosystem. There’s no other company in the indus…

For the 20 years I’ve been at Cisco, Customer Success has always been an important part of who we are – doing whatever it takes to make the customer happy. But over the years, Customer Success has taken on a larger meaning and is fast becoming an industry term. For Cisco and the IT industry, Custome…

The concept of no-touch automated bookings is a very straightforward one: How do we reduce the need to “touch” or spend time and energy on the low-dollar contracts that we renew in the market? How do you enable a sales team to focus on the larger revenue opportunities and still drive solid renewal c…

Cisco was front and center at Microsoft’s worldwide partner conference in Toronto recently. We had prime real estate at the entrance to the exhibit hall, engaging the 16,000 people in attendance to share how Cisco is helping Microsoft partners deliver value. Not only did we win two awards and rocked…

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Drive the bottom line through Business Outcomes, powered by Digitization. Mohandas Gandhi was spot on when he said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” These words epitomize what consumer’s value today. Our society has become accustomed to completing tasks with the touch of a button (hah,…