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‘Running makes me feel happy’ Like Max, that’s all I concerned myself with when I was his age. Just doing anything that put a smile on my face. As ‘responsible’ adults, we can be guilty of finding less time to do the things we enjoy. Not Max. He runs, he plays and does what is expected of a boy his…

There is nothing small about small businesses. Growing. Family owned. Entrepreneurs. They take risks and lead with passion. They create jobs and community. They make big bets and care about their customers. They are just like us, working hard every day to make an impact in the world. Small business…

The theme of Cisco’s annual Partner Summit conference this year is “Own Your Edge.” I am 100% on board with this idea—that each partner brings their own unique abilities, and value to the market, which results in a thriving ecosystem that delivers diverse solutions for customers. We can’t decide you…

When it comes to partner programs, one size does not fit all!  We all know that the needs of IT partners and OT partners are unique, and an off-the-rack partner program will not provide the best fit.  What if you could have distinct IoT programs tailor-made to capture the customer opportunities driv…

How Bexar County built a better data center with Cisco Nearly two million people call Bexar County, Texas home—making it one of the largest counties in the U.S. As you can imagine, it’s a place that produces and hosts a lot of data. And Bexar County IT must keep their network and applications runnin…

I’m excited to join everyone again at Partner Summit on November 4-6 in Las Vegas. That’s next week! This year, we’re all going right to the edge, your edge that is. Our theme for Cisco Partner Summit 2019 is Own your Edge. What exactly does that mean for you? Well here’s a bit of a preview for you…

In 2019, the average cost of a data breach is $3.9M, and businesses are looking to MSPs, as their trusted technology advisor, to protect them from the ever-increasing threat landscape. Cybercriminals also have MSPs in their crosshairs. So much so that in October 2018, Homeland Security published Ale…

As my colleague, Marc Surplus, notes in a recent post, the year brought significant focus on developing and rewarding a lifecycle approach through our program portfolio. We can all agree that it’s easier and cheaper to expand a relationship with an existing customer than it is to land a new on…

In remote areas of Canada, Indigenous communities are affected by both high drop-out rates and high youth suicide rates. According to Statistics Canada, Indigenous youth graduate high school at approximately half the rate of their non-Indigenous peers (First Nations 57%, and Inuit 40%). Suicide and…