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March is an awesome time to be a sports fan! There are tons of games to watch including basketball, hockey, soccer for everyone, plus the start of baseball, and of course the year-round presences of Esports. Whether its teams making the final push towards the post-season, like in basketball, or in s…

Since Partner Summit 2018 in Las Vegas, we’ve all been focused on how to Perform and Transform together. In my December blog, I expounded on Oliver’s main-stage announcement of Cisco Digital Navigator, sharing exciting results from the program pilot, and recommending that all of you now engage with…

Today’s buyers want business outcomes – they want to know that their technology investments are having an impact. They also want their interactions with the companies they do business with to be fast, frictionless and effective. In fact, according to a Salesforce study, 57 percent of customers say t…

Co-authored by Nick Kelly “I don’t know”.  Those three words instill fear into the heart of many of our Partners’ Systems Engineers (SEs). SEs are considered the subject matter experts and trusted advisors, and admitting that we don’t have an answer can be scary.  Don’t fear saying the words, “I don…

February 17th was Random Acts of Kindness Day #RAK, and it made me think about all of the little things that we try to do at Cisco to engage in our communities and “be the light”.  Giving back and making a tangible commitment to our communities is a part of our culture here at Cisco – and the compan…

As the Director for the Collaboration GTM in Cisco’s Global Partner Organization, I am responsible for developing the partner strategy for Cisco’s Collaboration solutions and helping our partners transform Cisco’s $5B Collaboration portfolio to a cloud services subscription model. Part of this…

Celebrating our leaders on the 2019 CRN Channel Chiefs List. Chances are, you’re familiar with CRN. They’re a go-to news spot for IT channel partners and solution providers. And every year they shine a light on the top leaders in our space with their Channel Chiefs List.   The Channel Chiefs Li…

  Selling solutions people love with partners like you Last year, Cisco Collaboration had a lot of big wins. We wowed customers with our solutions. We shook up our industry with our ideas. And we led the way with our tech. It turns out, people noticed. They shared some awards with us, and now…

Go ahead, take a deep breath. It’s been a busy couple of months for Cisco, our ecosystem partners, and the customers we serve. One minute we’re in Las Vegas, rolling out products and plans at the Partner Summit. The next, we’re in Barcelona taking in the sights of a centuries-old city, talking about…