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As a father of two small childen, I think a lot about their future.  One of the things on my mind the other day as I dropped them off at school was the need for Education to evolve to support the new learning models of this generation. Everyday, my kids surprise me by the ways they learn – which are…

Wow, big news announced today at Collaboration Summit! Rowan Trollope, Cisco’s SVP & General Manager of Applications Group, delivered an impressive keynote with awesome demonstrations and great news for your collaboration customers and YOU. In my recent blog, I told you how we’re committed to ma…

Can you believe it’s almost been six months since Partner Summit 2017?! During last year’s Partner Summit, we talked about how we are evolving our Partner Programs to be more streamlined and focused on addressing the new market transitions we’re seeing today. This week we are in the Bahamas at Partn…

“Evolution requires us to continually refresh our competitive advantage. Sometimes in major cataclysms. Sometimes in dribs and drabs. Innovate forever, in other words, is neither a slogan nor an aspiration. It is a requirement.” – Geoffrey A. Moore, author of Dealing with Darwin: How Great Com…

It’s a great time to be a managed service provider (MSP). Small businesses and enterprises alike are embracing managed services, and spending is expected to grow to $257.84 billionin 2022 with a CAGR of 11.1 percent. It’s also a great time to be in the Bahamas at Cisco Partner Connection Week! We ha…

It doesn’t matter if you are an account manager or a customer success manager, you want to be a trusted advisor as your customer embarks on their digital journey.  Customers want personalized engagement with trusted partners, and it is important to be able to solve your customers’ business problems…

Noosa prides themselves on making ‘not just any yoghurt’. They stand out in the dairy aisle by bringing the highest quality ingredients and recipes to the shelves. But Noosa knew that to produce the best product, they needed the best processes and the best equipment. So in 2015, they invested five m…

In the last few months there have been several mass demonstrations and street protests in my hometown – nothing I can do about that… but I dread having to drive when this happens. Last weekend my family returned from a trip out of town during one of these demonstrations, and trying to find the…

For the seventh year in a row, our Cisco Channel Partner Program has been awarded a 5-Star ranking by CRN and will be listed in CRN’s 2018 Partner Program Guide. In addition, our Cloud and Managed Services Program has earned this prestigious 5-Star ranking for the second year running, and our Soluti…