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When I was a kid, about two weeks before each school year started, my parents would take me shopping for clothes and school supplies. As a pre-teen I wasn’t exactly enthused about these trips, but one shop – a shoe store – always had my undivided attention at checkout time. The store’s cash register…

For the past two years, I have been proud to work on bringing the next generation of SD-WAN technology to our customers. We’ve achieved great success, at significant scale. We’ve learned a lot along the way, as have our customers. It’s safe to say that adopting SD-WAN is important to them. Today, we…

Managed Service Providers (MSP), this one’s for you. For FY20, we’ve radically redesigned and simplified our global Cloud & Managed Services Program (CMSP)—with MSPs in mind. This is a great opportunity to help you improve your profitability and expand in the commercial and small- and mid-size m…

There is a little known “holiday” that is celebrated in the baseball world that came and went earlier this month, so I’d like to wish you all a happy (belated) Bobby Bonilla Day! The Godfather of recurring revenue has been receiving an annual payment of $1.19 Million from the New York Mets on every…

There is always a lot of innovation coming out of Cisco, and most of that innovation is ideal for our 2-tier (2T) partners to take to their customers. But the downside of leading innovation – if there is a downside – is that it can get confusing. I’m here to help as a 2T partner advocate. In fact, w…

The DevNet Zone at Cisco Live! Barcelona is going to be bursting with a whole lot of new stuff (see my previous entry on the Start Now area).  I’m particularly excited about are our new Meraki focused sessions.  This year in the DevNet Zone we have a host of new content covering all of the int…

My daughter is a force to be reckoned with.  Morgan was born at 25 weeks and 1 day weighing only 1 pound and 5 ounces.  Before she was able to leave the hospital, she had multiple milestones to overcome including learning how to breathe.  Something that we take for granted, my daughter worked hard t…

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…

New Digital Horizons. Connect. Create. Innovate. #CiscoIMC2018: This week I’m excited to be a part of India Mobile Congress, one of the world’s biggest, most prestigious shows on all things mobile and beyond. India Mobile Congress 2018 promises to be the gathering place for top-of-mind topics such a…