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The Voice of the Partner series is one of my favorite features we run on the Cisco Channels Blog. It’s always interesting to see how partners are implementing our solutions. For example, in this installment I had the opportunity to see how customers are implementing Cisco UCS and seeing real busines…

The IT market is changing. Fast. As a result, customers expect their IT suppliers to offer capabilities beyond products and services, and deliver actual business outcomes. That’s why we’re evolving the Cisco Partner Ecosystem. By expanding the breadth and depth of our partner ecosystem, our goal is…

In continuing my blog series from Marketing Velocity 2014, I am spending the next few months talking individually about the five superheroes we introduced in Chicago this year: Wonder Vision – The power to see what no one yet can see Alchemist – The power to blend art with science in a way no one c…

As the world has moved to a cloud-based IT model, the rules of the game have changed. This has led to a different way of thinking for CIOs and IT managers.  Let’s face it, an IT manager doesn’t wake up and say, “I have to buy some virtualization today,” or “I have to buy a Disaster Recovery as a Ser…

Last Saturday, I spent a few hours scouring department stores for “that just right pair of black flat shoes” needed for an upcoming networking event.  On the third stop, there was a large sign reading “Buy One – Get One Half Off”. Now, I didn’t NEED two new pairs of shoes, but after finding those bl…

I am always excited to talk about Master Specializations. And you may have heard at Partner Summit, back in March of this year, about our heightened focus and continued commitment to our Master Partners. “Our Master Specializations in Security, Collaboration and Cloud speak to our subject matter exp…

As I mentioned at the end of Marketing Velocity 2014, I am starting a fun blog series based on the marketing superheroes introduced at the event in Chicago. I will spend the next few months talking individually about the five superheroes we introduced at Cisco Marketing Velocity: Wonder Vision – Th…

Cloud has revolutionized the way we develop, deploy, buy and sell. Businesses today are increasingly looking to add hybrid, private and public cloud solutions to their existing managed services to deploy cost-effective solutions. This increases their agility to scale up or down, boosts productivity,…

Have you visited the DevNet portal website yet?  DevNet is our new developer program, and the DevNet portal helps software developers build applications based on Cisco products- these apps can help you enhance and manage Cisco networks or create entirely new solutions for your customers. On the DevN…