partners

January 28, 2020

PARTNER

New Launch Innovations and Partner Programs to Speed Workplace Transformation

Cisco Live Barcelona is finally here! I’m so thrilled to be here in Spain connecting with Partners as we publicly launch Workplace Transformation: Secure, Intelligent Collaboration for All.  Our latest innovations accelerate workplace transformation by extending advanced voice intelligence across th…

January 27, 2020

PARTNER

The Not-So-New Role of the Engineer in Complex Change: Master of Transitions

The Age of Intelligence is here, and Cisco is in the midst of a transition — again.  This transition is driven primarily not by AI and machine learning, but by the voices of our customers and their need to consume technology in new ways and digitally transform their businesses. While Cisco est…

January 24, 2020

PARTNER

Introducing PeerConnect at Cisco Live Europe

Every year the Cisco Live team strives to add value to the attendee experience. This year, working closely with Global Partner Marketing and the Global Partner Organization, the Cisco team has done just that. At Cisco Live Europe we are focused on encouraging and facilitating Partner to Partner and…

January 6, 2020

PARTNER

Doubling down on Cisco Customer Experience with our partners!

As we start a new year, I am reminded of the journey many of us have been on with our partners as we have spent 2019 working hard on Cisco’s Customer Experience portfolio.   We have filled our partners full of information, new terminology, new technology and plenty of “Lingo Bingo” (aka the un…

November 13, 2019

INNOVATION

Techno-Conservation: Converging on a Modular Reference Architecture

This blog was co-written by Dave Ward, SVP, CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect, Carlos Pignataro, Cisco Distinguished Engineer, and Carole Gridley, Sr. Director, Cisco Sustainable Impact. “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.” Proverb, believed to be of Afri…

November 7, 2019

PARTNER

Heading home from Cisco Partner Summit 2019

This is a wonderful time of year… time for me to meet with our partners! Cisco Partner Summit always provides an opportunity to share strategy, announce news, get feedback (and go to a couple of electric parties, while I’m at it!) The curtains have just closed on Cisco Partner Summit 2019, but the b…

October 14, 2019

PARTNER

Empowering our Partners with our CX portfolio

Many people around Cisco and in our partner-community probably don’t know that I spent 7-years as a college football coach in the early part of my career.  I know, I know, it’s hard to imagine a guy now working in the IT industry walking around a sideline at a NCAA Division I school, but that…

October 4, 2019

PARTNER

Black Belt Academy: Fortifying Partner Success

In today’s complex and evolving technology landscape, Cisco and our partners must remain relevant, competitive, and profitable. Our focus is on enabling our partners to perform to meet today’s business goals and transform to fuel their continued success. Partner enablement is not just about learning…

October 4, 2019

SECURITY

Using CESA to Solve Endpoint Blindness for a World Class InfoSec Team

Cisco has an amazing set of products like AMP for Endpoints and Cisco Umbrella protecting devices from advanced malware threats.  There were other user and endpoint scenarios that remained unsolved until we introduced the new Cisco Endpoint Security Analytics (CESA) solution that was recently announ…