virtual partner summit
Know Before You Go for Data Center & Cloud Partners
The leaves are falling, the days are getting shorter, and there is much to be thankful for in November. I love this time of year. Especially, as many of our friends and industry colleagues make their journey to Cisco Partner Summit. Over 85% of Cisco’s annual revenue is generated through our partner…
Registration is Open for VPS 2019
Cisco Partner Summit 2019 is nearly here! We are now less than a month out from our biggest Partner event of the year. Are you getting excited? I know I can’t wait to get back to Las Vegas and check in with our partners. Partner Summit always brings exciting news and announcements, impactful breakou…
#CiscoPS17: Own IT! With Our Unfair Advantage
I can’t believe we’re already less than a week away from Cisco Partner Summit 2017! I think it’s safe to say we accomplished what we talked about in San Francisco last year – going Full Speed with partners to capitalize on the digital era with Cisco. Let’s continue the momentum next week in Dallas…
Now what? 5 ways to capture momentum after the big event
My notebook is filled with inspiration, actions, ideas, and scuttlebutt from Partner Summit. I bet yours is too! Here are five things to do next (and share with your team). 1. Watch what you missed. You can’t be in two places at once which is why we offer the general sessions, impact sessions…
Full Speed to Profitability: Keep the Momentum Going
Wow. So that’s what a Full Speed Partner Summit feels like? Let me take a second to catch my breath and reflect on #CiscoPS16. As we heard from Chuck Robbins, we’re seeing unprecedented speed and opportunity in our industry with the digital era creating new opportunities for growth and the need for…
Moving Together. Every Time. Full Speed.
At Cisco’s Partner Summit last week in San Francisco, I was thrilled to host my first Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) regional session. It came a month after I celebrated 30 years in IT sales and channels, and 90 days into my new role as the leader of the APJ Partner Organization. As I said to the room…
The 3 S’s of Success: Security. Software. Simplicity.
Our most profitable partners sell security. And the underpinning of security solutions is software. Yet profit isn’t the only reason you should amp up your security practice. With cyberattacks increasing in both sophistication and volume, cybersecurity is on the top of everyone’s mind. Our security…
Finding Insights at the End of the Data Tunnel
Data. It’s the lifeblood of digital transformation. And managing data that’s constantly flowing into your company requires combining capacity, performance and economics. Even more, finding insight inside that data comes down to how quickly and reliably you can work through it. Companies transforming…
Cliff Notes for #CiscoPS16 (yep, even cliff notes are digital)
While I never read cliff notes and prefer books to movies, I love a good spoiler alert. If you don’t, stop reading. Otherwise, enjoy this teaser for Partner Summit. Who’s Who. How to Engage. One of our executive recently said, “We have an amazing strategy that we get to share with our partne…