Cisco Partner Weekly Rewind – December 6, 2013

Each week, we’ll highlight the most important Cisco partner news and stories, as well as point you to important, Cisco-related partner content you may have missed along the way. Here’s what you might have missed this week:

Since the last Partner Weekly Rewind, I took a nice long weekend to enjoy the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. I hope that those of you here in the United States took the time to relax a little as well.

I was able to visit some family and enjoy what amounted to one long, continuous meal from about 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. last Thursday. Now that I am out of my food-induced stupor, it’s back to providing you an update on what you might have missed this week.

Off the Top

CRN held it’s Women of the Channel event where they honored 295 women in channels whose expertise and vision deserved recognition. Cisco is proud that seven women were honored from our company this year.

Wendy Bahr, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, Maria Cannon, Michelle Chiantera, Julie Hens, Jennifer Rillera, and Karen Walker were all honored this year. Please catch up on what they had to say to CRN and join us in congratulating them.

In addition, Wendy Bahr, Maria Cannon and Julie Hens were each included in this year’s “Power 100: The Most Powerful Women Of The Channel 2013.”

Again, congratulations to all the women honored at this year’s CRN event.

Just Switch It Initiative

The Just Switch It Initiative was mentioned in this week’s Cisco Partner Newsletter. Tap into the $23.4 Billion switching and wireless access point market with this initiative. Download demand-generation resources designed to help you more easily promote migration to the newest Cisco switching and access point products.

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Good Reads

Antonio Dimilia analyzes the Internet of Everything’s impact on hospitality

Craig Williams looks at the Internet of Everything and Malware

Joann Starke talks Cisco as strategic cloud partner

John Stewart shows how Cisco is using Sourcefire in our data center

Keep An Eye Out

Swing by the Cisco Partner Event calendar for the latest information on Cisco partner gatherings.