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Elevating voices within and around the Cisco channel partner community

Partnering for Purpose: Bridging the Gender Gap in Leadership Development

Partnering for Purpose: Bridging the Gender Gap in Leadership Development

Cisco’s Partnering for Purpose initiative is one way we, as Cisco employees, bring our commitment to power an inclusive future for all to life. We leverage our technology, our people, our expertise in collaboration with our channel partners to share best practices and amplify positive impact–on people, our communities, and our planet.

Cisco Wins CRN 5-Star Award for the 13th Year Straight

Cisco Wins CRN 5-Star Award for the 13th Year Straight

The reason we win awards like the CRN 5-Star Award is that we continue to make our program and incentives better—constantly modernizing and streamlining them to support partner profitability.

Building Bridges: The Power of Purpose Alignment for Positive Impact

Building Bridges: The Power of Purpose Alignment for Positive Impact

During FY23, the Americas Partner Organization (APO) launched an initiative known as "APO Giving Back Week." The intention was to align efforts and amplify impact by extending the initiative to include our external partner community. Together, they supported causes and NGOs that addressed local community issues.

March 21, 2024

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5 Ways SMB Leaders Can Make Better IT Decisions

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Business leaders need a thoughtful decision-making process for their IT investments in order to maintain a clear focus on business outcomes. Stakes are high, so here are 5 guidelines to making better business decisions around IT.

March 20, 2024

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Increase Market Share Quickly with Cisco Specializations and GTM Tools

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Cisco Provider Partners can more quickly capture the explosive growth in Managed Services by differentiating themselves from their competition and using GTM materials from Cisco. Earning technology specializations showcases partners’ skills on our industry-leading platforms.

March 18, 2024

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Splunk Joins Cisco: Our Partner Ecosystems Just Got Even Stronger

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It’s official! Today, with the closing of the acquisition, Splunk became part of Cisco – and it couldn’t have come at a better time.

March 12, 2024

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Empowering Women in Tech: Voices from Cisco’s Global Partner Engineering Team

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In the spirit of Women’s History Month and National Science & Engineering Week, we're thrilled to amplify the voices of some extraordinary women from Cisco’s Global Partner Engineering team. They are driving our business and industry forward, accelerating progress and growth for Cisco, our partners, and our mutual customers.

March 8, 2024

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Going the Distance: What Channel Women Can Learn From Marathon Swimmer Diana Nyad

4 min read

To truly support each other, we also need to be real. To connect the dots between inspiration and application, between vision and reality. We need to get down and dirty with our own sharks and jellyfish, our own turbulent waters. Because we all have them—none of us is alone.

March 7, 2024

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Cisco Enterprise Agreement 3.0: A Year of Transformative Impact and Growth

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It’s been a year since the Cisco Enterprise Agreement 3.0 became generally available, and we’ve seen incredible results for customers and partners. The story gets even better when Partners use Cisco Enterprise Agreement with a lifecycle approach; they see software growth 2.5x greater, renewal rates of 3x and 2x faster bookings growth.

March 6, 2024

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Sailing through History: NWN Carousel’s Virtual Sea-Lab Revolution

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Check out how Cisco's Webex “all-in-one" devices are used for a different type of collaboration. Cisco Partners, NWN Carousel, collaborated with the IT teams of Boston's Franciscan Children’s Hospital and the Whydah Pirate Museum to design a truly unique virtual experience. #PartneringForPurpose

February 29, 2024

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Cisco Accelerates Convergence of IT and Operations Technologies

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The convergence of IT and OT is an opportunity for Cisco partners to capture new budgets and build relationships with new buyers. Cisco's IoT portfolio uniquely positions our partners to capture this IT/OT convergence.