Cisco’s new collaboration solutions announced yesterday hold the promise of collaborating and communicating in new ways. Given the broad scope of the tools—from WebEx Mail, a hosted email solution, to the InterCompany Media Engine, a a solution that offers business-to-business …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on November 10, 2009 at 02:39PM
To help you build and sustain a profitable small business practice, Cisco today introduced the Cisco Small Business Advantage site on Partner Central. We’ve built these small business programs around three main areas: Products, Support, and Profitability.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on October 27, 2009 at 04:39PM
I’m at POAB (Partner Operations Advisory Board) in Madrid this week, interviewing partners from Europe/Emerging Markets about ways to make it easier to do business with Cisco and streamline the partner experience. These meetings give partners a forum in which …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on October 22, 2009 at 08:45AM
What do a Ferrari, a Harley Davidson, and indoor skydiving have in common? (Aside from being cool things that I want to drive or try someday.) They’re all featured in this video highlighting the speed at which your marketing will …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on October 16, 2009 at 06:15PM
Here’s a trivia question for you: What is White Label? No, it isn’t the latest hip hop album from Jay Z. Guess again? Nope, not a new brand of pasta sauce. No fair Googling it! Give up? If you didn’t …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 29, 2009 at 04:38PM
If your customers can’t come to you, why not bring solutions to your customers? Offering nearly everything Cisco on board —with the exception of John Chambers and TelePresence—NOW vans are a cool way to geek out on Cisco technology and give potential customers an easy way to …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 23, 2009 at 04:54AM
What if we could fundamentally change the way we consume energy and green our planet? Yesterday we announced a Partner Ecosystem for Smart Grid that will help us do just that. While this announcement has big implications for energy consumption, …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 18, 2009 at 02:23PM
Welcome to the 2010 fiscal year and my inaugural “Celia’s Talent Corner” column. We can all agree that ‘09 was challenging with the economic downturn, but it has also brought forward many key opportunities to leverage for the new year. …Read more.
Posted by Celia Harper-Guerra on September 11, 2009 at 09:49AM
Last week in Washington DC at Everything Channel’s ARC awards, Cisco WW Channels SVP Keith Goodwin was named Channel Executive of the Year. “[Keith] has garnered the reputation as an effective leader, team builder and someone willing to push new …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on August 24, 2009 at 09:05PM
A podcast over on the VAR Guy’s site features Maryann Von Seggern, Director of Worldwide Channels Development for Cisco Capital. In this short interview, Von Seggern highlights some of financing programs for VARs and Channel partners as well as some …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on July 28, 2009 at 10:15AM
Over the last few days, the media has drawn attention to last month’s Cisco Partner Summit and a few candid remarks expressed by colleagues during the event. As these articles seem to suggest a change in Cisco’s channel strategy, I …Read more.
Posted by Wendy Bahr on July 09, 2009 at 02:39PM
We love to hear collaboration success stories. It’s collaboration that allows us to share a conference table and our ideas—when in reality, we’re a continent away. These tools are breaking down barriers, making us more productive and bringing technology to …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 26, 2009 at 08:12AM
By now, you’ve probably heard John Chambers talking about video being the next “killer app.” Inexpensive video devices, mobile phones, and, yes, Flip cameras mean that anyone can create a video on a shoestring budget and share it with the …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 24, 2009 at 03:18PM
How does a company lead a market, rather than respond to it? What is real value? What are the characteristics of a successful leader? The hallmarks of successful companies and traits of successful leaders have been discussed and argued quite …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 22, 2009 at 02:27PM
With the news of late buzzing about the evolution of the CIO’s role, Cisco’s CIO Rebecca Jacoby sheds some light on the subject and why the CIO role is more relevant than ever. In this interview, she talks about her …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 17, 2009 at 04:40PM
As part of our 2009 Partner Summit recap, we’re highlighting a Flip camera interview we did with John Chambers during the Global Awards reception where Cisco honored 19 channel partners with global awards for outstanding performance. In this video, Cisco’s …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 10, 2009 at 04:41PM
We are hosting Fox Business News on Cisco’s campus all day today. Cisco CEO John Chambers talks with Fox Business News anchor Liz Claman (@lizclaman on Twitter) about being added to the Dow (his first broadcast interview after we were …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on June 10, 2009 at 10:35AM
Much like Cal Ripken in baseball Brett Favre in football, in my 11 years at Cisco I have yet to miss a Partner Summit—giving me one of the longest streaks in company history. My record for consecutive years at …Read more.
Posted by Lang Tibbils on June 08, 2009 at 01:53PM
On day two of Partner Summit 2009 in Boston, I sat down for a chat with Cisco’s CTO Padmasree Warrior. During our discussion, she revealed her insights on the future of IT and collaboration. And, she makes one thing clear: …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on June 04, 2009 at 04:21AM
Good article in BusinessWeek on Cisco’s move into market adjacencies (Cisco’s Big Push into New Markets), but I want to be clear these moves into new markets make our channel partners more critical than ever. Together we will lead unified …Read more.
Posted by Keith Goodwin on May 21, 2009 at 12:27PM
We listened, we learned, we grew, and we heard from our partners last week about what we should (and shouldn’t) change about Cisco’s partner programs. We’re continuing to feature this content from last week’s Partner Operations Advisory Board, not to …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on May 12, 2009 at 01:18PM
Last week I traveled down to New Orleans, the Big Easy, to present to members of our Partner Operations Advisory Board (POAB) about how Cisco communicates with them. Given this group of more than 30 US and Canada channel partner …Read more.
Posted by Lang Tibbils on May 11, 2009 at 11:54AM
Today we’re wrapping up what was a very productive, but also fun Partner Operations Advisory Board (POAB) meeting in New Orleans. After a number of sessions and even a scavenger hunt through the French Quarter, we have a long list …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on May 07, 2009 at 06:36AM
Between his recent travels to Dallas, Korea, and Bahrain to attend Cisco Partner Executive Exchanges and planning for the annual Partner Summit in June, I was able to grab a few “behind the scenes” minutes in the Cisco studio with …Read more.
Posted by Alexandra Krasne on May 03, 2009 at 05:41PM
Post by Nick Earle, senior vice president of Cisco Services, European Markets A few weeks ago, I sat down with five CIOs of leading German companies. All from different industries with drastically different business challenges, but all intent on one …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on February 24, 2009 at 02:01AM
Earlier this week, Cisco hosted a live interactive workshop for developing applications on the open Cisco Application Extension Platform (AXP). Click here to access the video-on-demand version of the workshop. Cisco experts, including: TechWise TV host and developer guru Jimmy …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on February 06, 2009 at 04:47PM
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