Turn Small Business into Big Sales with Cisco Small Business Advantage

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

Connecting customers, supplier and bamboo (& other stories)

Some new video profiles on Cisco.com show how small businesses are using technology to change things pretty dramatically in their operations.  I love these short videos because they make technology concepts (which could otherwise seem abstract) very tangible. …Read more.

Posted by Martin Hardee on October 20, 2009 at 05:55AM

The Real ROI of Collaboration: Kroma MakeUp

If you didn’t catch the Verizon and Cisco-sponsored research study this week about the return-on-investment of collaboration technologies, you might want to take a peek. The study by Forrester Research found that businesses and government agencies deploying sophisticated collaboration tools saw a corresponding improvement in business results …Read more.

Posted by David McCulloch on October 14, 2009 at 12:51PM

Easy product chooser for small business

In our Small Business area, we recently added a Small Business Product Chooser that helps you decide what kind of product you need based on the unqiue requirements of your environment.

Posted by Martin Hardee on October 07, 2009 at 05:45AM

Cisco Helps Partners Build Profitable Small Business Practices

The small business market generates nearly two-thirds of all new jobs globally on an annual basis. Today we’re announcing some news about how you can leverage this opportunity.We’re launching a new global partner profitability framework today to help our partners …Read more.

Posted by Alexandra Krasne on September 15, 2009 at 09:42AM

Change is Challenging - A Perspective on Cisco’s New Management Structure

You may have seen a recent Wall Street Journal article on Cisco’s new management structure. In the article, I was quoted as saying the transition to this new structure has been a challenge for me. That is correct, it has …Read more.

Posted by Keith Goodwin on August 14, 2009 at 09:46AM

We Love Success Stories, So Do Your Customers

Here at the Channels blog, we love success stories. And we’re betting your customers do, too. Sure, it’s helpful to know where improvements need to happen, but it’s also a great practice to highlight what’s working. A customer success story …Read more.

Posted by Alexandra Krasne on August 12, 2009 at 01:36PM

Together We Lead Into New Markets

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

Helping Cisco Partners Help Small Businesses…and Themselves

There isn’t a technology customer in the world right now not focused on ROI but small businesses care more than most about getting a quick, tangible benefit to their business from a technology investment. Cisco small and medium business partners …Read more.

Posted by David McCulloch on January 27, 2009 at 11:00AM

Cisco Small Business Leader offers Tech Strategy Advice for the Downturn

Most governments around the world realize small businesses are the engines of innovation. It’s why so many of their stimulus packages have been designed to help small businesses weather the downturn and evolve, create new ideas and generate new business …Read more.

Posted by David McCulloch on January 26, 2009 at 06:17PM