Matt O’Brien

July 6, 2023

PARTNER

Let’s focus on security resilience for manufacturing and financial services

2 min read

Cisco has made a conscious decision to help our partners accelerate and enhance how we show up together to our collective customers in a way that makes sense for them.

May 9, 2023

PARTNER

Leveraging Zero Trust Capabilities for Government

2 min read

Sophisticated attackers and attack vectors are targeting our federal, public sector and critical infrastructure customers, but with the right framework and solutions, risk can be mitigated. Cisco looks at this through the four core tenants of our zero trust capabilities:

November 13, 2020

PARTNER

Skiing with Sales Play Toolsets and Business Resiliency Outcomes

4 min read

Now as we take a breath post-Cisco Partner Summit Digital, we find ourselves entering a new season where we have been introduced to a number of new tools, and now need to understand how we use them together. Much like a ski coach assembles his racer’s toolsets to architect a successful ski season, we need to ensure repeatable outcomes for ourselves and our customers.

September 16, 2020

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Sales Play Updates and Resources for Partners

1 min read

I hope you’ve heard that Cisco is transforming our sales approach globally through cross-architecture sales plays. Today, I’m excited to share with you some new updates and enhancements to the sales plays that will continue to enable Cisco partners to differentiate and deliver customer business outcomes.

February 4, 2020

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Unleash new growth with sales plays

2 min read

Cisco is transforming our sales approach globally and we want you to join us! As a company, we are shifting to focus on driving multi-domain, cross-architectural solutions that deliver complete outcomes for our customers. We are excited to announce our brand new sales plays that will enable you to join us in this transformation.

May 10, 2019

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Making the jump from generic outcomes to customer use cases

2 min read

We are missing the opportunity to bridge technical outcomes to actual use cases. Read the blog to learn more:

July 16, 2018

PARTNER

Business Outcomes, The World Cup, and Partner Differentiation

2 min read

It may be over, but there are takeaways from the tournament that could lead to profitability for Cisco partners. Learn more in Matt O'Brien's blog.

April 4, 2018

PARTNER

The Spring Runoff and Cisco’s VALUE Framework

2 min read

Matt O'Brien breaks down Cisco's V.A.L.U.E. Framework and how it can help partners achieve maximum value from Cisco solutions.