By leveraging the Cisco Partner Value Index, partners gain exclusive benefits, enhancing their ability to deliver innovative solutions in security and networking, driving long-term success and impactful customer results.
To assist you in this journey at Cisco Live, and beyond, is the Partner Launch Experience. This curated launch experience takes you through all the exciting announcements.
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.
Last year, Cisco introduced Partnering for Purpose, where innovation and business goals with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives were highlighted to benefit partners and their customers. Cisco added a Partnering for Purpose Category in the sixth Annual Partner Innovation Challenge, and 88% of all partner entries for the Innovation Challenge were submitted in this Partnering for Purpose Category. It is inspiring to see this response from our global partner community.
We have an exciting summary of announcements for our partners this year at Cisco Partner Summit 2023. The exciting aspect of these announcements is the broad portfolio they represent with products, programs, platforms, and tools to assist with partner productivity and profitability.
Cisco is well-represented in this years's CRN Tech Innovation Awards with next-generation solution leadership and I wanted to review some of the winning innovations. Take a look here.
On Day one of our Partner Summit 2022, we discussed Cisco products and solutions that are designed for Security Resilience. We also announced six new lightweight and customer-relevant Solution Specializations.
Hybrid Work is a reality of our time. I want to share with you today some other highlighted themes that you may not have had the chance to explore fully at Cisco Live.
Hybrid work, the move to the cloud and the rapid adoption of SaaS apps have created a borderless IT perimeter where cloud and internet networks are now extensions of the enterprise network. Craig Vario, Director, Partner Sales at ThousandEyes, discusses what Cisco can do for our global partners.
