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John Malzahn

Senior Marketing Manager

Service Provider Cloud Solutions

John Malzahn is a Senior Marketing Manager in Cisco’s Service Provider Cloud Solutions team. He is responsible for driving marketing activities for Cisco’s data center and cloud computing solutions in the telecommunications service provider and enterprise segments worldwide. In this role John is charged with solutions strategy and packaging, value proposition creation, ecosystem development, campaign planning, and high impact go-to-market programs, and execution.

John Malzahn has more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, managed services, data center technologies and cloud computing, as well as, a successful track record of accomplishments developing, launching and managing new product innovations and lines of business.

Prior to joining Cisco, John held executive leadership roles with Microsoft, Fujitsu, AT&T, Dell, and MCI where he was responsible for Marketing, Product Management, and Global Alliances & Strategic Business Development. John holds an MS/MBA from Western Michigan University and Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan State University.

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Automated Service Assurance at Microsecond Speed

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Increasingly competitive enterprise service level agreements (SLAs) will require service providers to find and fix problems before customers notice.

September 11, 2020

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Avoid the Margin Crunch with Proactive, Effective Network Automation

1 min read

Network economics are changing. Consumers and enterprises use more data every day, driving down the price for data services through competition and commoditization. Meanwhile, networks are getting more complex and harder to manage and operate, forcing service providers to find ways to support bandwidth growth, to deliver customer requirements faster, and to simplify operations at the same time.

Modernized Network Operations in the Automation-Everything Era

2 min read

Choosing the right automation and orchestration technology partner is crucial to maximizing return on emerging technologies. Cisco is proud to provide industry-leading solutions in network automation and orchestration with Cisco Crosswork and Network Services Orchestrator.

Cisco Stealthwatch: Security Analytics Services without upfront cost or risk

2 min read

As cybersecurity becomes more complex and demand grows for knowledgeable security staff, organizations will look for more ways to maximize their security budgets. One way to do so is to...

Fast Tracking Network Automation

2 min read

Traditional telco operations support systems (OSS) have tended to focus on point solutions that provide specific functions in their own attempt to automate networks. However, this approach has often failed to live up to its promise.

October 28, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

With Programmable Networks, Level 3 Puts Customers Front and Center

3 min read

What does it take to be an agile digital service provider in today’s competitive marketplace? For Level 3, it’s all about speed, simplicity, and flexibility. Claudio Scola (pictured left), Level 3’s director of global product marketing, spoke with Cisco about how the company is using orchestration and software-defined networking (SDN) to deliver customized service offerings […]