Networking
Cisco goes subscription-based with routing
Cisco announces it will make its routing portfolio available on a subscription basis, and on a promo basis, will make ISR hardware free for customers with a five-year subscription.
Chuck Robbins
Channel Programs
Editor’s Notebook: Random tidbits from the Cisco braintrust
Short hits from Chuck Robbins et al on how Cisco thinks about change, SMB, new partner types, cloud agnosticism, acquisitions, and more.
Channel Programs
Robbins to partners: Software equals differentiation
Kicking off Cisco Partner Summit 2017, CEO Chuck Robbins tells partners building their own development capabilities is key to meeting customer needs.
Networking
Cisco CEO: We’ll partner in ways we hadn’t thought of before
CEO Chuck Robbins outlines how the networking giant will innovate in partnership, offers kind assessment of Canada at Toronto Cisco Connect event.
Cloud
Cisco seeks partner help on security, cloud strategy, software
Cisco’s head of growth initiatives on where she sees opportunities to aid themselves (and Cisco) take their business in new directions.
Mobility
Cisco, Apple press security message, eye expanded partnership
Cisco and Apple say their joint network/mobile security story is so solid, mutual customers should get insurance discounts.
Software
Cisco streamlines software buys with new Enterprise Agreement
The new Cisco Enterprise Agreement brings together terms for all of Cisco’s software suites, provides options for customers to grow comfortably.
Podcasts
New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada
Cisco Canada channel chief Mark Collins on the transformation nature of the channel game in 2016, and what solution providers can expect from Cisco in 2017.
Channel Programs
Just how big is Cisco’s multi-partner ecosystem?
A look at Cisco’s strategy of connecting ISVs and VARs, its uniquely (Dutch-)Canadian connection, and where it goes from here.
Networking
Cisco chief outlines digital transformation opportunity, strategy
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins outlines four key technology strategies as his company and partners prepare for every industry to rapidly evolve.
Channel Programs
Cisco Partner Summit Preview with Mark Collins [Podcast]
Cisco Canada channel chief Mark Collins joins the podcast to tee up next week’s Partner Summit in San Francisco and discuss the Canadian market.
Channel Programs
Cisco chief eyes telling a fuller story
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins on why the company needs to connect the dots better, what his channel background brings to the CEO spot, and new partners.
Data Centre
Cisco joins hyperconverged fray
With Hyperflex, Cisco says it is aiming to plug some holes in current hyperconverged offerings, extend the territory of its UCS converged infrastructure line.
Channel Programs
Robbins to partners: Do you wanna go faster?
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins tells partners the company and its partners will have to move faster than ever, announces new cloud strategy and hyperconverged offering.
Big Data
Moving Cisco forward from its core
Five months into the job, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins laid out his vision of where the IT economy is headed and what Cisco needs to do to lead the changes. It’s a vision that will fundamentally change Cisco from a hardware-focused maker of networking gear.
Channel Programs
New Intel Security channel chief Steranka aims to stay the course
New Intel Security channel chief doesn’t see massive changes ahead, but will continue to fine-tune programs for a more network-centric security model.
Networking
Go digital or perish, Chambers says in swansong
John Chambers delivers a stark warning to Cisco Live in his final keynote as CEO – while many will try to go digital, most won’t change enough to succeed.
Networking
Cisco Canada chief: Robbins will drive execution
Bernadette Wightman calls incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins “an execution engine” arriving at a time when pace of change is accelerating.
Networking
Thoughts on Chuck Robbins’ ascension and the channel
How Cisco previewed Chuck Robbins’ introduction as CEO last week, and what the new boss means to the channel, and potentially to the channel chief role.