Cisco Canada

Cisco Canada head looking for “next big disruptor” as partner

October 12, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off

Cisco Canada president Rola Dagher says the next great disruptor may be the next great partner. And there’s an growing chance that partner may be homegrown.

Pure Storage plays to packed house in Toronto stop on Live tour

October 10, 2017 Mark Cox Comments Off

Brent Allen, Pure Storage’s Canadian country manager, was at the Pure//Live event and discussed the company’s progress in Canada with ChannelBuzz.

Mark Hill, vice president of digitization, Cisco

Cisco streamlines software buys with new Enterprise Agreement

June 7, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off

The new Cisco Enterprise Agreement brings together terms for all of Cisco’s software suites, provides options for customers to grow comfortably.

New Year’s Podcast Series: Mark Collins of Cisco Canada

January 12, 2017 Robert Dutt Comments Off

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.

Cisco channel chief Wendy Bahr at Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego

Just how big is Cisco’s multi-partner ecosystem?

November 7, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

A look at Cisco’s strategy of connecting ISVs and VARs, its uniquely (Dutch-)Canadian connection, and where it goes from here.

David Goeckeler, senior vice president and general manager of networking and security for Cisco

Cisco joins the endpoint security fray

November 3, 2016 Robert Dutt 2

Cisco revamps its endpoint security offering, bringing it into the AMP family and targeting the replacement of traditional antivirus for the first time.

Cisco Partner Summit Preview with Mark Collins [Podcast]

October 27, 2016 Robert Dutt Comments Off

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.

Richard Steranka, vice president of global channel operations at McAfee

New Intel Security channel chief Steranka aims to stay the course

August 26, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off

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.