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Angie Beltz, vice president, Product Marketing, Cisco Solutions Group at Tech Data
Distribution

Tech Data looks to drive Cisco services with Opportunity Portal

April 2, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Tech Data looks to drive Cisco services with Opportunity Portal
The new SMARTattach portal from Tech Data is slated to debut in Canada later this month.

Nick Earle introduces the Intercloud at Cisco Partner Summit 2014
Cloud

10 (more) things to know about Cisco’s Intercloud

April 1, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on 10 (more) things to know about Cisco’s Intercloud
Cisco says details of its Intercloud strategy will be announced at Cisco Live in May. Here are some facts gleaned at Partner Summit in the meantime.

Luis Artiz, Luis Artiz, Linksys Director of Product Management
Channel Programs

New Linksys partner program, products announced at Interop

April 1, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Linksys partner program, products announced at Interop
“The Linksys business is back,” Belkin declares at networking mega-event.

David De Abreu, vice president, partner organization, Cisco Canada
Featured Post

Simple the Best: Presenting our Canadian Cisco Partner Summit 2014 Award winners

April 1, 2014 Guest Poster Comments Off on Simple the Best: Presenting our Canadian Cisco Partner Summit 2014 Award winners
Cisco Canada channel chief David De Abreu on the company’s award winning Canadian partners

HP enters the cloud WiFi market
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HP enters the cloud-managed WiFi fray

March 31, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on HP enters the cloud-managed WiFi fray
HP introduces its first cloud-managed WiFi offering, pitching SMB on ease of management and simplicity.

Bruce Klein, senior vice president of Cisco's Worldwide Partner Organization,
Channel Programs

Cisco plans recruiting binge for solution partners

March 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco plans recruiting binge for solution partners
Under its new Solution Partner Program, Cisco will aim to connect ISVs, consultants, and other solution builders with its broad base of resellers.

Edison Peres will now lead Cisco's Intercloud partner strategy
Channel Programs

Cisco to scrap silver tier in next channel program

March 26, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco to scrap silver tier in next channel program
New program to roll out over 24 months, will introduce new Cisco partner requirments for Gold around Hybrid IT, cloud, and managed services.

John Chambers at Cisco Partner Summit 2013
Channel Programs

Liveblog: Kicking off Cisco Partner Summit 2014

March 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Liveblog: Kicking off Cisco Partner Summit 2014
Liveblogging the kickoff keynotes for Cisco PArnter Summit 2014, including CEO John Chambers and channel chiefs Bruce Klein and Edison Peres.

Rob Lloyd, Cisco president of sales and development
Cloud

Cisco touts Intercloud as partner opportunity

March 25, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco touts Intercloud as partner opportunity
The networking giant says its plan to offer global enterprise-grade cloud services will come from “65,000 companies, one of which is Cisco.”

A Cisco unified communications system
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Cisco goes for broke in video-for-all strategy

March 12, 2014 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Cisco goes for broke in video-for-all strategy
Cisco wants to take high-quality video collaboration capabilities beyond the CEO suite and disperse it among the working masses.