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Cisco Partners to Enable Branch Offices with Virtualization One of Cisco's goals is to use virtualization to enable technologies such as Telepresence from the home office to the branch offices. Cisco Extends Virtualization Reach Cisco announces new, upgraded products as part of its Data Center 3.0 push. Cisco's Chambers Touts the Power of Collaboration The Cisco CEO's message of business innovation and upheaval is inspiring, especially because it depends so heavily on the channel. Cisco Veterans Unveil Network Security Startup Channel-friendly Rohati Systems is stepping out of stealth mode with a network access control appliance and a new partner program. Cisco Expands Telepresence Offerings Cisco said the new products would broaden the system's appeal. Cheat Sheet: Cisco Channel Partner Program A rundown of the vital stats every solution and service provider needs to know to deal with networking giant Cisco Systems. Distributor Stocks Refurbished Cisco Products D amp;H Distributing will stock Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment for 25 percent less than the cost of new equipment—with the same warranties and same-day shipping. Cisco Results Beat Forecasts but CEO Cautious Cisco Systems Inc gave a cautious business outlook on Tuesday, although its quarterly results exceeded expectations as rising Internet traffic fueled demand for network equipment. Cisco Partner Summit in Pictures Cisco's Partner Summit was held the week of April 7 in Honolulu. Here is a look at some of what we saw. Cisco`s Goodwin Chats Channel At the Cisco Partner Summit in Honolulu recently, Channel Insider Editor Sara Driscoll discussed the data center, the skills crisis and SMBs with Keith Goodwin, Cisco's senior vice president of the worldwide channel, in the latest edition of Changing Channels. Cisco Unites VARs, ISVs over Integrated Apps Cisco opens up its technology to third-party developers and looks for collaboration between solution providers and ISVs. Cisco Portal to Help Partners Recruit Talent Getting the right skills on board is crucial to partner growth, so Cisco is launching a number of ways to help partners on the recruitment drive. Cisco Looks for $20B in Partner Growth Cisco has outlined the major areas for growth in the channel and how it intends to help its VARs take advantage of them. Chambers Tells VARs to Catch New Tech Wave The Cisco boss tells partner summit attendees in Hawaii that they must catch the next wave of Web 2.0 technology. Cisco Plays Cupid for VARs Helping partners to collaborate is key to Cisco's growth strategy, and the vendor has unveiled its portal for helping partners connect with each other. Channel Execs You Need To Know at Cisco Whether you want routers or switches or teleconferencing or Telepresence, Cisco is a go-to vendor for most networking needs. The company sells 80 percent of its products and services through channel partners and claims more than 30,000 partners as part if its channel program. Here's the lineup of Cisco executives making decisions about the company's channel program. Analysts: Size Matters in Cisco Data Center Play From a technology standpoint, Cisco's new data center architecture is great, according to analysts, but some question how many VARs will really be able to sell it. Cisco Sets Sights on the Data Center Cisco is hoping to transform the data center and is relying on its partners to help in what the networking vendor said is a $14 billion opportunity. Cisco, EMC Partner for Data Security Cisco and RSA, EMC's Security division, announce plans to integrate their data loss prevention and encryption technologies. Cisco: Video Is Killer App The networking giant cites video technology on the Web as the next big thing and looks to its channel to help it bring the technology to market. |
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