Tag: Networking
Cisco’s Revamped Leadership To Pave The Way Toward Becoming A ‘Meaningfully Different’ Company: Exec
‘I think next year, we should be a meaningfully different company for the better, and in two years, we should almost be an unrecognizable company for the better, and that would be the yardstick for success,’ said Cisco’s Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel. Cisco Systems is undergoing a transformation, and that’s within its leadership ranks,…
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‘We are not here to find revenue growth in legacy telco. All of our transformation work is in service to customers who need and want to leverage technology like Gen AI to transform their business. The legacy networks of yesterday just won’t serve tomorrow’s enterprise … the customer experience in legacy telco is neither quick…
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CRN’s Gina Narcisi spoke about how Cisco’s new partner program, Cisco 360, will impact partners and what Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins had to tell her about the big changes – and big opportunities – for the channel at Cisco Partner Summit 2024. Jennifer Follett: I’m Jennifer Follett with CRN TV and this is CRN In…
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins weighed in on what the fully renovated Cisco 360 partner program means for partners, who tell CRN that the “devil will be in the details.” Cisco 360, revealed this week at Cisco Partner Summit 2024, marks the biggest overhaul to the partner program in the company’s history and partners are eager…
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Cisco 360 represents a total revamp of the 30-year-old partner program and a significant departure in the way that Cisco partners earn today. Here’s what partners should know. Unveiled at Cisco Partner Summit 2024, the all-new Cisco 360 Partner Program is a total refresh of the tech giant’s nearly 30-year-old program. Unlike the programs of…
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The new Cisco 360 Partner Program was designed with value in mind, not transactions, to better align with Cisco’s larger goals to capture more mindshare in security, AI, software and services, Cisco’s Rodney Clark told CRN exclusively. The newly revealed Cisco 360 partner program will go live in February 2026 to give the tech giant’s…
Read More‘The foundation of our program was hardware and transaction. That’s who we were as a company at the time and that served us well … but what it rewarded was a partner who transacts, and the way that we do business today is quite different. It’s the first material shift in how we evaluate partners…
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Network infrastructure-as-a-service specialist Alkira is introducing a ZTNA offering for its all-in-one cloud-based networking platform that will help unlock new business for channel partners, the company tells CRN. Alkira is rolling out its cloud-based Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service, an offering that will further simplify security and networking for enterprises, according to the network…
Read MoreHere’s a look at the products updates, hardware and AI-enhanced features that the tech giant launched this week during WebexOne 2024. Cisco Systems has been on a mission over the last 18-24 months to truly elevate experiences for remote and in-person employees, businesses, and end users and customers. To that end, the tech giant has…
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The telecom market has been in flux in 2024 as T-Mobile plans to buy U.S. Cellular for $4.4 billion and Verizon buys Frontier Communications for $20 billion. Ahead of the U.S. Cellular/T-Mobile deal, Verizon revealed plans to scoop up some of US Cellular Corp.’s spectrum licenses for $1 billion. Telecom giant Verizon, on the heels…
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