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Co-authored by Kristyn HoganVP, Collaboration Partner Sales   As technology becomes more sophisticated, customers are looking to buy outcomes and experiences in a flexible way. The market shift toward as-a-Service (aaS) and managed services is creating several new opportunities for Cisco and our partners.   With success via Cisco’s channel and our recently launched agent route to market, we are excited to announce that we are expanding our agent model.  As Marc Surplus, Vice President of…

Healthcare is a multi-trillion-dollar industry with high-stakes outcomes. Compliance and risk management are critical — from ensuring patient privacy to providing optimum care, managing compliance, and minimizing risk –– it’s an around-the-clock priority. Yet, while patients and healthcare providers recognize the importance of risk management and compliance, there are a number of misconceptions about what they are, how they differ, why they matter, and how healthcare systems can implement an effective strategy for both.  …

When I recently accepted a new role at Cisco as a Software Consulting Engineer for Service Provider in our Lisbon, Portugal Customer Experience (CX) Center – I knew my life was about to change. The deal was done, and the transition dates were agreed upon. I was about to become an expat, or a person living outside their native country. This change didn’t just mean a new role, in a new area of interest, but…

Automating Beyond IST with ICO With the accelerated digital transformation of businesses, the pace of innovation and movement to the cloud has only increased after the pandemic. Most enterprises are just getting started with the modernization of their deployment tools and applications. Enterprises will possibly pick a particular cloud provider that best meets their current requirements. Considering that enterprises are more agile than ever, requirements around applications and deployments are expected to change as well….

One of the key selling points of SD-WAN is the ability to use a variety of network transport options. Enterprises can select MPLS, dedicated Internet access, business broadband, or wireless broadband, for example – whatever makes the most sense, technically and economically, for each site that needs connectivity. Cultivating a mix of suppliers can allow enterprises to significantly reduce transport costs as well as improve the flexibility of their networks. The growth in SD-WAN deployments…

Research firm Gartner forecasts IT spending will reach nearly $4.5 trillion worldwide this year, with enterprise software, IT services, and data center systems leading the way. The projected $4.45 trillion in spending this year represents an increase of 5.1% compared with 2021. The largest growth segment is enterprise software, which is projected to grow 11% to $672 billion. However, Gartner includes the cloud market in the enterprise software market, and that’s where the growth is….

If you needed to double the capacity of your data center in a matter of weeks, could you do it? As recent events have shown, it’s important to have an affirmative answer. Whether it’s due to rapid customer or data growth, a business acquisition, or external circumstance like a global pandemic, most companies will eventually experience an unexpected and urgent “scaling event.” That’s where a solution with built in infrastructure scalability comes into play. During…

In this special blog series, I invite you to join me as I sit down with Cisco’s first Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Pallaw Sharma, to discuss industry trends, fostering innovation, creating value from data, and much more. Have a question? Add it to the comments below and it just might make it into a future post! Q: Which trends in data and analytics are you most bullish about? A: Every stage in the data…

Customers and partners are an integral part of Cisco’s DNA and I am so proud of how our teams work passionately each day to support these communities in the best ways possible. For the past four years, Gerri Elliott has led our Sales and Marketing team and been an incredible advocate for customers, partners, and Cisco teams alike, guiding them through some of the most complex times we’ve experienced. Today, I am sharing that Gerri…

It’s time for a new approach to the Internet The Internet has never been so dynamic in more than 40 years of existence.  The massive adoption of cloud has paved the way for scores of SaaS applications being hosted “on the Internet.” At the same time, organizations are making hybrid work a part of their strategy moving forward.  As a result, employees working from home expect the same level of security and application experience as…