CRN has learned that Nick Adamo is set to depart later this year, as partners say Cisco is starting to shift its sales motion to a more enterprise approach that complements what cloud-focused organizations want.
Partners that work with Cisco and VMware say they're expecting the recent thawing of relations between the longtime partners to eventually result in integration of their software-defined networking technologies.
In an interview with CRN, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins talks about the company's future around hyper-convergence and storage as well as relationships with VMware and Springpath.
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said his company is talking with VMware about working together to make it easier for customers to deploy their respective software-defined networking technologies together.
Fifty networking solution providers shared their market growth expectations and view of Cisco in segments such as hyper-converged, software, security and software-defined networking in a survey from financial adviser and researcher UBS.
Cisco's stock price jumped 6 percent in after-hours trading after the networking giant beat Wall Street estimates for its third fiscal quarter with spikes in its security and services business.
The networking giant aims to enable partners to make more money through new incentives for those who adopt software integrator or life-cycle adviser roles.
The networking giant is revamping its certification to focus on software technologies like network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN).
Cisco is now in the hyper-convergence market with its HyperFlex technology, but it's also talking with Nutanix about a strategic partnership involving UCS servers, according to sources.
Cisco partners said earlier this week they still haven't received HyperFlex hyper-converged gear for testing, but a Cisco executive says that problem is being addressed.
Cisco entered the hyper-convergence market in March with its HyperFlex offering, vowing to beat Nutanix and SimpliVity. But some partners told CRN this week their HyperFlex shipments have been delayed.
Sources tell CRN that Arista Networks has cut channel field reps and inside channel sales teams in North America, placing a greater emphasis on outbound direct sales.
Juniper Networks launches a new containerized SRX security solution and enhanced virtual firewall for its Software-Defined Secure Networks (SDSN) framework.
Juniper Networks launches a new containerized SRX security solution and enhanced virtual firewall for its Software-Defined Secure Networks (SDSN) framework.
