From Foes to Friends: 6 Comparisons Between Cisco CEOs Chambers And Robbins
As Chuck Robbins prepares to succeed John Chambers as Cisco's CEO on July 26, CRN looks at some of the similarities (and differences) between the two leaders.
Cisco News Feed From CRN
Cisco Confirms Closing Of Invicta Storage Business
Cisco Friday confirmed an earlier CRN report that it is closing its Invicta storage business, a business troubled by product delays and cancellations since Cisco acquired it in 2013.
Channel Beat: AWS Profit Jumps 407 Percent In One Year
In other top stories this week, iPhone sales boosted Apple's earnings. Also, rumors swirl that Cisco will dump its Invicta business.
Cisco Is Laying Off Nearly Everyone At Its Invicta Storage Business, Sources Say
Cisco appears to be finally giving up on its troubled Invicta storage business, leaving open the question 'What next?'
Cisco Sells Set-Top Business To Technicolor For $600 Million
Cisco partners say the company's deal to sell its Connected Devices unit is a smart move as it refocuses on its core competencies, including networking, infrastructure and the Internet of Things.
Aruba Exec: HP's Aruba Buy Makes Networking A 'Two Horse Race' With Cisco
Hewlett-Packard and Aruba are building a unified networking technology that spans wired and wireless, and are expected to discuss the results of their integration work sometime next month.
SimpliVity Touts High Growth, Especially Via Cisco Partners
SimpliVity's 250 percent year-over-year bookings growth, combined with big growth in its Cisco business and a management refresh, come as it prepares for an IPO sometime in the future.
Partners, Analysts: Here's How Cisco Will Win 30 Percent Of The Enterprise Security Market
The networking giant aims to take over the security market through acquisitions and organic investments, capitalizing on customers' desire to pare down the number of security vendors they support, say solution providers and analysts.
10 Reasons Why Cisco Will (Or Won't) Dominate The Enterprise Security Market
Cisco's bullish pursuit of enterprise security dominance has raised eyebrows with some partners and analysts. Here's what they have say about the company's chances.
Cisco Lawsuit Against Arista Hits Setback After Federal Judge Dismisses Two Claims
A U.S. federal judge recently dismissed Cisco's claims against its data center rival Arista Networks.
Polycom Names Executive From Rival Avaya As New Americas Channel Chief
A Polycom partner says the hiring of Chris Jones, who has also held channel executive positions at Cisco and Juniper, will help accelerate sales and drive partner growth.
Trio Of New Sales VPs: Cradlepoint Nabs Industry Talent From Avaya, Aruba, Riverbed
Ed Walton, new vice president of North American channel and alliances, says the wireless networking company's strategy 'is to grow through those partners we have today and new partners being developed.'
5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
For the week ending July 10, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their 'A' game to the channel.
New Cisco Channel Chief: Bahr Stepping Into Global Role As Klein Departs
As the Chuck Robbins era approaches at Cisco, Wendy Bahr has been slated to lead the networking giant's channel community, replacing veteran Bruce Klein who will be leaving later this month.
CRN Exclusive: New Cisco Channel Chief Says 'Change Is In Our Partners' Best Interest'
Cisco's new channel chief, Wendy Bahr, tells CRN what's in store for the partner community and why the opportunities are 'endless' as the industry transforms.
United Airlines' Flight-Delaying Network Issues Would Be Fixed By SDN, VARs Say
After hundreds of United Airlines flights were delayed Wednesday because of a router issue, solution providers say problems will continue if airlines don't properly deploy software-defined networking.
Cisco To Acquire MaintenanceNet: Will Repurpose The Tech For Cisco's Channel
Cisco's planned acquisition of MaintenanceNet, which develops solutions for contract renewals and recurring revenue, will likely mean other vendor partners of MaintenanceNet will lose access to the technology.
Cisco Predicts 180 Billion Applications Will Be Downloaded In 2015
Satinder Sethi, vice president of data center and cloud solutions at Cisco, talks about how major market transitions are pushing the envelope for the data center.
Cisco Targets HP, Other SDN/NFV Rivals With Investment In 6Wind
Cisco hopes to take advantage of software from 6Wind that lets industry-standard servers offer SDN and NFV capabilities.
10 Ways For VARs To Make Money Off IoT
As the world becomes more connected, some solution providers are pulling in recurring revenue streams in the IoT market while others are on the outside looking in.
