Cisco channel executive Nirav Sheth spoke with CRN about Cisco's continuing transformation into a recurring revenue-based software company and how it is playing matchmaker between born-in-the-cloud partners and traditional partners in an effort to accelerate cloud-based business.
"If the first 30 days are a litmus test, then I think we're super excited about the momentum and the net-new opportunities we're creating for our partners," said Cisco executive Nirav Sheth.
Two of Cisco's top executives, including its global sales leader, are leaving the networking giant next year as the company continues its transformation into a recurring-revenue software company.
The board is expected to appoint CEO Chuck Robbins to the chairman's position during the company's annual shareholder meeting scheduled for Monday afternoon.
Aerohive, already a major software-defined local area network player, says its new SD-WAN offering is more easily managed and gives partners the unified story their customers want.
David Soares has plans to boost partners' earning potential, steer the channel toward a more cloud-focused MSP model, and lure partners away from competitors Cisco Meraki, Ruckus Wireless and Ubiquiti.
The new Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric, consolidating ECX and IX, enables customers to rapidly deploy connections to major cloud providers, enterprise partners and customers.
Technologent's Neysa Tonks, a victim of last month's mass shooting in Las Vegas, is remembered as a cherished friend by those who miss her infectious laugh and boundless energy.
Cisco is seeing traction with new products aimed at moving customers into integrated, multi-cloud environments where products are purchased as a service and paid for on a subscription or consumption basis.
VeloCloud executives say the new solution leapfrogs intent-based networking in the race to simplify networking operations for corporate IT organizations.
Cisco's new performance metrics are part of an evolving move away from the expensive, proprietary hardware and into its software-centric "Network Intuitive" strategy.
Josh King, director of security solutions at top Cisco partner Carousel Industries, speaks with CRN about how Cisco's security portfolio can help partners solve issues for 'confused' customers.
All-flash storage and hybrid cloud, along with the company's new HCI hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, are also expected to continue driving growth for the foreseeable future, CEO George Kurian said.
Versa Secure SD-WAN can now be bundled with unified communications offerings with the embedded ability to set policies, gather performance data, and analyze voice and video quality.
While Cisco and second-place vendor Aruba Networks dominated the market in the quarter, both companies saw share declines as competitors made gains, according to The NPD Group.
While Cisco and second-place vendor Aruba Networks dominated the market in the quarter, both companies saw share declines as competitors made gains, according to The NPD Group.
The 2017 Tech Innovator Awards honors vendors in 32 categories, with the winners and finalists chosen from among 216 applicants in areas ranging from cloud applications to tablets to the Internet of Things.
