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Cisco Programs Aid Partner Transformation

Cisco’s channel chief promised to help partners to transition their businesses to meet the challenges of becoming what he calls “hybrid IT" solutions providers, with new tools and a certification program. ...More

June 5, 2013 By Khali Henderson

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Cisco Doubles Investment in Midmarket Channel Program

The networking giant announced Tuesday at its annual Partner Summit, that it will spend $15 million on incentives and programs targeting companies with 100-1,000 employees in its fiscal year 2014, which begins in August 2013 ...More

June 5, 2013 By Khali Henderson

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Cisco Sweetens Cloud Services Reseller Program

Chief among these changes to the program is a new policy compensating Cisco direct sales teams for sales of Cisco-powered cloud services by Cisco partners. ...More

June 4, 2013 By Khali Henderson

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ScanSource Moves Cisco Practice to Catalyst

ScanSource has moved its Cisco practice from the ScanSource Security business unit to its ScanSource Catalyst business unit. ...More

May 30, 2013

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Public, Private Clouds Both to Drive Cloud Equipment Market

Cisco, IBM, HP and VMware are among the companies identified in a new report as major players in the cloud-equipment industry. ...More

May 29, 2013

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Global Business Internet, VoIP Traffic to Grow 3X in 5 Years

Business Internet video traffic is increasing at an even faster pace; it is projected to grow more than five-fold over the next five years. ...More

May 29, 2013

Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony

Global IP Traffic To Triple by 2017, Cisco Study Finds

Global IP traffic will reach nearly 121 exabytes – the equivalent of 30 billion DVDs – per month within five years. ...More

May 29, 2013

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PBX Spending Down, UC Demand Up, Infonetics Says

First quarter global enterprise spending on PBXs dropped to its lowest point in nearly four years while demand for unified communications is up across regions, according to new data from Infonetics Research. ...More

May 28, 2013

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VMware Hires Former Cisco Exec as Channel Chief