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CRN: Keith, on previous occasions when CRN interviewed Tom Mitchell and Paul Mountford when they departed the role, we asked each if they had a parting message for Cisco partners. So I'll pose that same question to you.
Goodwin: I think two messages. First and foremost, a big thank you to all the partners out there -- a sincere thank you to our partners for all the partnerships we did build over the last several years, both from a business perspective and, for me personally, the personal relationships that have developed with many of the partners around the world. One thing that has caused me to love this job over the last seven years has been not only our partners being great business people, they're great people, and I've enjoyed getting to know them and allowing me to build a personal relationship.
Secondly, I'll go back to our Partner Summit theme from 2009: 'Together We Lead.' I truly believe the opportunity for Cisco together with our partners really is to lead the next phase of IT. There's tremendous change going on in the industry -- huge markets in transition -- and with some of the megatrends around cloud, mobility and video, we just have a compelling opportunity to lead that change with our partners. I know that Bruce and the partner leadership team is passionate about taking our relationship to that next level to lead that next wave of IT. That's the part I'm going to miss.
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