About
Matt Brown is a Senior Editor at the Channel Company, where he covers Dell, EMC and Lenovo, while overseeing the IT Best of Breed web site. Matt is an award-winning journalist with a wide range of experience covering financial services, commercial real estate, public policy and local government.
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The 3 Most Important Things To Know About Cisco's New Partner Logos
by Matt Brown
Cisco's revamped partner logo system is designed to be simpler, making it easier for solution providers to tap into the well of cash available to them as Cisco partners, said Michelle Chiantera, Cisco vice president of global partner and commercial marketing.
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Partners Push For VP Nirav Sheth As Next Cisco Channel Chief
by Matt Brown
Solution providers tell CRN it's likely that Cisco will look from within to replace outgoing channel chief Wendy Bahr.
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Partners: Three Critical Things Cisco's Next Channel Chief Needs To Bring To The Table
by Matt Brown
Partners say the new executive will have to get a few things right, and the job won't be easy considering the Cisco’s shift toward the multi-cloud market and a recurring revenue and software subscription-based revenue model.
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Cisco CEO Robbins Envisions Expanded Public Cloud Partnerships
by Matt Brown
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says that customers' drive to a multi-cloud business model means Cisco will look to expand its cloud partnerships.
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Chuck Robbins' Five Bold Statements On Cisco's Software Revolution
by Matt Brown
Fresh from reporting Cisco Systems' biggest sales quarter ever, Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins says the strength of the networking giant's channel partners accounts for the lion's share of the company's success in its transition to a software-focused, recurring revenue-based strategy.
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins On The Channel's Role In Navigating The Multi-Cloud World
by Matt Brown
In an interview with CRN after reporting record revenue for the fourth quarter, Robbins says the channel can play just as large a role in the transition to a new multi-cloud, software-focused business model as it has in Cisco's traditional business.
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Cisco CEO Robbins: Partners Drive Digital Transformation Success
by Matt Brown
Learn what Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has to say about the channel's role in the networking giant's transition to a recurring revenue and software subscription-based sales strategy.
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10 Network Monitoring Software Products To Check Out Right Now
by Matt Brown
Here are 10 network monitoring software products that solution providers should have their eyes on today.
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Cisco’s Recurring Revenue, Cybersecurity Will Drive Stock, Report Says
by Matt Brown
‘The broadened Cisco portfolio and software-centric approach has been a catalyst for the company,’ says GBH Head of Technology Research Daniel Ives in a research report on Cisco.
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The 10 Biggest Cisco Stories Of 2018
by Matt Brown
Cisco Systems had a year full of landmarks in its ongoing transition toward life as a vendor of open, software-focused systems.
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CEO Outlook 2019: 5 Questions For Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
by Matt Brown
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said that simplicity and clarity will guide his company and its channel partners in 2019.
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Cisco Systems In Talks To Acquire Optical Chip Pioneer Luxtera: Report
by Matt Brown
Luxtera develops silicon photonics, which integrates fiber optics with silicon electronics. The "fiber to the chip" technology is said to greatly speed data connectivity.
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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins On His Rebuilt Exec Team, Resurgent Markets
by Matt Brown
‘The reality is the shifts we've been making and architectures we've been building are resonating with our customers,’ says Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins.
