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Gee Rittenhouse Out, Shaila Shankar Promoted To Cisco Security Boss
by Gina Narcisi
Security veteran Shaila Shankar is succeeding Gee Rittenhouse to lead Cisco’s $3.3 billion security business, the company said in a memo to employees.
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Cisco CFO: ‘We Are One Of The Biggest Software Companies In The World’
by Gina Narcisi
‘Cisco is one of the biggest software companies in the world and I don’t think anyone thinks of Cisco in those terms,’ Scott Herren, Cisco’s CFO, said during the company’s Investor Day Wednesday.
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Zoom Phone Will Be Promoted Through Resellers Via New Partner Program
by Gina Narcisi
Currently in beta, the reseller program for Zoom Phone Bring Your Own Carrier (BYOC) will push Zoom Phone through the reseller partner community, the company announced at Zoomtopia Partner Connect 2021.
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Juniper Mist ‘Pixie Dust’ Extended To Campus Fabric Management
by Gina Narcisi
The networking giant is adding VPN-VXLAN campus fabric management thanks to technology from its recent Apstra purchase. Juniper also added nine new “actions” to its AI engine, Marvis, for partners and enterprises.
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NWN Carousel Completes Integration, Debuts ‘Intelligent Office’ Solution
by Kyle Alspach
Following NWN’s acquisition of fellow solution provider powerhouse Carousel Industries in May, CEO Jim Sullivan tells CRN that ‘it’s a pretty significant amount of progress in four months—to have the companies come together, integrate and re-launch, and then have all these compelling offerings.’
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Zoom Invests $30M In Conference Hardware Partner Neat
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We have a shared commitment to this space. I believe the new investment reflects Zoom’s belief in the unique value proposition of Neat in the market, and in the experience that we deliver, and in our commitment to making Zoom meetings as rich and as valuable as they can be,’ says Hellene Garcia, Neat’s vice president of commercials.
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Masergy Protects Strategic Advisors Through ‘Full channel Integration’
by Gina Narcisi
‘We want our partners to be those strategic advisors and then kind of move on so they are able to offer our solutions to more and more customers out there,’ Masergy’s VP of global operations tells CRN.
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Cisco To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions With The Help Of Partners
by Gina Narcisi
The tech giant has publicly committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, which includes its own operations and supply chain. Cisco is also investing million to help partners lower their own carbon footprints.
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Cincinnati Bell Acquired In $2.9B Private Equity Fiber, IT Services Play
by Joseph F. Kovar
The acquisition is expected to bring new resources to help CBTS, part of telecom giant Cincinnati Bell, increase its investment in communications, cloud, consulting services, security, and infrastructure.
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Cisco Webex Calling, With 4M Customers, Beats Out Zoom Phone
by Gina Narcisi
“We do about 8 billion calls a month … We have exceeded our own expectations,” Cisco’s Jeetu Patel tells CRN on Webex Calling’s unprecedented growth compared to the competition.
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Channel CCaaS Sales Driving ‘Record-Breaking’ Growth For Dialpad
by Gina Narcisi
The privately-held cloud communications specialist continues to smash its own records and brought in more than half of its revenue in Q2 2021 through channel partners, who are landing lucrative UCaaS and CCaaS deals.
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Verizon, Microsoft Azure Roll Out Private Mobile Edge Cloud For Enterprises
by Gina Narcisi
The two companies debuted Verizon 5G Edge with Microsoft Azure Stack Edge, on-premises, private edge compute solution for enterprises, such as retailers and manufacturers, that uses Verizon’s private 5G network.
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5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
by Rick Whiting
For the week ending Aug. 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel.
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‘Channel Powerhouse’ Masergy Communications Buy A Big Win For Comcast, Partners Say
by Gina Narcisi
‘I can only hope that [Masergy] is ready to continue that journey of the high net promoter score, that high end customer service and the white glove touch within Comcast Business … That will be the cure for any concerns,’ one channel partner tells CRN on the Comcast-Masergy deal.
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