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6 New And Useful Cisco Webex Features For 2021
by Gina Narcisi
The Webex team has unveiled more than 400 new or upgraded features in the last six months. From in-meeting gestures to real-time translation in more than 100 languages, here’s a small sampling of some of the last Cisco Webex features.
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The 10 Coolest IoT Connectivity Companies: The 2021 Internet Of Things 50
by Dylan Martin
IoT connectivity is no easy feat, which is why many companies are racing to create new capabilities in how devices connect to networks and send data. What follows are the 10 coolest IoT connectivity companies of 2021.
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Cisco’s Oliver Tuszik: ‘We Need Partners’ To Be Successful With Consumption-Based IT
by Gina Narcisi
‘Don’t focus on Cisco being your competitor -- that’s stupid. We need our partners to be successful. Focus on the competition that you have in the market from [other partners],’ Cisco Channel Chief Oliver Tuszik says in a message to partners.
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Cisco Live 2021: 5 Bold Statements We Heard From Cisco Leaders
by Gina Narcisi
Cisco’s executive leadership team this week talked technology updates and integrations, but perhaps more importantly, shared their perspectives with CRN and more than 100,000 attendees on the major trend that shaped IT for businesses and channel partners over the past year: hybrid work.
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2021 Partner Program Guide: 5-Star Networking And Unified Communications Programs
by Rick Whiting
As part of the Partner Program Guide, CRN designates some vendor channel programs as 5-Star Partner Programs. Here are the 5-Star designees in the networking and unified communications space for 2021.
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Aviatrix’s Steve Mullaney: There’s No Going Back To ‘Cisco Model Of The 90s’
by Gina Narcisi
“We’re very picky, actually, about who we work with. If somebody is tied to the old, on-prem world, and selling boxes, we say: ‘Good luck and hold your breath when the boat goes down, because you’re going to get pulled under,’” the company’s CEO Steve Mullaney tells CRN.
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Gartner’s Top 10 Global 5G Network Infrastructure Companies
by Mark Haranas
From Cisco and Samsung to Ericsson and Huawei, here’s the ten market leaders who made Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for 5G Network Infrastructure for Communication Service Providers.
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The 5 Hottest SASE Technologies To Know In 2021
by Gina Narcisi
The SASE space is heating up as vendors are all getting into the game, from longtime security leaders, to SD-WAN specialists and upstarts. Here are the hottest SASE offerings that solution providers should know about right now.
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Cisco’s Jeetu Patel On The Dreaded ‘Second-Class’ Meeting Citizens, Playing Nice With The Competition, And Webex’s Future
by Gina Narcisi
Cisco’s collaboration and security leader talks about the 400 new Webex developments in the last six months, remote working challenges, “built-in, not bolted-on” security, and offered a sneak peak into Webex’s roadmap.
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8x8 Channel Chief: ‘The Jig Is Up’ On UCaaS Competitors Relying On Tech Partnerships
by Gina Narcisi
The technology partnerships that competing vendors rely on to serve up complete UCaaS solutions end in divorce, said 8x8’s SVP and Channel Chief John DeLozier, who talks about how the company is growing and “keeping the hammer down” on UCaaS.
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The 19 Most In-Demand IT Skills In 2021
by Rick Whiting
The Robert Half Technology Salary Guide for 2021 identifies the IT skills that are most in demand including expertise in programming languages such as SQL and Java, containerization and virtualization technologies, and AWS, Azure and Google cloud platforms.
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The Highest-Paying IT Jobs (And The Lowest) In 2021
by Joseph F. Kovar
Staff consulting and recruiting organization Robert Half Technology just released its Technology Salary Guide 2021 with a look at IT industry salaries as a way to help businesses trying to grow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic while dealing with a shortage of engineers, analysts, administrators and managers.
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Extreme Networks CEO: ‘We’re Calling For Double-Digit Growth’ In Enterprise Cloud Networking
by Gina Narcisi
‘It’s an exciting opportunity for Extreme to leapfrog some of the older technologies that are out there … We’re calling for double-digit growth in enterprise in the first half of this calendar year. If you compare us to other vendors, I’m not sure you’re seeing that with other providers in the industry,’ Extreme Networks CEO Ed Meyercord tells CRN.
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Avaya CEO Jim Chirico On How Channel Restructure Will Improve ‘Velocity And Speed’ Of Business
by Gina Narcisi
‘We need to understand where we have shortcomings, whether it’s in infrastructure, systems, processes, or in people or technology skills. it’s a major shift -- just because you have it, doesn’t mean they are going to come and buy it,’ Avaya CEO Jim Chirico tells CRN.
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