'We Will Disrupt Ourselves'
Leading the channel charge for Cisco's more than 60,000 worldwide partners is Wendy Bahr, a 17-year channel veteran who says Cisco is moving faster than ever before, with partners leading the way.
"In some areas, we will disrupt ourselves because we know that's what's necessary to keep pace with this environment, to keep pace with innovation, to deliver to our customers and to deliver to our partners what they expect of us," said Bahr, senior vice president of Cisco's Global Partner Organization in an interview with CRN.
Bahr spoke with CRN about Cisco's replacement plan to fix networking products that contained a faulty clock component, its vision for software and security growth, Cisco ACI and the energy CEO Chuck Robbins is bringing to the company.