Comstor Federal Summit

Comstor Federal Summit 2020: Shaping Your Cisco Practice with Collaboration in Mind

The 11th Annual Comstor Federal Summit will be kicking off on March 5 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston, VA, bringing together Cisco partners and resellers to discuss federal spending projections and trends. Experts will discuss how elements like the 2020 election, cloud adoption, digital…

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CX

Technology Sales and CX Mirror Consumer Behavior and Good Chicken Farming

In tech sales of yesterday, the focus was on landing huge deals – hunting elephants, if you will. Once they were closed, it was on to the next hunt. Today’s focus has shifted away from hunting elephants to learning how to cultivate numerous simultaneous customer…

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Free Tool for VARs and SMBs to Orchestrate Automated, Tailored Marketing Campaigns

The prospect of starting a marketing campaign from scratch, or even revamping or reviving an existing one, can be extremely daunting for VARs and SMBs with limited resources, funds, and time. When you’re working on maintaining customer relationships and delivering quality products, marketing can sometimes fall…

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IoT Journey

5 Tips for Cisco Partners Looking to Accelerate the IoT Journey in 2020 and Beyond

The Internet of Things (IoT), has quickly moved from a concept to reality and the transformation is impacting businesses of all sizes. From connected buildings and connected cars, to smart cities, IoT is set to reach 50 million devices by the end of this year…

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Cisco Services

Meet the People Behind the Team: Director of Cisco Services and Software

As the technology industry shifts from hardware and products to services, software, and development, there is a greater focus on speed, value, and customer experience. To deliver successfully on that promise, it requires a team of people that understand the requirements and business outcomes expected. …

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EDGE Program

Accelerated Growth Predicted for VARs Leveraging Comstor EDGE Program

When creating 2020 resolutions, many VARs are looking to grow and accelerate their business. To help them do that with all things Cisco, the Comstor team offers VARs access to a team of experts who can guide them through every stage of developing a relationship with…

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Digital Transformation

Cisco 2020 Advice for CX, 5G, Security and Cities Needing Funds for Digital Transformation

In this roundup, we look at recent blog posts from three Cisco experts who outline some of the company’s focus areas for 2020. The experts are: Bryan Bedford, Cisco Global Lead: CX Partner GTM & IoT Sports Partner GTM, Global Partner Organization Dave Dukinfield,…

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EDGE Program

Podcast: 2020 Opens Door to Growth for Comstor’s EDGE Program, New Tech and ‘Simple IT’

As part of the EDGE360 series on 2020 predictions and innovations, we continued our conversation with Jay Denton, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comstor North America. Denton predicts that 2020 will open the door for the biggest technology trends of the year. According…

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customer experience

Podcast: A 2020 Vision for Customer Experience in the IT Channel

The EDGE360 team is kicking off 2020 by continuing our outreach to IT channel veterans about how the channel continues to evolve to support the entire ecosystem, from manufacturer to value added reseller and end-customer. In this podcast, Joe Vlajcic, Director of Cisco Customer Experience for…

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Collaboration Business

Meet the People Who Help Value-Added Resellers Develop a Successful Cisco Collaboration Business

Creating a successful channel team today is about more than technology. It requires team collaboration for it to succeed, which is vital in today’s highly dispersed – but very connected – digital world. It also takes help from people who understand technology, and in this case, Cisco’s…

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