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Do you want to improve your Sales force's skills on selling UC?
Don't you want to take your Sales people off the road to be trained?

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You our valued channel partners continue to tell us that talent is your number one inhibitor of growth.  In difficult economic climates the search for top talent is as prevalent as ever and as a result, the Partner Talent Team is focused on addressing this issue.

We continue to find and share innovative ways, programs and frameworks to attract, develop and retain talent to you our partners.

With the global economy as it is, it is important that both offensive and defensive strategies are embraced for stability and continued growth.

In a recent research study by the Corporate Executive Board, five essential talent related areas were highlighted as a framework for continued success.

Cisco is extremely pleased to announce the launch Installed Base Lifecycle Management Practice (IBLM Practice). This exciting new initiative will help you leverage your installed base opportunity; one of the strongest assets you have! Cisco has developed a number of tools and deliverables that you can use to successfully develop your IBLM Practice.

What Are You Waiting For?
The sooner your IBLM Practice is set up the sooner you can give your customers more reasons to build a future with you.

Contact your Cisco CAM today to find out more about this exciting new initiative.

IBLM Practice – helping you raise the game!

As concerns over a possible global economy slow down grow louder, competition for top talent remains intense! We understand that talent is a key differentiator within any business and that the retention of that talent is critical to maintaining business growth and profitability. That’s why Cisco has developed The Partner Talent Program to support our partners with their talent attraction, development and retention strategies

As part of this continuing effort Cisco has recently launched The Partner Talent Program which provides our Gold, Silver, Premier and Select Channel partners in Europe access to a whole wealth of information to assist partners attract, develop and retain talent into their organisations.
 
Click here to see firsthand how The Partner Talent Program is supporting NextiraOne's Talent Management Strategy.

Should you wish to take advantage of this program please click here to begin the nomination process.

Empowered Branch 5 combines the benefits of Cisco’s Empowered Branch architecture with the benefits of managed service offerings.

Cisco’s Empowered Branch helps businesses manage network growth, providing a consistent set of services to branch offices, while streamlining operations and delivering access to the latest transformational technologies.  Cisco Empowered Branch 5 introduces new technology allowing partners to address key customer trends such as globalisation and virtual offices. 

For more information on Empowered Branch go to: 

• Solutions Page
• Focused Wins
• Tools & Resources
  
  

The new Catalyst 3560 12 Port Compact Switch with PoE provides maximum productivity and investment protection while enabling the deployment of new applications such as IP telephony and wireless access.

For more information about the Unified Catalyst 3560 12 Port Compact PoE Switch.

As part of the Catalyst switching competitive offerings, the new Catalyst 2975 stackable switch delivers intelligent LAN services and unified stack management for commercial market while lowering the network total cost of ownership. It provides Gig PoE, security, quality of service and availability features with simplified operational management capabilities and enables you to win more wiring closet sales.

Learn more about the new Cisco Catalyst 2975 Stackable Switch and Bundle.

On October 14th 2008, Cisco launched an exciting new worldwide contest focused on application developers. This is the first time that a major network infrastructure provider is opening up its mainstream router solutions to create an open industry effort and strengthen the delivery of the network as a platform for business success.

The objective of the contest is to drive innovative ideas while promoting better network and application integration. We are seeking applications that can be developed for the branch environment, leveraging the Cisco Integrated Services Router and the Application Extension Platform. We hope that these new innovative applications will deliver further value to our customers through an optimized branch platform.

Avodaq a CLSP and Cisco Systems Integrator announce CUCM 7.0:

New Release - new courses

• PUT7 – Product Update Training v7.0
• UCM70 - Upgrading to Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0
• CCM7 – Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0

Cisco UC & Microsoft Office Communicator/OCS interoperability, Unified Communications Software Subscription and UC 7.0 Training Opportunities

Register now to attend this month’s Unified Communications Webcast on Nov 25th at 8:30 a.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CEST

Register here: http://www.cisco.com/go/semreg/nov08uc/168914_4

Please join us on November 25, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. CEST for an informative webcast that will provide updates on both Cisco and Microsoft Unified Communications, including Cisco's newly planned interoperability alternative between Cisco Unified Communications and Microsoft Office Communicator/Office Communications System.  We will also provide a brief update on Microsoft's OCS R2 announcement - what's included; what’s not and how to respond to customer questions. 

Additionally, we will discuss updates to the Unified Communications Software Subscription and new and updated Unified Communications training opportunities.

Buy Smart Care at 45% discount for your own internal network
For a limited period only, registered Smart Care partners can purchase Smart Care for their own internal network at 45% discount.

Add SMARTnet to all your Fast Track orders and get an extra discount

If you are a Cisco Registered Partner or above, you can add Cisco SMARTnet to all of your Fast Track purchases and/or existing, uncovered Fast Track products and get an additional 10% discount on the SMARTnet cost. Further more if you are a Cisco SMB Specialized partner, you can add Cisco SMARTnet to any Cisco product purchase or existing, uncovered products and get an additional 10% discount on the SMARTnet cost.