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Cisco Enters into Agreement with Microsoft [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Cisco recently reported a multi-year sales and go-to-market agreement with Microsoft. According to a media release, Cisco and Microsoft will both invest in sales, marketing and engineering resources to drive global alignment, while delivering technology integration across cloud and data center markets. The company noted they will focus on integrating technologies, including Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco Nexus switching and Microsoft Cloud OS solutions including Windows Server, System Center, SQL Server and Microsoft Azure. Go-to-Market: -Cisco and Microsoft agree to a three-year go-to-market plan focused on transforming data centers through the delivery of integrated solutions for enterprise customers and service providers. -In year one, the companies will focus on six countries -- the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, France, and Australia -- with expansion to additional countries in the following years. -Cisco and Microsoft will align partner incentive programs to accelerate solutions selling via mutual channel partners. -Cisco and Microsoft sales teams will work together on cloud and data center opportunities, including an initial program focused on the migration of Windows 2003 customers to Windows 2012 R2 on the Cisco UCS platform. Frank Palumbo, Senior Vice President, Global Data Center and Virtualization Sales, Cisco, said, "From innovative technologies and global brands to specialized channel partners, Cisco and Microsoft have the ingredients to transform the traditional data center. Now we're expanding our long-standing technical partnership with Microsoft with an aggressive global go-to-market and sales initiative. By providing our customers and partners with greater sales alignment and even deeper technology integration we will help them transform their data centers and accelerate the journey to the cloud." Stephen Boyle, Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise & Partners Group, Microsoft, said, "Enterprise customers worldwide are betting on Microsoft and Cisco to realize the benefits of our combined cloud and datacenter technologies. Now, together, we're strengthening our joint efforts to help customers move faster, reduce costs and deliver powerful new applications and services for their businesses." Cisco is a provider of IT. More information: www.cisco.com/go/microsoft thenetwork.cisco.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |