Cisco Weekly Channel Alert - 20th August 08

 
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Cisco Weekly Update

 


Welcome to the Cisco Weekly Alert
- Issue #19; 20 August 2008

This Cisco Weekly Alert features:

In Who's Who we meet Nina Boustany; In Program: Cisco Disbands Linksys Partner Program; Products: BRI-U Based Wan; In events: Free Partner Training, Breakfast Beat and a webex Update.


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  Who's Who  ::

 

 

Introducing Nina Boustany

Nina Boustany joined Westcon Group in February 2003 as the Manager for our Professional and Training Services portfolio. During this time, Nina has managed countless staging project roll-outs,
on-site installations and technical training registrations across our vendor technologies. In addition to her IT experience, Nina has also worked in FMCG.

Nina can be contacted at services@westcongroup.com.au
or on (02) 9432 1034.

 

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  Program ::

 

Cisco disbands separate Linksys partner program
in Australia

Networking giant confirms Australian Linksys partners will
now need to become registered under its Cisco channel program. Click here to read story.

By Nadia Cameron 13 August, 2008

 

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  Products ::

 

BRI-U-Based WAN Connectivity Now Available on Modular Routers

Learn more about the Cisco 1-Port BRI-U HWIC, which is now available for Cisco 1800, 2800, and 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers; Cisco 2600XM and 2691 Multiservice Platforms; and Cisco 3700 Series Multiservice Access Routers for deployment in small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise branch offices.
Data sheet. Read more ...



  Events  ::

 

FREE PARTNER TRAINING: IronPort Reseller training session on 28 August 2008

Ken Tweedale, Iron Port's Channel Account Representative would like to invite Cisco Channel Partners to a Sales Engineer Training day on the 28th August in North Sydney.

Please click here to open an invitation to this  
Please register for the event by emailing Angela Marsh: angmarsh@ironport.com

 

 

Who should attend: Sales and Pre-Sales Professionals

In the LAN Systems tradition, we are continuing our Breakfast Beat Update Series. In conjunction with Cisco Systems, Weston Group Australia, is proud to invite you to our latest update on "How to Sell Cisco SMB Solutions". This update will focus on Cisco's Fast Track promotion which offers partners significant discounts and flat pricing around Cisco SMB products".

You can also expect to learn:

::
What Technologies are covered under the Fast Track promotion
::
A product update around relevant Cisco SMB solutions (including the latest Linksys offerings)
::
How these SMB Products allow you to offer your SMB Customer a comprehensive solution instead of just point products

Included is also a product demonstration on the latest Cisco & Linksys SMB solutions.

:: Venue

Training Room, Westcon Group
Unit 4, 39 Herbert St, St Leonards, 2065

:: Date 2 September 2008
:: Time 8.30 to 10.30am
  (registrations and breakfast from 8.00am)

:: TO REGISTER, please click here ::
 

 

Webex Update

Westcon Group, in conjunction with Cisco Systems Inc, would like to invite you to the Why Cisco Services? Update via Webex. This update is aimed at showcasing the value of Cisco Services without leaving your desk.

This Webex session will show you how to access educational and sales tools available from Cisco and also how Westcon Group can add efficiency to your business. The proposed agenda for this update includes:

Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008
Time: 10:00am-10:45am, Australia EST (GMT +10:00, Sydney)
Introduction by Christian Lund, Cisco Services Manager at Westcon Group Australia
Cisco Services presentation by Geoff Craig, Cisco Services AM at Cisco Systems
What's Westcon doing with Cisco Services? by Christian Lund at Westcon Group
Q & A

Webex details:
To Register for this meeting:

1. Go to https://ciscosales.webex.com/ciscosales/j.php?J=924861752
2.
Enter your name, company and email.
3. Once registered you will receive an email with the password and how to enter the meeting.

For more information on Webex, please refer to the following link: http://www.webex.com/partners/webex-connect.html

 

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  Promotions ::
 
Fasttrack
Stock Update
 

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