CRNtv Exclusive: Ramesh Prabagaran Says Partners Can Expect Continuity After Cisco's Viptela Acquisition
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CRN's Mark Haranas spoke with Cisco's vice president of product management, Ramesh Prabagaran, during the XChange 2017 conference in Orlando, Fla. this week. "One of the fundamental things we are bringing into the Cisco ecosystem is our cloud-delivered model. So, partners can take the cloud-hosted model that we have and offer it as a service," said Prabagaran. He mentioned that a number of MSPs, Systems Integrators, and VARs are already headed down the path of using these services. "We're really helping partners gain access to this technology so that they can have the control and better differentiate their practices around it." Prabagaran also discussed Cisco's Integrative Product Roadmap that has already been shared with a few different partners, receiving very positive feedback. "One of the key things we want to drive here is transformation, but at the same time, we want to assure our channel partners that there will be continuity, and that they will get to play a big role in this transformation."
