Cisco Systems Appoints Director of Channels for Asia Pacific.SINGAPORE -- Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (R) (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) has appointed Mike Allen as director for channels in Asia Pacific. Reporting to Keith Goodwin, senior vice president for the Worldwide Channels Organisation in Cisco(R), Allen will drive the strategy and development of the more than 6,000 Cisco channel partners in the Asia Pacific region. Close to 100 percent of Cisco's solutions and services in the region are sold through Cisco channel partners, and they play a key role in extending the reach of Cisco's sales force. Allen replaces Janice Hulse, who moves to a new role in Cisco's regional operations as senior director for global account management. "As we continue to enhance our industry-leading Channel Partner Program to help us lead, evolve and grow with our channel partners, we are also looking to build a world-class leadership team capable of driving growth and innovation. Mike has the leadership qualities and the experience to ensure our key objectives of driving partner profitability and increasing partner satisfaction are sustained in Asia Pacific," said Goodwin. Allen was previously the head of advanced technology and operations for an area that covered 11 states in United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. He joined Cisco seven years ago when Cisco acquired Fibex Systems. Allen has 16 years of experience in the technology industry and is no stranger to Asia Pacific. He covered the region for a company called Broadband Technologies broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. and also worked in the Asian semiconductor division of NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. . He will be based in Singapore with his wife and two children. Cisco announced enhancements to its award-winning Channel Partner Program in March of this year, to align with changing customer requirements and market growth opportunities. The enhanced Cisco Channel Partner Program assists and rewards partners who develop the technology breadth to deploy broad, integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. solutions and the technology depth to deploy advanced security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , Unified Communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. applications and other highly specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. solutions. The program also incorporates the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach to help partners successfully deploy, operate and optimize Cisco solutions, which can influence profitability and strengthen customer relationships. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information about Cisco can be found at www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to newsroom.cisco.com. Asia Pacific news and information are available at www.cisco.com/asiapac/news. Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not indicate a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information. |
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