SAVE The Quick Hit Briefing!

I have been working with Cisco Hardware in a professional capacity for just shy of 10 years. I recently made the move to the Pre-Sales in a much smaller organization than that of my previous employer. The organization has a history of selling Non-Cisco Storage and Compute products. Only a few months ago did Optio Data become a Cisco Gold partner. Our Account Managers are brand new to Cisco and are overwhelmed with # of offerings within the Cisco Product Catalog. I have shared your Quick Hit Briefings with the sales team and have received rave reviews. They appreciate the “40,000 ft view” and the fact that they are not too technical. The information delivered in these presentations has empowered several of our reps to speak more confidently about Cisco Products and Solutions with prospects. I believe your series is helping our organization become more educated on the Cisco Product Catalog. They appreciate the quickness and level of honesty and authenticity you bring to your presentations, as do I. I hope your quick hit briefings continue onward into the future. William Kuczmera

Big fan of them, do not want to see it canceled. Brain can rock any topic.

very valuable for a new partner. please keep this series going.

Great info!

Please keep the Quick Hit Briefings! They are efficient and effective in getting updates and information that is helpful and useful for promoting and selling Cisco. Thank you.

Keep the Quick Hit Briefings alive! Our team uses this as a way to learn more about Cisco products, programs and promotions.

It would be a travesty to lose one of the best trainings I have experienced in my 20 years of IT sales and service.

Please keep the quick hit series going. It is invaluable for high level news for product release and updates.

Don’t stop the Quick Hit briefings. I get dozens of email from Cisco every day. 90% of them I don’t have time to read. But email from bravery gets my attention. Many of the Quick Hit briefings have been spot-on what we needed to hear. Additionally, we are a reseller focused on security products while our distributor is focused more on collaboration, voice and video products. We like this arrangement as we compliment their existing lines. On the other side, they don’t always think to give us the latest info in the security space. For this we have on several occasions heard it from the Quick Hit briefings. Also, being a small company, we don’t have resources dedicated to Cisco’s promotion programs. We have missed out on VIP money and other promotions because we didn’t understand the program well enough. In this case, we also missed the Quick Hit briefing — and boy are we sorry we did. Keep ‘em going! Just my $0.02.

I look forward to Brian's email's please continue this program for the future.

Partner education is directly tied to our success!!

The Quick Hit Briefing is the vehicle bringing the Cisco Message, Strategy and Focus to the Partner Community. It complements the Cisco AM's efforts to engage their Partners, and provide concise and informative direction. The question should not be "Do we keep it?" but "How can we expand it?". Respectfully, John Spiridigliozzi Chief Operating Officer Infinit Technology Solutions East Syracuse, NY

Good morning Brian, I actually leverage these briefings on a regular basis. I find them invaluable and I consistently take away a learning. It’s my hope that you are able to continue in the future. Thank you

Over the last 3 years I’ve learned more about selling Cisco through your briefings than all the other sources of Cisco information combined. We get monthly seminar lists from the regional office but compared to your straightforward signup, their process is quite tedious. Two clicks and I can count on good content from you vs. 15 clicks and 5 emails and more downloads to get signed up. Finding your recordings is also very sweet, whereas the others get sent to the community clutter and it’s hard to find that exact webinar which was interrupted by a customer call. They could really learn from how you do it!

please keep the program update quick hits, they're extremely helpful

Brian, I’ve been meaning to email you sooner but last week got crazy with Cisco’s EOM. Wanted to let you know how much I appreciate these Quick Hit Trainings you’ve been doing for the past 3 years. I’ve been tuning into them since I took the initiative to familiarize myself with Cisco technologies over 3 years ago and I’m confident to say that I can attribute 80% of my Cisco knowledge around the content you’ve been presenting. About 3 years ago, I moved over from my position in Enterprise sales to join our Cisco Partner and Product Management Team. Currently I’m managing the Meraki, EN, and Data Center architectures. I would really hate to see these trainings go away. I leverage many of your slidedecks for my own internal trainings and can tell you that many of our Account Executives have found a lot of value from being able to attend these live or watching the webex replays. I even tune in at 6:30 AM and that’s Seattle Time so it’s super early over here. Zones has been one of Cisco’s biggest advocates here in the PNW and our practice has grown significantly over the past 10 years and we continue to grow our revenue and we’re shooting for 200MM this year. The West GTAM team use to put on something similar years ago but it’s been gone for quite some time and I’m sad to see these trainings go away. I really hope these can continue in some capacity. Appreciate the partnership with Cisco and keep up the great work you’ve been doing! Israel Matias Associate Category Manager – Networking/Data Center - Cisco Systems | Zones, Inc. 253-205-3246 | fax: 253-205-2246 | [email protected] | www.zones.com/cisco CCO ID: Israel206

Brian, I find your quick hit briefing series to be the best of any offered by Cisco. It would absolutely be a shame and a disservice if it were to go away. The information presented is always relevant to understanding current Cisco Offerings and receiving the enablement to sell them properly. Sincerely, Greg Given

These sessions have been great for training new sales reps on emerging technologies.

PQHs are the best, quickest way to stay up to date on Cisco products. Brian has created a great tool that 1,000s use to learn about new products, what they do and how to position them with customers.

A great tool in educating our new sales people, and keeping up with Cisco's new offerings and how to sell them. Nothing else out there comes close.