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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update,  Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO)  is holding its annual Partner Summit in Boston bringing together senior executives and premier partners in business and technology to celebrate the relationship and chart the course for future growth. One of the key announcements for the day was around the  Cloud Partner Programme , the first phase of which was introduced two years ago to enable partners capture cloud computing opportunities along with Cisco as Cloud Builders, Cloud Providers and Cloud Services Resellers. Since then, Cisco's partner community has embraced the cloud opportunity, introducing clouds for themselves and/or their customers as evidenced by the nearly 1,700 cloud and  data center partners . Cisco's cloud strategy tightly focusses on "enablement", i.e. as a cloud enabler, Cisco aims to help customers build, deploy, and consume cloud services, while at the same time stimulating demand for

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest announcement made by  Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) , the company has appointed  Karan Bajwa  as the new Managing Director of its Sales and Marketing Group (SMSG) in the country. Karan, who is currently the head of the enterprise business in India, will report to Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India. Karan has been with the company for over five years. As part of this planned transition,  Sanket Akerkar , the current Managing Director, is moving back to the United States to take up another assignment in the company. He has been with Microsoft Corporation since 2003, and moved to the Indian subsidiary in 2010. Making the announcement,  Bhaskar Pramanik  said, "In the last two and a half years, Sanket has led the organization to greater progress across various areas. His deep understanding of enterprises and their needs in an evolving economy, his engagement with our customers and partners, and his commitment