Cisco Expands Developer Program

Cisco announced it has expanded their program for businesses and individuals that develop network-based applications. The newly-named and updated Cisco Developer Network will offer expanded and enhanced technical support, marketing and sales enablement resources based on different levels of criteria to help drive the development of more applications that take advantage of Cisco API's. The company also announced that BMC, Intel, Italtel, Johnson Controls and Singlewire have joined the program and recently introduced building automation, collaboration and management solutions that operate on Cisco networking products.

The network offers APIs, SDKs and technical documents for Cisco's Access Routing, Network Management, Unified Communications, Unified Computing, WebEx and Wireless Networking technologies. By March 2010 theywill also offer more APIs and SDKs for other technologies including Converged Building Systems, TelePresence, and Network and Physical Security.

It offers a social networking community of more than 14,000 developers, Cisco engineers and product managers who collaborate via wikis, blogs and forums regarding development ideas, support and feedback on Cisco networking technologies.

There are three levels of membership, Registered, Solution and Preferred Solution Developer. Registered Developers are primarily self-supported and have access to basic development tools (e.g. APIs, documentation, wikis, blogs).

Solution Developers receive technical, marketing and sales resources and have been tested for interoperability with Cisco products via Cisco labs. Preferred Solution Developers receive extensive technical, marketing and sales resources and are those with proven customer satisfaction, tested interoperability and strong business processes to engage with Cisco channel partners.

Additionally, Cisco provides Solution and Preferred Solution Developer Network members with access to their Industry Solutions Partner Network (ISPN) go-to-market program. It is a collaborative community of channel partners, application developers and business consultants that work together to deliver network-centric business solutions to the marketplace. ISPN also enables channel partners to quickly identify pre-qualified applications created by developers so they can easily create new solutions that address their customers' specific business requirements, while offering developers a new route to market.

Partners

Veramark Technologies announced that VeraSmart Call Accounting software licenses are available free to qualified customers and VARs using Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series solutions. It helps organizations monitor users and communications network usage for compliance, security, cost management, and abuse.

VeraSmart, which is available through Cisco Community Central, enables qualified UC 500 Series customers or resellers holding Cisco Select Certification with designations in the U.S. to acquire a license, (valued at $2,875, at no charge. The software supports up to 5 sites and 250 extensions.

It gathers call detail records (CDRs) from the Cisco voice system and makes this information available for comprehensive analysis, reporting and integration with other enterprise data sources. It provides hard data for making informed decisions that can help businesses drive expense reduction and cost avoidance, resulting in an increase in bottom line performance.

The software can scale to the largest enterprise with tens of thousands of extensions at hundreds of sites, offering partners additional sales opportunities as customers' call accounting needs grow. It allows organizations of all sizes to optimize the telecom network, improve productivity, control network abuse and misuse and reduce telecom expenses.

More at veramark.com.

PM Crash Course

Cisco Press, the official publisher of Cisco certification and networking technology materials, announced release of PM Crash Course for IT Professionals, bringing together the largest IT publisher with the best-selling Project Management author Rita Mulcahy. The new resource targets IT professionals and helps them get projects back on track using proven, real-world project management tools and techniques.

IT professionals are often faced with extremely challenging project deployments, as well as initiatives that are mission-critical to their organizations. However, most books and training materials on project management pay little or no attention to the unique challenges IT project managers face.

This practical Course in a Book covers the basics of project management including planning, scheduling and budgeting. The authors provide checklists, templates and exercises to reinforce learning and include dozens of tricks, insights and contributions from project managers sharing what has made a difference for them when managing real-world projects.

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