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Cisco defends Fast Track 2 expansion

17 March 2011 •

Networking giant expected to add more SKUs to scheme to make partners more competitive and fleet-footed in transactional space

Cisco has defended its Fast Track 2 (FT2) programme as it gets set to add more products to the simplified-pricing scheme, which has not been universally embraced by its partners. Launched in Nov...

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