- 23 September 2025, San Jose, US
Cisco, a global leader in secure and innovative collaboration technology, and GPA, the world’s largest systems integrator for enterprise AV and UC solutions, have established a strategic partnership as part of GPA’s global partner program. This collaboration brings together Cisco’s advanced collaboration platforms and AI-driven security with GPA’s global standardization, deployment, and lifecycle support model.
Multinational organizations now have a unified pathway to deploy, manage, and support intelligent and secure workplace technology consistently at scale, accelerating transformation and enabling resilient, future-ready workspaces worldwide.
Solving Global Challenges for Multinational Enterprises
Here are the key benefits for customers. Discover how these advantages can make a difference for you.
- End-to-end workplace strategy: GPA’s consultative, design-led approach guides organizations from concept through to deployment, aligning technology solutions to real business needs and delivering spaces that enhance communication, collaboration, and operational impact.
- Streamlined global deployment: Through GPA’s Program and Project Management services, enterprises receive centrally coordinated planning, integration, and ongoing quality assurance, enabling the rapid and seamless implementation of Cisco’s collaboration and conferencing platforms, intelligent endpoints, and hybrid workspace solutions.
- Assured support with Global Care: Customers receive global support with a 24/7 service desk, centralized incident management, and local field resources. GPA’s Global Care platform, combined with Cisco’s secure, cloud-enabled technologies, ensures operational continuity and a predictable support experience everywhere.
- Optimized global procurement: GPA’s Global Pricing and Procurement services simplify complex sourcing, mitigate risks related to tariffs, currency, and logistics, and provide transparent, contractually aligned procurement models, accelerating time-to-value and cost control for multinational projects.
- Future-proofed innovation and security: GPA and Cisco together empower enterprises to deploy and operate intelligent, secure workplace technology globally on a single, standardized foundation. Cisco’s AI-powered collaboration and security platforms, combined with GPA’s global lifecycle support, create resilient, intelligent environments tailored for hybrid work. This unified approach creates resilient and adaptable environments that are ready to meet evolving business and regulatory demands worldwide.
"At Cisco, we’re committed to enabling simple, secure, intelligent collaboration solutions. Partnering with GPA allows us to scale that vision with consistency and impact across every region."
Pratik Chanda
Global Channel Sales Lead at Cisco
A Partnership Designed for the Demands of Global Industries
This partnership is ideally suited to multinational organizations in sectors such as finance, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and professional services, those seeking reliable technology rollouts, unified experiences, and enhanced hybrid work across all locations.
"Together with GPA, Cisco are setting a new global standard for deploying and supporting smart, safe, and consistent workplace experiences at scale for enterprise customers in every region."
Tom Richards
Senior Director GTM and Strategy at Cisco
Together, Cisco and GPA deliver a new blueprint for the modern workplace: globally standardized, expertly supported, and fully optimized for the dynamic needs of today’s global enterprises. This partnership enables organizations to focus on achieving business outcomes, harnessing innovation, and consistently delivering secure, connected, and intelligent environments, anywhere in the world.
"This partnership sets a new benchmark for global technology delivery. Together with Cisco, we’re empowering enterprises to achieve operational excellence and innovation at scale."
James Shanks
Managing Director of GPA
ABOUT Cisco
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