“Cisco Live!” kicked off Tuesday with a raft of new product announcements. Cisco says this year it will celebrate customers and partners that are “the IT heroes of their organizations.”

Cisco’s Chuck Robbins

“We are at a unique point in time in which we can shape the future ahead of us, and to do that, we need the right technology to form the foundation,” said Cisco chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins. “With the innovation we are delivering this week, our customers around the world will not only be able to connect, secure and automate the future of IT, but also leverage technology to truly power an inclusive future for all.”

We offer a roundup of partner-impacting announcements from day one at Cisco Live in the slideshow above.