Cisco Systems announced that Bill Carrico has been promoted to senior VP of the company's small and midsized business line, succeeding Howard Charney, who will assume a part-time role at the networking firm. Carrico joined Cisco along with his wife, Judy Estrin, when the company acquired Precept Software earlier this year. Estrin is now Cisco's CTO. Charney relinquished his duties for family reasons.