Cisco Accelerates High-Performance Networking Through New Support Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002 Advanced Services Program Provides Cisco Customers and Partners with Access to Network Engineering Capabilities Unique in the Industry Further demonstrating its unique capabilities and commitment to customer and partner success, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, today announced its new Advanced Services program. Cisco enterprise and service provider customers operate their networks under a variety of challenges, including the need to lower operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. , maximize network availability, speed migration to new network applications, improve staff productivity and more accurately predict network budgets. The goal of the Advanced Services program is to provide Cisco enterprise customers, service provider customers, and partners with real world tested processes, procedures and knowledge transfer required to achieve a high-performance network with superior performance, availability, security and support for next-generation networked applications. To achieve this goal, Cisco has staffed the Advanced Services program with engineers whose depth of experience in network engineering, access to innovative support tools and commitment to customer satisfaction make them uniquely capable to deliver industry-leading engineering support. "The Advanced Service program's breadth of network application support, its delivery methods and its improved network budget predictability through subscription-based pricing can offer service providers and enterprises an effective way to support highly complex network infrastructures," said Richard Dean Richard Dean (1956 - December 27 2006) was an athlete, model and photographer, most known for co-hosting, Cover Shot, a television makeover show, on the American cable TV network TLC. , program director, IDC. "By combining these characteristics with an experienced engineering support team, the Cisco Advanced Services program represents the new model for customers to consider to achieve a high-performance network." Cisco Advanced Services Focus and Value Cisco Advanced Services consists of a unified suite of professional engineering support offerings that are designed to assist enterprise and service provider customers in realizing business return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) through high-performance networking and communications applications enablement. Through a unique portfolio of complementary service components, these services span the continuum of device, network and application support for the Cisco high-performance network. The Cisco Advanced Services program includes Focused Technical Support, Network Optimization Support and Technology Application Support. Building upon the foundation of the Cisco SMARTnet(TM) and SP Base programs for technical support and continuous software upgrades, Focused Technical Support provides enterprise and service provider customers personalized access to specialized engineering resources for increased operational efficiency. Focused Technical Support provides operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. for rapid response to problem resolution and trend analysis, enabling customers to apply internal technical resources to more critical functions, such as network planning. Network Optimization Support provides customers with expert advice on capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. , configuration management and software migration. This support offering helps customers evaluate and improve the performance aspects of their network infrastructure. The Cisco programmatic approach helps minimize future network outages and performance degradation that affect network availability, quality of service and security. "Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. has multiple TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. and optical networks, which must be available at all times to meet the needs and expectations of our customers," said James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " , VP of Operations, Bank of America. "Cisco Advanced Services has enabled us to achieve a high degree of operational excellence while maximizing our networking investments. Cisco onsite and remote support, knowledge transfer and tools give our staff the right combination to ensure we deliver a reliable, high-performance network." Communication applications such as IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , virtual private networks (VPNs), packet telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. and enhanced IP require specialized support to help speed migration to these new business enhancing technologies. Technology Application Support provides additional consultation to identify the design, configuration and security issues that may affect a customer's network when implementing or optimizing communications applications. For comprehensive support coverage, customers may opt for a complete bundle of these support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . "Working closely with Cisco, BellSouth Internet Services has focused on developing our Next Generation networking Next Generation Networking (NGN) is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. capabilities in order to offer a comprehensive portfolio of new networking services to our customers," said Kenny Edgerton, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , BellSouth Internet Services. "The stability and reliability of our networking platform that we've achieved through best practices and engineering expertise is reflected in the confidence our customers have in running their own applications over our infrastructure." Advanced Services for the Cisco Partner Ecosystem Cisco Advanced Services offer a strong complement to Cisco ecosystem partner offerings such as vendor-neutral ROI analysis, project management, multivendor network support and systems/network integration. Cisco Advanced Services provides several opportunities for partners to take advantage of the Cisco engineering expertise according to each partner's unique business model. Cisco partners can choose to resell Advanced Services to their end customers, as required or deliver their own branded services built on Advanced Services engineering expertise. Cisco plans to actively support both models globally. In the future, Cisco will work to provide partners both engineering and onsite project mentoring to further enhance deployment and support services partner capabilities. These partners can offer their own brand of services to their customers. Moreover, Advanced Services partner program offerings will soon become available to partners after pilot programs are complete. These services will enhance the partner's ability to access Cisco expertise and tools, such as assessments. The new Cisco Advanced Services program is designed to enhance partner participation and engagement, allowing for maximum customer choice and success. "Customer success is integrated into everything we do. As a customer driven company, we realize that at the end of the day, our service has to be just like our products, clearly the best in the industry," said Gary B. Moore, Senior Vice President, Advanced Engineering Services, Cisco Systems. For specific information on Advanced Services program offerings at Cisco Systems' locations around the world contact your local Cisco representative. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Web site are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (0203R) |
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