Upgrade to Maximize Your Investments

In today's changing economic and technology environment, maintaining an up-to-date unified communications system is more important than ever. Business, education, and government leaders want assurance that they've maximized their unified communications investments. And they want to stay competitive, improve operational efficiency, and empower employees to be more productive.

Cisco offers a smart, comprehensive way to maximize your investment in Cisco Unified Communications by offering software subscriptions, service, and support. The combination of Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription and Cisco Unified Communications Essential Operate Service provides you with timely access to Cisco's latest software updates for major, minor, and maintenance releases, as well as online tools and communities that help you solve issues quickly.

With Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription, you can:

• Stay up-to-date: Get the latest product enhancements whenever there is a Cisco Unified Communications major software release — at no additional charge.
• Stay protected: During the term of your subscription agreement you have guaranteed access to new software upgrades.
• Stay cost-effective: Whether you purchase a 1-, 2-, 3-, or 5-year subscription plan, Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription can help you plan for the future while saving you money compared to repeat purchases of new software or individual upgrades.
• Stay productive: The process of planning, buying, deploying, and maintaining your Cisco Unified Communications upgrades is much easier and faster.

With Cisco Unified Communications Essential Operate Service, you can:

• Stay ahead of the competition: Security patches and minor and maintenance software release updates are delivered directly to you.
• Stay in touch: You get unlimited access to a highly trained team of Cisco engineers and certified partners who are ready to help you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Stay knowledgeable: Using the Cisco.com knowledge base, you can quickly and easily access to technical resources, peer-to-peer online forums, newsletters, and online tools.

You can take advantage of software subscriptions with either Cisco Unified Workspace Licensing to experience the full power of Unified Communications, or with individual Cisco Unified Communications products. Keep pace with technology advances and enhance productivity with the most up-to-date Cisco Unified Communications system.