Network on Wheels (NOW) Van Overview
The Network on Wheels (NOW) demonstration program highlights Cisco technology solutions for the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market. It increases awareness of the business relevance of Cisco solutions through an interactive user experience.
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Shift the Way you Learn about Advanced Technologies (PDF - 170KB)
Sell sheet for you to create interest in your upcoming NOW Van events- Creating Opportunities with the NOW Van (PDF - 162KB)
Ideas, suggestions, and timeline for your upcoming NOW Van events - NOW Van "Play" Sell Sheets
What Is a NOW Van?
The Cisco NOW Van is a 25-foot mobile demonstration van equipped with the latest Cisco networking technologies. These vans have been enhanced and refitted to create a mobile solutions showcase for the use of our partners and customers. They contain the equipment and facilities to conduct onsite technical demos of key networking solutions for the commercial market, including:
- Security Solutions
- IP Communications Solutions
- Mobility Solutions
- Network Foundation Solutions
- Management Solutions
The van can accommodate up to 10 people per demo and provides an opportunity for customers to experience exciting interactive technology demonstrations designed to create a competitive advantage, maximize productivity and ROI, enhance customer care and loyalty, increase user satisfaction, and reduce operation costs.
Benefits for You and Your Customers
The NOW Van provides a unique opportunity to create a "tell, show, try" customer
experience, showcasing our Commercial Solutions and innovations.
Customer benefits:
- See Cisco technology and demos right at their businesses, wherever they are.
- Connect with technical solutions relevant to their businesses.
- Discover innovative ways to:
- Use technology to ease and resolve their business challenges
- Build high-value connections with their partners and suppliers
- Increase workforce productivity
- Reduce costs
- Experience highly interactive sessions-limited to 10 guests per session-with plenty of time for questions, hands-on experience, and personal attention.
Benefits to You:
- Bring the latest Cisco developments and demonstrate hands-on solutions to your customers-wherever they are.
- Influence, build, and deliver innovations that solve business problems for your SMB customers.
- Build a foundation for long-term relationships with customers and Cisco.
- Get "live" training opportunities for SEs and partners on a variety of topics, including technical demos, selling skills, and more-all at your business.
- Make use of a framework for open communication and responsiveness to your customers' needs.
Organizing a NOW Event
- To schedule a NOW Van event, you need a Cisco Sales sponsor, such as a channel account manager (CAM) or a territory marketing manager (TMM) who will help you make a reservation for your NOW Van event. It is recommended that you book your event at least 6 - 8 weeks in advance. Please note that not all requests for a NOW Van can be fulfilled, due to demand and other scheduling requirements.
If you don't know who your Cisco Sales person contact is, you can use the CAM Locator. - After your NOW Van event is reserved, a MAC Meetings representative will contact you to help organize your event. When all the details of your event are finalized, MAC Meetings will provide you with a co-branded customer e-mail invitation, which includes the registration Website URL. You can e-mail this invitation to your customers as part of your marketing efforts.
- You are responsible for marketing your NOW Van event to promote attendance. Here are some resources to help you in marketing your event.
- Get training to help you with your NOW presentation.
Note: The Now Van is available in the US and Canada at this time.