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The more a company relies on the network to run its business or operations, the more challenging it is to cost-effectively operate and scale the environment. Deploying productivity-enhancing applications, improving customer service, and maintaining high levels of reliability, performance, and security are just some of the challenges prompting many companies to shift their focus from managing their IT infrastructure to buying "technology as a service."

Working with a provider offering a Cisco Powered managed service can help you gain competitive advantage by adopting new technologies with a fixed cost and less risk. A service with the Cisco Powered managed service designation meets or surpasses standards for a premium service experience as defined by the market, by Cisco, and by the industry—and as validated through an objective, independent audit.

Cisco Powered managed services offer reliability in finished IT services tailored to your unique business needs. They meet standards set by the worldwide leader in networking that enable operational excellence and a premium experience for such services as unified communications and security, and they deliver them using intelligent, Cisco IP Next-Generation Network-based solutions.

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Cisco Powered Managed Security

Efficiently serving the information-access needs for day-to-day operations while simultaneously securing against malicious access is at the heart of this category of services. Managed service providers that have achieved one or more of these designations use industry best practices to protect your business information.

Cisco Powered Managed Unified Communications

Managing enterprise communication systems by integrating them with business processes is the key to enhancing enterprise productivity. Services in this category signify your managed service provider’s competency in providing convergence of your physical communications channels, networks, devices and systems, leading to a smooth contact management service experience.

Cisco Powered Managed Mobile Communications

Cisco Powered Managed Mobile Communication services empower you to securely and reliably access your business information anywhere, anytime, and from any device.

Cisco Powered Managed Data Center

Services in the Managed Data Center category signify your managed service provider’s competency in providing reliable and fail-safe data center services such as storage, virtualized computing capacity, and "pay-as-you-grow" hosted applications from low-end co-location services to high-end, 24x7 uptime, monitoring, and reporting services.

Cisco Powered Managed Connectivity

Services in the Managed Connectivity category relate to a managed service provider's ability to provide highly reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant connectivity to, between, and across your business locations. It signifies service delivery in conformance with industry best practices on robust architectures meeting stringent QoS standards.