Cisco Network Optimization Service At a Glance Cisco Network Optimization Service Benefits • Innovate faster and deliver better, more secure experiences. • Improve productivity and reduce operational risks by standardizing and automating processes. • Reduce risk and meet compliance Optimize Your Infrastructure to Support Innovation Digitization is transforming every industry, and it is motivated by customer demands and business needs. Your network can be the platform to enable digital transformation. You need a network architecture that’s designed to adapt and is optimized for performance and security, so you can deliver innovative IT solutions faster. requirements by understanding vulnerabilities in your network infrastructure. Cisco® Network Optimization Service can help. We have the technology and expertise to help you deliver personalized experiences, achieve leaner operations, and reduce risk and meet compliance requirements—faster and with greater ROI. We partner with you to provide the advice, implementation support, and management support you need to achieve your business goals. So you can be sure that your infrastructure is stable, performs at peak efficiency, and is ready to support your digital transformation. We Build a Network Optimization Service Offering Aligned to Your Goals © 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Prioritized Objectives Focus Area Action Plan KPI Measure What’s important to your business Which areas you should focus on What actions will lead to results Ongoing measure of progress Cisco Network Optimization Service At a Glance Create Value for Your Business Our Cisco Network Optimization Service helps you create business value that is aligned to your digital transformation goals. We discover your business and operational needs and the areas you should focus on to achieve meaningful, measurable results. We’ll help you build a long-term strategy and accelerate your short-term objectives to improve performance, adopt new technology faster, and deliver new services. Innovate Faster to Deliver Personalized Experiences We will work with you to improve the architectural design of your infrastructure for high availability and performance. We’ll use our expertise and insights about your network to design and validate innovative solutions before you deploy them. We’ll provide our architectural approach, analytics, and modeling to predict the effects of a new solution on your network before implementing it. With this information, you can make fact-based decisions about your network and deliver personalized experiences and new business models faster. Increase Operational Productivity Spend more time innovating and less time troubleshooting. We will work with you to automate processes, access network intelligence, and acquire the skills to manage technology. We’ll take a close look at the processes and technology you use to gather intelligence about the network, manage software, and implement change. We’ll recommend changes to simplify and automate your processes. We’ll provide analytics to get the knowledge and up-to-the minute network intelligence you need to solve problems quickly as you make changes—and to prevent problems in the first place. Through technical training, we’ll prepare your staff to adopt and manage technology with confidence. Reduce Risk and Increase Compliance Protect sensitive systems and information from infiltration and attacks. We can help you secure business transactions and improve compliance. We analyze your network to determine the current level of risk and to develop an end-to-end view of your security architecture. We partner with you to determine the best security design, to remediate vulnerabilities, and to develop a strategy for long-term stability and security. Business Case for Network Optimization Service An Independent Study Shows 200% ROI Flexibility Productivity Cost Risk 50% increase in speed of deployment 20% productivity improvement for network team 75% reduction in downtime 80% SLA penalty reduction Source: Forrester “In some ways, the technology was the easy part. The hard part was figuring out how to refine our internal operations and customer support, how to provision and manage these new services, and how to market and sell them. Cisco has been great. They brought thought leadership to the table and helped us develop a more sophisticated engineering and sales process.” “The things that we plan to do are easier, faster, and more efficiently done”. -Service Provider Customer Next Steps To learn more about how Cisco can help you create value for your business and enable digital transformation, visit www.cisco.com/go/ optimize or contact your Cisco sales representative. — Paul Carmody, Chief Marketing Officer, Cbeyond © 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. To view a list of Cisco trademarks, go to this URL: www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned 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. (1110R) C45-736433-00 04/16