At-A-Glance
Cisco Prime Central
What Is the Value of Cisco Prime Central?
Cisco Prime™ Central is a comprehensive management solution for today’s complex
multidomain networks. It provides a centralized interface to all components of the
Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite. The tight integration between domain
managers helps operators to seamlessly and efficiently execute lifecycle tasks —
including design, fulfillment, assurance, and analysis. This comprehensive approach
drastically accelerates time to market of services, increases operational efficiencies,
and lowers costs while providing high quality of service (QoS) (Figure 1).
What Problems Does It Help Solve?
Today’s disjointed network management point solutions only provide pockets of control.
This contributes to operational inefficiencies, which in turn can delay the launch of
revenue‑generating services, adversely affect QoS, and increase costs. To remain
competitive, service providers need a management system that rapidly introduces new
services to market while reducing operating expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures
(CapEx). Cisco Prime Central alleviates these challenges by enabling end‑to‑end
management of the entire network — from access, all the way to the data center.
Cisco Prime Central
• Out-of-the-box integration with components of the Cisco Prime Carrier
Management suite
• Single sign-on access to integrated, cross-domain operator workflows with
point-and-click provisioning, troubleshooting, and performance analysis
• Secure administrative access, management, and control
• Automatic failover for local hardware and software faults
• Support for standards-based northbound interfaces (NBIs) and integration probes
What Are the Benefits of Cisco Prime Central?
• Simplified operations through unified management of access, transport, and data
center networks
• Redirecting assets for OpEx to strategy and planning for new revenue streams
• Increased operational efficiencies through workflow consistencies and centralized
management
• Enhanced business continuity through operational redundancy
• Reduced overhead and time to integrate with operations support systems (OSSs)
and other third‑party products
Why Cisco?
The Cisco Prime portfolio of IT and service provider management offerings empowers
organizations to more effectively manage their networks and the services they deliver.
Built on a service-centered foundation, Cisco Prime supports integrated lifecycle
management through an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience, providing A-to-Z
management for evolved programmable networks (EPNs), mobility, video, cloud, and
managed services.
For more information about Cisco Prime Central, contact your local account
representatives or visit the overview at www.cisco.com/go/primecentral.
Figure 1. Cisco Prime Central Helps Enable Seamless and Efficient Execution of Service Lifecycle Tasks Through an Integrated Approach to Management
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