At-A-Glance
Cisco Collaborate Now Promotion
• Upgrade Path
-- Customers using Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) versions earlier
than 9.1 and/or using Cisco TelePresence® Video Communication Server (VCS)
may upgrade to the latest UCM release
-- Migrate to Cisco cloud collaboration services
• Displacement Path
-- Incentives for customers to act and not wait for assets to depreciate
-- Customers enjoy a best-in-class, single-vendor solution with Cisco
• Midmarket Growth Path
-- Help your customer grow with Cisco as a trusted advisor
-- Premium Cisco solutions at affordable price points
• Video Everywhere Path
-- Enhance user experience with video innovations
-- Provide multiparty video conferencing
-- Make video as easy to manage and use as voice
Overview
Cisco® Collaborate Now is the primary partner promotion for selling Cisco
Collaboration solutions and provides attractive discounts across the entire collaboration
portfolio for a wide variety of opportunities. The promotion can be used to migrate
customers to the latest on-premises and cloud solutions, displace competitors’
products, sell video, and take the lead in midmarket.
Registration and Booking Details
• Offers vary by region; please see the Collaborate Now Ordering Guide for details for
your region.
• Collaborate Now begins July 27, 2014 and expires on July 25, 2015.
Eligibility Paths
Collaborate Now combines product and service discounts with financing offers from
Cisco Capital® to meet the needs of your customers’ collaboration strategies. Gone
are the days of having to find unique promotions for each eligible opportunity. The
value of Collaborate Now increases with each eligible path:
Additional details on each path may be found in the Collaborate Now Overview
presentation for your region.
Eligible Products
The entire Cisco Collaboration portfolio (Figure 1) is eligible for pricing discounts
under Collaborate Now when properly qualified. Product eligibility and discounts vary
by region; for details, please see the Collaborate Now Overview presentation for your
region.
• Unified Communications
-- Call control, infrastructure, and gateways
-- Cloud offerings
-- Licenses
• Customer Collaboration
-- Contact Center suite
-- Voice self-service
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At-A-Glance
Service Discounts
• Conferencing
-- WebEx conferencing
Once qualified, partners also receive a discount on Cisco Branded Services. One year
of Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription (UCSS) and Essential Operate
Service (ESW) is required for each license. Discounts vary by region; please review the
Collaborate Now Overview presentation for specific service discounts.
-- Cisco TelePresence
• Endpoints
-- Immersive TelePresence
Cisco Capital Financing
-- Collaboration room endpoints
To help your customers take the next step in their collaboration strategy, Cisco Capital
is offering special rates for qualified opportunities. Rates vary by region and deal.
Please review the Collaboration Now Overview presentation for specific details.
-- TelePresence integrated solutions
-- Desk endpoints
-- IP phones
Register, Book, and Order
-- Software clients
Please see the Collaborate Now Ordering Guide for your region for details on how
to register a Collaborate Now opportunity, book, and order after configuring a bill of
materials (BOM).
Figure 1. Cisco Collaboration Portfolio
Cisco Collaboration
Unified
Communications
Customer
Collaboration
Conferencing
Collaboration
Endpoints
Additional Information
• Partner: http://www.cisco.com/go/collaboratenow
• Questions: mailto:collaboratenow@cisco.com
• Community: https://communities.cisco.com/community/partner/collaboration
Target Eligible Competitors
Eligible competitors vary by region. Please review the Collaborate Now Overview
presentation for your region to see a full list of eligible competitors for the
Displacement path.
Special Offers
Customers may also be eligible for special offers in collaboration. Special offers
provide additional value to customers that meet unique criteria outside of the existing
upgrade paths. Special offers vary by region, and criteria and availability may change.
Review the specifics for special offers to see if your customers are eligible.
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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)
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