managed services

By creating an intuitive service catalog with an eCommerce look and feel, you can take the complexities out of business services procurement and fulfillment.  This leads to reduced time-to-deploy and ultimately a much higher level of customer satisfaction.  Keeps the focus on the deliverables/outcom…

Intelligent WAN and the Branch Problem Most enterprises struggle with their IT strategies when it comes to branch offices.  At the core of this issue is the age-old problem of cost versus benefit (and also factoring in the ultimate quality of service at each price point).  In a time when IT departme…

‘How can I talk to my bank when I can’t call my bank?’ I don’t always want to pick up the phone & call my bank. I might want to still have a conversation but what if I can’t due to my circumstances? I’m in the quiet carriage of the train being a saint! I just know the call queue is going to be m…

Is It A Bait-and-Switch? As 2016 comes to a close, we in the managed IT services industry can say with some confidence that our customers really do understand the value proposition of our offerings. This was not always the case, even into the recent past. Time and again, when we begin the engagement…

Defining Managed Services and Cloud Computing Managed Services is traditionally understood to be the practice of having a third party Service Provider – also known as a Managed Services Provider (MSP), take over the IT operations management (ITOM) responsibilities and functions from an enterp…

Here in Cisco’s Cloud and Managed Services, or CMS, we think a lot about the value proposition for the managed services offerings we bring to market. Obviously, we try to create managed services that help augment Cisco’s networking, collaboration, and data center products and that allow us to be suc…

The Opportunity By year-end 2017, Gartner estimates at least five global carriers will have incorporated SD-WAN as a key component of their managed network service designs. At least two Tier 1 operators have already made announcements in line with this prediction. By year-end 2018, Gartner estimate…

October marks five quarters since I took on a role to lead Cisco’s Internet of Things (IoT) Systems and Software Group, a critical business for Cisco to help organizations connect the unconnected. And, wow, what an incredible time it has been. I’m so proud of the many team accomplishments—from the I…

Virtualized Network Function (VNF), Virtualized Managed Services (VMS) and the transition to a software based infrastructure are poised to dramatically alter the way Service Providers build and maintain their networks . End users want value, innovative functionality, and reliability, and Service Pro…