Made-for-Midmarket Network
Midsize organizations are under pressure to deliver differentiated value to their customers in order to stay competitive. The business network architecture is now the catalyst to help make this happen, whether it's deploying services and solutions quickly or providing pervasive yet secure connectivity for employees and customers. At the same time, the midsize business must create a network that works with its own IT culture and budget.Some key considerations regarding what a network can consist of include:
- Network infrastructure: Balancing the breadth, depth, and scope of the infrastructure with the breadth, depth, and scope of the IT department.
- Application agility: Freeing the midmarket business from WAN tethers to use less expensive WAN transport options without affecting performance, security, or reliability.
Sincerely,
Inbar Lasser-Raab
Vice President Product Marketing, Enterprise Networks, Cisco
- Bring Your Own Device: The Facts and the Future
- David A. Willis, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
- 11 April 2013
- Bring-your-own-device strategies are the most radical change to the economics and the culture of client computing in business in decades. The benefits include creating new mobile workforce opportunities, increasing employee satisfaction, and reducing or avoiding costs.
- Impacts
- "Bring your own device" (BYOD) drives innovation for CIOs and the business by increasing the number of mobile application users in the workforce.
- BYOD improves employee satisfaction, resulting in a favorable perception of CIOs and their organizations.
- CIOs can use BYOD as a cost reduction and avoidance mechanism.
- BYOD increases risks and changes expectations for CIOs.
- Recommendations
- Look for opportunities throughout the entire workforce where mobility could drive substantial innovation.
- Assess where your organization sits versus others in your industry. Even if you don't plan to embrace BYOD, you need to set expectations for your leadership.
- Decide on how many forms of BYOD you will support.
- Determine when, how, and how much you will subsidize business use of personal devices.
- Establish clear policies for BYOD qualification, service expectations and the employee's assumed risk.
- Invest in technologies to separate enterprise and personal applications and data.
- Establish user self-support and third-party support options.
- Specify what platforms will be supported and how.
Cisco Content
- Discover how your business can support anytime, anywhere access for mobile devices. With Cisco, you can securely deploy a network with advanced features to differentiate your business or a network with easy-to-use cloud-based management to support lean IT operations.
- Network Infrastructure
- Challenges for Midmarket IT: Mobility and BYOD That's Right for Your Midsize IT – Blog
- Secure BYOD for Midsize Businesses – Blog
- Cisco Mobilize Magazine
- Financial Impact of BYOD – White Paper
- Read more about Cisco Midsize Business Solutions
- Unified Access and BYOD
- Johnson City Schools Deploy Wireless to Enhance Academic Experience – Case Study
- Leading Hotel Uses Network to Secure Premier Position and Provide Superlative Guest Experience – Case Study
- Unified Access Solution Overview – Video
- TechWiseTV 125: Unified Access: Is your ONE Network Ready? – Video
- Coverged Wired-Wireless Access supporting 802.11ac with Catalyst 3650 – Blog
- Learn more about Cisco BYOD Smart Solution
- Cloud Managed
- Advertising Agency Deploys Wi-Fi and Saves on Bandwidth Costs and Improves File Transfer Speed – Case Study
- Premier Furniture Retailer Provides an "At Home" Experience to its Customers – Case Study Video
- Introducing Cisco Meraki Presence Analytics – Video
- Setting the Standard for Wireless: The MR34 and 802.11ac – Blog
- Layer 7 Visibility and Control – White Paper
- Learn more about Meraki BYOD Smart Solution
