Cisco Q1 2017

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NEWS l PRODUCTS l PEOPLE l EVENTS
TRIBUNE
THE INDEPENDENT REPORT ON THE CISCO TECHNOLOGY MARKET
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LaSalle Solutions renews Cisco Gold Certification
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eLoyalty Offers New Enterprise-Class Cloud Solution for Mid-Sized Businesses
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Cisco Appoints Amy Chang to Board of Directors
Cisco Offers Subscription Pricing for Cloud and Premises
GUSTAVSEN
by Sandra M. Gustavsen, Analyst at G Business Systems, LLC (www.gbusinessvoip.com)
The collaboration team at Cisco has been working to find solutions that ease the buying decision process and remove some of the barriers typically associated with purchasing a business communications solution. Upfront costs, complex installations, lengthy deployments and long-term contracts – all part of the traditional on-premises communications system buying process – are viewed unfavorably in today’s fast-paced, highly competitive business environment and detract from what should be the focus of any organization, namely streamlining operations, making employees more productive and improving customer service.
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Big Opportunities in Digital Transformation of Mission-Critical Communications
CORRIDON
by Christopher Corridon, Managing Director, IP Trade (www.iptrade- networks.com)
IP Trade, a Cisco SolutionsPlus partner, addresses vital and specialized business- critical collaboration needs with its T4
critical communications platform, which integrates seamlessly into the Cisco architecture.
IP Trade’s T4 critical communications platform effectively broadens Cisco’s value proposition and increases its competitive advantage for customers that support mission-critical functions, such as contact centers, dispatch operations centers
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