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LaSalle Solutions Receives Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Authorization in US
Cisco Ushers in
a New Wireless
Era with Wi-Fi 6
Cisco has announced innovative solutions that help customers embrace
a new age of wireless connectivity.
Wi-Fi 6 (also known as 802.11ax), the new standard for Wi-Fi networks,
is redefining what’s possible for businesses — powering a new era of immersive wireless experiences and the connecting of billions of things. Cisco
is also extending the industry’s most extensive campus networking portfolio by delivering a campus core switch purpose-built for cloud-scale networking. By coupling powerful automation and analytics software with a complete array of next-generation switches, access points, and controllers for the campus, Cisco enables the industry’s only end-to- end, wireless-first architecture.
Built on the same fundamental wireless innovations as 5G, these new standards will reshape how businesses and consumers interact with the world. Beyond being significantly faster than the previous generation, Wi-Fi 6 delivers up to 400 percent greater capacity and
is more effective in high-density settings like large lecture halls, stadiums and conference rooms. Latency is vastly improved, allowing for near real-time use cases. Wi-Fi 6 is also easier on connected devices’ batteries and provides an overall more predictable user experience.
Today, Cisco is rolling out several products and partnerships so that businesses can deliver a genuinely unplugged and uninterrupted experience.
Wi-Fi 6 Access Points: New accesspointsacrossthe Catalyst
and Meraki portfolios go beyond providing the new Wi-Fi 6 standard. With custom, programmable chipsets and access to industry-leading analytics capabilities, Cisco’s latest APs deliver a smarter and more secure wireless network. The new access points are also multilingual, with the ability to communicate with multiple IoT protocols, including BLE, Zigbee, and Thread.
Core Switch for the Campus
Network: Cisco raises the bar with
the Catalyst 9600 core switch family, which will serve as the foundation central to any network’s successful operation. To deliver the most secure and efficient wireless experience, organizations need a single networking fabric that brings wired and wireless together. Built as the next evolution of the Catalyst 6000 — the most successful networking product in the history of the internet — the Catalyst 9600 will be the bedrock for the next generation of intent- based business networks.
New Developer Resources: Wi-Fi 6 and 5G represent an incredible opportunity for developers. To enable them to create the immersive experiences that these new levels of connectivity promise,
Cisco is unveiling the DevNet Wireless Dev Center. DevNet, Cisco’s developer network, offers the learning labs, sandboxes and developer resources needed to create game-changing wireless applications. The Cisco Catalyst and Meraki access platforms are open and programmable all the way down to
the chipset level, allowing applications to take advantage of network programmability in new and exciting
ROSEMONT, IL - LaSalle Solutions has announced that it has achieved
the Unified Contact Center Enterprise Authorized Technology Provider (UCCE) status from Cisco. This Authorization along with other recognitions from Cisco as a Gold Certified Partner, a Trusted Advisor, Master Security Specialization and Master Collaboration Specialization puts LaSalle in an exclusive group of companies worldwide.
The UCCE designation recognizes LaSalle as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy, and support Cisco Unified Contact Center solutions targeted to
the high-end enterprise contact center marketplace. This is an achievement reached by less than 1 percent of Cisco partners in the country.
To qualify for Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise ATP status, LaSalle had to meet a number of requirements, from achieving the Cisco Advanced Unified Communications Specialization to maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. Channel partners must have staff that can fulfill specific job responsibilities. Partnersarealso required to build a lab for development
and customer-fault replication. The lab must contain a comprehensive suite of current, upgraded, and maintained Cisco Unified CCE solutions and applications, each configured for real-world testing to simulate actual end-user conditions.
“This UCCE certification continues to demonstrate LaSalle Solutions’ dedication to providing our customers with the best team and solutions for their success.” said Steven Robb, president of the Solutions Group at LaSalle Solutions. “We are proud to be an elite Cisco partner with the technical capabilities to successfully plan, design, implement, and manage
the latest Cisco Collaboration technology, from Voice, Video, Team Messaging and Enterprise Contact Center solutions.”
“We take our role as a trusted
advisor to our partners and customers very seriously,” said Brian Friedopfer,
the director of Contact Center & Collaboration Practice at LaSalle Solutions. Completing our UCCE ATP further showcases our efforts to better serve our customers and bring our Development and Data focused approach to Contact Center Enterprise. This recognizes our resolve to truly partner with our customers and engage the entire
lifecycle, including delivering Enterprise- Grade solutions with proven global experience.”
LaSalle Solutions is a Cisco Gold Certified Partner and Cisco Trusted Lifecycle Advisor with Cisco Master Specializations in Security and Collaboration. In addition, LaSalle
holds Cisco Advanced Specializations
in Data Center Architecture, Security Architecture, Collaboration Architecture, Enterprise Networks Architecture and many other Cisco credentials.
The Cisco Channel Partner Program provides a framework for partners to build the sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills required to deliver Cisco solutions to end customers. Through the program’s specializations and certifications, Cisco recognizes a partner’s expertise in deploying solutions based on Cisco advanced technologies and services. Using a third-party audit process, the program validates a partner’s technology skills, business practices, customer satisfaction, presales and post-sales support capabilities, and other critical factors that customers consider when choosing a trusted partner.
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Vodafone Idea Limited and Cisco: Building a Distributed Multicloud Network Strategy for Retail and Enterprise Customers
Largest Cloud implementation for Telco network in India
MUMBAI, India - Vodafone Idea Limited, the largest telecom service provider in India, has deployed a state-of-the-art, automated multicloud network across the country to enable an unmatched experience for its retail and enterprise customers.
As pioneers in Cloud implementation, Vodafone Idea is deploying the largest integrated cloud platform for its IT and network applications. It has collaborated with Cisco to deploy a distributed multicloud architecture based on Cisco Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).
This automated solution has enabled a nationwide deployment in record time. It has fast-tracked Vodafone Idea’s Data Core Network rollout, increased capacities, and helped reduce costs as Cloud implementation is now done in just 72 hours. The platform being built is ready to host both IT and Network applications on one cloud.
As Vodafone Idea Ltd. modernizes its network to make it more efficient and future proof, the agile, smart, and efficient platform will help the operator adapt
to changing customer preferences, and allow for the continued launch of innovative use cases. In the face
of unpredictable data growth, agility means getting adequate capacity on line, where needed, in time.
Vodafone Idea Limited’s automated cloud scale architecture is synchronized across applications, operating systems, infrastructure, and an underlying IP-MPLS core. The lean architecture design is brought to life with Cisco solutions comprised of Cisco VIM for NFVI management, Cisco Ultra Packet core and Policy, 3rd party VNFs (Virtual Network Functions), Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) – the industry leading intent-based data center solution,
Leaf-Spine Architecture and Cloud Security. Together with Cisco Customer Experience teams, Vodafone Ideal Limited ensures that the deployment of cloud infrastructure is done in less than 72 hours.
“We are in the midst of a large scale Network Integration and Transformation program to serve our approximately390 million subscribers,” said Vishant Vora, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited. “Building a robust, secure and future proof network infrastructure based on cloud is a key component of the transformation.
“The distributed cloud architecture will enable edge and fog computing services for our customers in both the enterprise and consumer spaces. Cisco has collaborated with us in building this fully virtualized, scalable cloud architecture that supports our traditional connectivity as well as IOT.”
“This project furthers Cisco’s position as a trusted partner at Vodafone Idea Limited India for cloud, virtualization, data center and mobile packet core,” said Kishen Mangat, vice president and general manager, Mobility Business Group, Cisco.
“Our work together has helped to advance Vodafone Idea Limited rapidly growing data traffic over many years, and we look forward to our future networking transformation.”
Cisco is leading the disruption in the industry with
its technology innovations in systems, silicon, software and security together with unrivalled expertise in mass- scale networking, automation, optical, optics, cable access, video, multi cloud, and mobility. Combining these capabilities with Cisco’s portfolio of go-to-market security, collaboration, IoT, and professional services, we enable service providers and media and web companies to reduce cost and complexity, help secure their networks, and grow revenue. n