Cisco Enhances Borderless Networks Portfolio

Cisco has introduced new security, management, and video solutions to its Borderless Networks portfolio to help information technology departments more efficiently manage the proliferation of mobile devices, ongoing changes in workforce habits, and the impact of video on the network.

Cisco’s Borderless Networks is a comprehensive architecture that incorporates routing, switching, mobility, security and wide-area network optimisation. This announcement adds several key products and services to that portfolio. They include the following:

Cisco Identity Services Engine, the centralised policy engine for the Cisco TrustSec solution, enables organisations to efficiently define and manage security policies across the organisation.

Cisco has added support for ISE to the TrustSec Planning and Design Service. This service provides policy review, analysis and design expertise to help customers extend the Borderless Networks TrustSec solution throughout their network.

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Cisco Medianet and Video Conferencing – optimises video delivery by embedding media and network intelligence into endpoints and network elements. Using capabilities within Cisco Medianet enables organisations to reduce costs, save time, and make better decisions for network and video application planning.

A series of new validated design guides and enhanced SBA offerings enables partners and customers to take advantage of Cisco’s best practices and system testing as they design, implement, optimise and manage their borderless network deployments.

Additionally, Cisco offers its new smart service innovation, Collaborative Professional Services. CPS leverages Cisco expertise to help partners build their professional services practices around Borderless Networks architectures to offer customers a true borderless network experience.

“The demand for anytime, anywhere, any-device network access has become a workplace mandate but has also introduced new, complex IT challenges. By using Cisco’s architectural approach, the enhancements announced today span Cisco’s switching, routing, security, wireless, network management and services to simplify IT support of this mandate while maintaining corporate security. With the innovations announced today, IT professionals now have the tools available to address the network demands that come with the proliferation of diverse devices within their organisations as well as handle the growth of video,” said Marie Hattar, Vice President, Borderless Networks marketing, Cisco.