Why can asingle devicebe so important for small and medium businesses (SMBs)? How can it run the normal day-to-day operations-such as phones, printers, computers and WiFi?
For SMBs, Cisco's 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) provide an affordable solution for switching, routing, and wireless all in one device.
Plus, today's operations are more complex-going way beyond the basics. SMBs have little-to-no-IT resources, time, energy or skills to handle thisnew normalof business practices. For those who are interested in how it works, watch this 2-minute video:
SMBs, like all businesses, need secure, simple and affordable IT options that will protect their critical business intellectual property, block or guard against risky practices, set policies and offer backup connectivity-all while having the ability to connect every device within any point in the network.
Let's imagine you are a small business that deals with the public in retail, finance, education or other commercial firms. You want your customers to be able to use the Wi-Fi guest access without any threat of them viewing financial, identity, health or other private records. "The last thing a clinic wants is for the network to be hacked and for patients' records to be exposed. You want to provide guest access which is independent of the clinic's network. In technical terms, it's called network segmentation, which is simple to do with an ISR 1000." says Shankar Ramachandran, Product Line Manager for Cisco Integrated Services Routers."
Companies need fast, secure and reliable connectivity. "Driving employee engagement has been at the forefront of effective management for decades, but now more than ever, it is central to employee attraction and retention," writes oneForbesreporter in a recent article.
Cisco's versatile 1000 Series Integrated Services Router is like a small office or branch office-in-a-box for your business, school, clinic or retail location. Here are the top four reasons why:
Small business customers want simple, affordable and reliable IT, so they can provide secure guest networks, optimize applications for their employees and focus on growing their business. With a single box that includes routing, switching and wireless, as well as security and management, the ISR 1000 provides a perfect solution. "We believe our small business customers can now affordably have all the power to run their operations in a single device, which saves critical time and money", says Shankar Ramachandran.
For more information about the Cisco ISR 1000:
Visit:cisco.com/go/isr1000
View:Cisco ISR 1000 for SMBs video
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