Network Infrastructure: Cisco

Cisco is well-known across the industry as being a premier provider of routing and switching equipment. This equipment provides the core infrastructure for any corporate computer network and realistically makes up the backbone of the Internet itself.

Cisco enhances these core hardware offerings with an immensely valuable software and services component. The software component primarily provides security enhancements and voice-over-Internet-protocol (VOIP) capabilities to their product lines. The services component provides customers with a valuable way to protect their equipment by offering various levels of technical support services, firmware update services, and advanced replacement options (should one of Cisco's units fail completely, though this is highly unlikely).

Since the field of security provides a constantly moving target, Cisco is committed to integrating key security functionality into their products and thereby combating the ever-growing number of threats that target computer systems worldwide. Cisco's integrated security components fall into three important categories:

• secure connectivity through virtual private networking (VPN);
• threat defense through perimeter intrusion prevention services (IPS), and
• endpoint protection provided by firewall functionality, secure wireless connectivity, integrated anti-virus and anti-spyware, and trust and identity management solutions.

Our primary product lines for Cisco include the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) series, the Integrated Services Router (ISR) series, and the Smart Business Communication System (SBCS) devices. The value of these products is that they provide a mix of the functionality mentioned above to meet the security and/or VOIP requirements for any small or medium-sized business.

We are very pleased to be able to offer these Cisco products to our customers. Please feel free to contact us for further information at 216-524-9055 or send us an email.