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Cisco Unified Access, as part of the Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) Enterprise Networks Architecture, is an intelligent network platform that promotes connected experiences and operational efficiencies. It is the business foundation to support bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and the Internet of Everything (IoE). Now you can connect people, processes, data, and things with greater intelligence, security, and efficiency than ever before.

Based on One Policy, One Management, and One Network, the Cisco Unified Access solution delivers an integrated and simplified intelligent network platform that serves as the foundation for the Cisco BYOD Smart Solution. Cisco Unified Access allows IT to spend less time running the network and more time promoting innovation that can differentiate and transform the business. It allows organizations to empower their users to work their way.

One Policy provides context-based central policy across the entire network with visibility of who and what is on the network—wired, wireless, or VPN. It simplifies the design, implementation, and enforcement of security policies.

One Management provides comprehensive lifecycle management, performance assurance, and compliance for wired and wireless networks, simplifying network management.

One Network converges wired and wireless networks into one physical infrastructure with greater networkwide intelligence, performance, and integration through Cisco ONE.

Cisco Unified Access is the network foundation that helps IT to spend less time running the network and more time promoting business innovation so users can work their way.

Cisco offers a world-class systemwide policy control and enforcement platform with:

Consistent policy across wired, wireless, and VPN for managed and BYOD assets, revealing who and what are on the networkMobile device and mobile application management (MDM/MAM) integration for greater visibility and controlUser-specific services, with self-service onboarding, guest handling, and location-based services

Cisco provides a single integrated solution for comprehensive network management and visibility, with:

Lifecycle management that simplifies and automates infrastructure management tasksImproved end-user experience with granular visibility into applications, users, and devicesLower TCO and accelerated device time to value with minimal business disruption, and faster problem resolution

Cisco has integrated industry-leading networking and mobility capabilities for a converged infrastructure, with:

A broad range of performance and advanced technologies for unsurpassed user experiences An open programmable infrastructure that delivers network services consistency and simplified deploymentScalability to meet new demands, with faster service rollouts and change managementCisco Midsize Business Solutions

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To help you navigate your journey to the Unified Access environment, Cisco Services, together with our partners, offer professional and technical services that assist you in planning, building, and managing your solution to accelerate the return on your investment.

Services from Cisco and our partners support the success of your Unified Access initiative by:

Aligning business and technical requirementsProviding a network architecture framework that fits your businessDelivering scalable, converged network solutions (one network, one management, one policy)

We help you optimize the return on your Unified Access solution to:

Improve business agility and innovation - Services teams help align your business goals with IT objectives, and then design a customized network solution.Increase operational efficiencies - Cisco experts support your IT organization with guidance, expertise, and proven best practices. Create New Connected Experiences - With wireless services from Cisco and our partners, we can help you deploy a wireless platform for business and network service innovation that can open up new revenue opportunities.

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BlackBerry targets Indian SMBs with mobility management

Summary: With BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the company wants to be the vendor companies think of in terms of mobility management, including enterprises that deploy Android and iOS devices.

BlackBerry launched its BlackBerry Z10 device in India six weeks ago and last week showcased the BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10 at the BlackBerry Experience Forum in New Delhi.

While BlackBerry primarily has always targeted enterprise customers with BES, the vendor is hoping the latest release will make inroads into the medium-scale businesses in India.

With the growing acceptance of IT consumerization and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend, businesses are looking at ways manage personal devices and corporate data. BES10 is touted to offer mobility management, bringing together device management, security, unified communications, and applications. It allows businesses to easily deploy, manage, secure, and control BYOD and corporate devices--not just for BlackBerry, but also iOS and Android devices.

At the BlackBerry Experience Forum, I met Sunil Lalvani, director of enterprise sales for BlackBerry India. He told me that while they’d like BlackBerry to be a preferred device, they are looking to be the vendor of choice for managing Android and iOS devices in the enterprise.

"Some companies have allowed BYOD, but there are challenges in managing those devices. Some even prohibit personal apps," Lalvani explained. "We launched only 40 days ago, and have over 500 enterprise customers already in India. Few SMBs (small and midsize businesses) have also adopted BES10. There are several tiers of mobility management with BES10."

According to Scott Totzke, senior vice president of BlackBerry Security, the company has a very close relationship with Microsoft to encourage Office 365 customers adopt BlackBerry. With Microsoft reportedly seeing growing number of Indian SMBs deploying Office 365, this could well prove to be a fruitful relationship.

In the past, the free BES Express and hosted-BES offering saw some success in attracting SMBs. Internationally, several partners are offering hosted BES10 services. However, in India, BlackBerry has only one hosted partner and that too does not offer BES10 as yet. Hosted services like Office 365 and Adobe's Creative Cloud have found many takers in the Indian SMB space as such offerings offer lesser costs in getting onboard and require fewer IT resources.

Topics: Mobility, Mobile OS, BlackBerry, Smartphones, India

Abhishek Baxi is an independent digital consultant and a freelance technology columnist based in India. He writes on consumer technology and trends for several leading print and online publications.

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