Service Feature Overview

Benefit or Advantage

 

 

Advance Hardware Replacement

Advance Replacement and onsite field engineer options supply fast access to replacement hardware and

 

field resources for installing hardware, minimizing the risk of potential network downtime.

 

 

Table 8. Technical Support Services-Competitive Differentiators

Feature

Benefit or Advantage

 

 

Worldwide Virtual Lab

This extensive lab of Cisco equipment and Cisco IOS Software versions provides an invaluable engineering resource and

 

 

knowledge base for training, product information, and recreation and testing of selected network issues to help decrease

 

 

time to resolution.

 

 

Cisco TAC Training

Cisco is committed to providing customers the latest in technology support. These Cisco TAC training programs assist

Boot camps

customers in case avoidance as well as providing knowledge transfer of Cisco networking expertise.

Technical calls

 

Technical forums

 

 

 

Cisco Live

This powerful suite of Internet-enabled tools with firewall-friendly features consists of secure, encrypted Java applets that

 

 

can turn a simple phone call into an interactive collaboration session, allowing a customer and Cisco TAC support

 

 

engineer to work together more effectively.

 

 

Global Logistics

With 10,000 onsite field engineers and a $2.3 billion investment in inventory, Cisco delivers award-winning, worldwide

 

 

hardware replacement support from 650 depots, covering 120 countries.

 

 

Cisco IOS Software

Cisco IOS Software employs 100 discrete technologies with more than 2000 features. Each year 400 new features are

 

 

added. This software is installed in more than 10 million devices and is running on more than 10,000 networks worldwide.

 

 

It operates on the world’s largest IPv6 and VoIP networks and in all major service provider networks worldwide.

 

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

To learn more about how you can take advantage of Cisco Technical Support Services, talk to your Cisco representative or visit Cisco Technical Support Services at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/svcs/ps3 034/ps2827/serv_group_home.html

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