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organizations have evolving needs, Cisco Clean Access product components that are installed now can be used to support a later NAC Framework implementation.

Regardless of which approach you decide is appropriate for your environment, Cisco NAC technologies are designed to preserve your investments in corresponding network technology. At the same time, interoperability and functional compatibility help ensure a smooth transition from Cisco Clean Access to the additional benefits and capabilities of the NAC Framework technology.

Planning, designing, and deploying an effective NAC solution

To help ensure that your Cisco NAC deployment is a success, Cisco Advanced Services offers the following requirements analysis, planning, design, and implementation services:

￿NAC Readiness Assessment

Analyzes deployment requirements and assesses the readiness of your network devices, operations, and architecture to support NAC

￿NAC Limited Deployment

Provides installation and configuration of a limited deployment solution, allowing your staff to test and gain experience with NAC

￿NAC Design Development

Assists your team in developing a detailed design for integrating NAC into your network infrastructure

￿NAC Implementation Engineering

Supports your team through a full-scale implementation by developing detailed plans installation, configuration, integration, and management plans and providing on-site installation, configuration, and testing to help ensure that the deployment integrates smoothly into your production environment

Once NAC is deployed, Cisco Technical Support Services are available to complement your internal resources and help ensure that Cisco products operate efficiently, remain highly available, and benefit from the most up-to-date system software.

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