Successful companies are using Internet business solutions
to provide superior customer service, to enable market-share
growth, and to reduce operating costs. By using the Cisco
AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data)
blueprint, Cierra Business
Solutions provides the framework for today's
Internet business solutions. As the industry's only enterprise-wide,
standards-based network architecture, Cisco AVVID provides
the road map for combining your business and technology
strategies into one cohesive model.
Cierra Business Solutions
uses Cisco AVVID to provide a baseline infrastructure that
enables enterprises to design networks that scale to meet
Internet business demands. Cierra
Business Solutions delivers an e-business
infrastructure and intelligent network services that are
essential for rapid deployment of emerging technologies
and new Internet business solutions.
Benefits of Cisco AVVID
Integration:
By leveraging the Cisco AVVID architecture and applying
the network intelligence inherent
in IP, companies can enable comprehensive tools to improve
productivity.
Intelligence:
Traffic prioritization and intelligent networking services
maximize network efficiency for optimized
application performance.
Innovation:
Customers have the ability to adapt quickly in a competitive
and changing business environment.
Interoperability:
Standards-based APIs allow open-integration with 3rd party
developers, providing customers
with choice and flexibility.
Combining the network infrastructure and services with
New World applications, Cisco AVVID accelerates the integration
of technology strategy with business vision. Cisco AVVID
is the enabler of Internet business solutions for customers
via the network infrastructure and key partnerships with
developers and integrators.
Importance of Architecture
A network architecture is a roadmap and guide for ongoing
network planning, design, and implementation. It provides
a coherent framework that unifies disparate solutions onto
a single foundation. With Cisco AVVID,Cierra
Business Solutions can achieve:
Speed: Rapid deployment of applications
Reliability:
Network uptime is increased
Interoperability: Guarantees that multiple solutions
work together
Pace
of change: Easier validation of new technologies
Cost reduction: Resource and time requirements
are minimized, reducing implementation costs
Having developed a network architecture, an organization
will then have in a framework in place for more informed
decision making, including appropriate investments in network
technologies, products, and services.
Components
The Cisco AVVID architecture consists of several building
blocks that deliver Internet business solutions to accelerate
your enterprise. These building blocks are comprised of
network platforms, infrastructure, service control, and
Internet business integrators.
Network Infrastructure
Clients: Network clients include IP Phones, wireless
devices, PCs and Laptops. These standards-based devices
can be interconnected, and functionality can be added through
intelligent network services.
Network Platforms: The network platforms are comprised
of routers, gateways and switches, servers, firewalls and
other devices. This layer of the architecture provides the
basis for a complete networking solution.
Intelligent Network Services: The platforms, network
services, appliances, and management that allow business
rules and policies to be reflected in network performance.
Service Control
The glue that joins the Internet technologies to the Internet
business solutions. This software performs network 'fine-tuning'
and optimization.
VPN/Security
Control
Perimeter
Control
Call
Control
QoS/Policy
Control
Video
Media Control
Content
Distribution Control
Wireless
Access Control
Directory
Control
Communication Services
The convergence of media types is enabling richer interactions
and greater personalization of applications and services.
Unified
Communications
Intelligent
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Internet Business Integrators
In conjunction with ecosystem partners, these solutions
improve the effectiveness of business and personal communication
by unifying media-independent interactions across voice
and data networks.
Internet Business Solutions
These solutions are being deployed by customers to re-engineer
their organizations. Delivered via Cisco AVVID, they are
key to business strategy and competitive advantage.