Welcome to the Cisco Weekly Alert - Issue #26; 8 October 2008
This Cisco Weekly Alert features: Announcement: OneVoice Launches at Imagine; Programs: Cisco Capital EasyLease;InProduct:FastTrack Extended!;InEvents:Cisco Webclass and an SBCS Update. Happy reading!
OneVoice Launches at Imagine ::
OneVoice program to launch at Westcon Group's ‘Imagine' event in October.
Westcon Group will launch its OneVoice Program to the channel at its upcoming ‘Imagine”
event in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of October.
“I am excited that the Westcon Group will be launching the first of their global programs in to the Australian Cisco channel. We have worked hard preparing this program for the Australian market by utilising a beta phase with Cisco and key partners. Westcon Group's OneVoice program has been built upon a foundation of Cisco UC and a number of complimentary vendors. The program provides resellers with a central point for information, business tools and a number of valuable new services'.
Sam Paris, Cisco Business Manager
Through a series of visionary presentations from world renowned keynote speakers and hands-on technical experts, Westcon Group will showcase the most advanced global technology vendors from the fields of Converged Networking, Security and Storage.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT Be wowed by the technology of tomorrow in a
day packed with informative, inspirational and interactive activities and sessions to excite you about the future of our industry!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND “Imagine” has been created for the IT marketplace from senior managers, to sales, marketing and technical professionals. Resellers are encouraged to bring along customers and make the most of this unique event.
Cisco Capital EasyLease: Information for Cisco Channel Partners
EasyLease means Easy Financing all round The Cisco Capital EasyLease program is designed to address budget constraints and allow your customers to focus on the technology they need, rather than what their budgets dictate. With straightforward, simple terms and competitive rates, our financing options enable your customers to deploy state-of-the-art intelligent networks to compete and grow, while at the same time increasing profitability and cash flow for you.
The program offers powerful benefits to Cisco channel partners targeting the Small and Medium sized business market. With Cisco Capital EasyLease, you can strengthen and develop your customer relationships, resulting in higher sales volumes and larger transactions.
The Cisco Capital EasyLease offering consists of flexible rental plans and leases. With financing options ranging from one to five years, your customers can finance their entire networking and IT solution, manage their cash flow and take advantage of new technology with maximum flexibility and low upfront cost.
Cisco Fast Track Flat Pricing Program - Has been extended!
Cisco's range of SMB products in Switching, Routing, Security, Wireless and Network Management have been significantly discounted.
Competitive partner pricing for all Cisco registered partners: - No specific accreditations or certifications required
- No special pricing approvals needed
- Fast, easy quoting
- Level playing field for all partners
Eligible Products
Competitive pricing is now available on selected product codes (SKUs) from the
series below:
Product Category
Product Series
Switching
Catalyst Express 500 Series
Catalyst Express 520 Series
Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series
Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series
Routing
Cisco 800 Series
Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers
Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers
Security
Cisco ASA 5505 Series Adaptive Security Appliance
Cisco ASA 5510 Series Adaptive Security Appliance
Wireless
500 Series Access Points
1100 Series Access Points
1200 Series Access Points
WLAN Controllers
Network Management
Small and Medium Business Network Management
How do you take advantage of this offer?
Contact Westcon Group Cisco Presales to obtain your promo pricing.
Email support@westcongroup.com.au or call 1800 646 112.
Fast Track Promotion Conditions: 1.Participation in this program is limited to Cisco registered Channel Partners ordering through
an Authorised Cisco Distributor. 2.Discounts can not be combined with Premier, Silver or Gold certification discounts and cannot be combined/stacked with any other promotion, discount or credit offered by Cisco Systems unless otherwise indicated (with the exception of SIP and VIP partner programs). 3.Cisco reserves the right to change any aspect of this promotion at any time.
Events ::
Cisco WebClass 2008 seminars
The Australian and New Zealand led seminars below are specifically designed to help Cisco customers understand the technical aspects, features and multiple benefits of Cisco networking products and solutions.
Registeryour details here, to receive email invitation for future individual sessions. All ANZ sessions start at 11am AEST.
SBCS Update
Cisco is pleased to continue our Partner training series around the Smart Business Communications System (SBCS). This series provides ongoing training updates for Partners that have completed the SBCS Technical Training Sessions. This training series will be delivered by Cisco's product management teams via WebEx
Course Objectives This session will provide an overview of new versions of Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA) and Cisco Unity Express, and information on configuring a Key System vs. PBX mode of operation and SIP trunking services.
Course Outline :: New version of Cisco Configuration Assistant 1.7 :: New Cisco Unity Express Features, including Live Recording, Message Notification and Fax :: Key System vs. PBX :: SIP Trunking Overview
Program Details
Date:
14- Oct, 2008
Time:
11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Singapore Time)
Location:
Virtual Class
Speakers:
David Harper & Leah Davis
This training program is funded by APAC Channels Capability Team.
Online Registration To register for this session please click here . Upon successful registration, you will receive an auto generated mail from WebEx with instructions to attend this training and along with an Outlook attachment. Kindly open it and Accept the invitation to add this event in your Outlook Calendar.
Please contact apchannels-webex@cisco.com if you still face issues with registration or need more details on the course.
Yours sincerely, APAC Channels Capability Team
WAAS Version 4.1, Wednesday, 5 November, 2008
Cisco's latest WAAS version v4.1 release will deliver the following incremental customer benefits:
Ease of deployment: New WAAS GUI which offers intuitive configuration, highly customisable reports, and real-time diagnostic tools. High degree of automation to significantly reduce configuration steps, as well as a Quickstart wizard.
Improved remote user productivity and experience: Application-specific acceleration for MAPI, SSL, HTTP, NFS, and Windows Print. Developed and validated with application vendors.
Better collaboration via video: Wide-scale, automated delivery of live video. No bandwidth upgrades or complex configurations
Flexible branch services delivery: Local hosting of critical services. Windows Server 2008 services (DHCP, Print, AD, DNS).
