Today, organizations face many challenges when it comes to their software. Businesses need simple, flexible, valuable, and customized solutions. Cisco ONE software offers a flexible solution to fit your needs. Pairing Cisco ONE with ePlus OneSource Asset Management will give you the increased visibility of hardware and software assets that you need! Contact ePlus today to learn more about a cost-effective way to manage your software investments--tailored to your business needs.

1. MAXIMIZE SOFTWARE
INVESTMENTS
with ePlus and Cisco ONE

2. Today’s Software Challenges
Unpredictable
IT spending
Achieving
predictable
business
outcomes
Numerous,
complicated
options for
software
licensing

3. IT Requirements of Today’s Businesses
Simple Flexible Valuable Tailored

4. Predictability in your IT spend for the next
five years?
What If You Had…
The freedom to upgrade devices along with
software portability, eliminating the need to
purchase new licenses?
A better way to ensure software compliance?
Access to on-going innovation?

5. Introducing Cisco ONE Software
A Simple, Flexible Software Consumption Model
License Portability
Ongoing Innovation
Suites for
Data Center, WAN,
and Access
SERVICES AND SUPPORT
Value Packaging by
Solution
Flexible Buying
Options

6. Benefits of Cisco ONE Software
Current Model Cisco ONE Software
Separately Priced Items
Limited Software Portability
Hardware-Based Pricing:
CapEx-Based
100s
Reduce Risk
Data center, WAN, Access
By solution
Value pricing, more features
Software Portability
Software-hardware separation
Virtual-physical
Device upgrade
Lower TCO
Value bundles vs. a la carte
OpEx and CapEx options
Enterprise License
Agreement
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7. ePlus and Cisco ONE
Optimize and Protect Your Investments with ePlus and Cisco ONE
Cisco Software Suites
DATA CENTER WAN ACCESS
Threat Defense
for Data Center
Threat Defense
for WAN
Identity Services
for Access
Data Center
Fabric
Enterprise
Cloud Suite
Foundation
for Networking
Foundation
for Computer
WAN Collaboration
Foundation for WAN
Campus
Fabric
Advanced
Mobility Services
Foundation
for Switching
Foundation
for Wireless
Networking Compute WAN Switching Wireless
Business
Optimization
Service Examples
License Analysis
Adoption Analysis
Gap Analysis
Deployment
Activation
Integration
Advanced
Security
Advanced
Application
Foundation
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8. Improve IT Asset Management
Cisco ONE Software
ePlus OneSource® Asset Management
Increased Visibility of Hardware
and Software Assets

9. ePlus Can Enhance Your Cisco ONE Investment
Control - Capture and reconcile data to one IT asset
database to better manage assets and related costs.
Visibility - Gain a comprehensive view of IT asset
activity delivered in real time right to your dashboard.
Compliance - Keep an audit trail of updates
and changes of IT asset records and associated
maintenance.

10. Improve Business Outcomes through
ePlus Network Assessments
Network inventory and performance testing
Current state and future state analysis
Cisco ONE actionable data and
a prioritization plan
Replacement recommendations for devices
that have reached Last Day of Support
Detailed support status and a plan to help you
manage SMARTnet contracts
Patch recommendations as a result of security
vulnerabilities in network devices
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11. ePlus and Cisco ONE: Better Together
Transactional – Perpetual/Subscription
Cisco ONE – Suites, Architectures
Cisco Advantage - Volume Based
ELAs
Advantage
Collaboration, Security
Cross Catalog
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Build > Buying Model
Software Solutions and Offer
Analysis of Current:
Hardware and Software Infrastructure
Security Posture
Cloud Usage
Spend/Buying Patterns
Current License Utilization
Deployment Plans
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Plan > Assess
Outcome-Driven Assessments
Adoption/Activation Services
License Analysis
CapEx vs. OpEx Financial Analysis
Executive Services, vCISO, vCIO
Full Breadth of Cisco Managed Services
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Optimize > Business Processes
Full Lifecycle Approach
Improved:
Compliance
Adoption
Asset Optimization and ROI
Capture of Rogue IT Spend+
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Support > Lifecycle Management
ePlus OneSource Asset Management
Integrates with Cisco Smart Accounts, to track
all software and hardware assets plus their
service renewals for a holistic enterprise view.

12. www.eplus.com/cisco
ciscoONE@eplus.com
Maximize Software Investments
Contact ePlus today to learn more about an easy, flexible,
and cost-effective way to manage your software
investments—tailored to your business needs.
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