Next-Generation Network Management Solutions

Cisco is transforming the economics of network management by delivering open, vendor-neutral, and standards-based next-generation network management solutions. This pioneering architecture gives your business the advantage of having an easily managed network through service-ready and business-ready features.

The network management product portfolio uses networking best practices and standards to help ensure:

• Business continuity through service assurance and high availability
• Support for complex, multivendor environments
• Interoperable applications that simplify management
• Compliance with government regulations, corporate policies, and technology rules
• Adaptability for changing business conditions
• Automation of more day-to-day operations
• Better utilization of limited network resources
• Better decision-making capabilities using up-to-date information about network activity, key metrics, and user statistics

By using this open approach to next-generation network management, your business gains the tools it needs to integrate, manage, and rapidly deploy multivendor, multitechnology network equipment and services at a significantly reduced total cost of ownership.