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Sep 16 2009   3:57PM GMT

Cisco adopting strategies to compete in the small business line



Posted by: Jason Tramer
Cisco, ASA, UC500, router, firewall, SMB, small business, Wireless

Cisco is almost synonymous with big business in the network infrastructure market but recently they have really been working to make themselves more friendly to the SMB market.

Here is a good article about that:

 http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/09…

Working at a consulting company that is a Cisco partner and has a large focus on small business I find that there are a lot of great Cisco products in the price range my client’s look for.

The ASA 5505 for example is a great little firewall with a lot of good features and price was is right on the mark and  often cheaper then equivalent Watchguard and Sonicwall products. As well  the UC500 Integrated services voip router is a great solution for a small business who wants a voice solution with a reasonable cost, particularly if they need a primary router/firewall and/or small wireless solution in any case.