360Quadrants, the world’s only comparison platform that combines expert analysis with crowdsourced reviews, has released a quadrant on Managed Services to help businesses make quicker and more informed decisions.

Managed services are deployed by enterprises to manage their IT infrastructure and allow them to focus on their core competencies. These services reduce the load of maintaining and managing IT functions such as network management, IT infrastructure, communication & collaboration, security, and data center management. They also allow enterprises to transfer their Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) to Operational Expenditure (OPEX).

Cisco has been identified as a Visionary Leader in the Managed Service space given its extensive product features, high product quality, reliability, suitable channel strategy, and wide geographical footprint. 360Quadrants also lists competitors of Cisco in the managed services space.

Managed Service offerings from Cisco aim to deliver valuable insights and intelligence from data. The company has an established product portfolio with a robust market presence and business strategy. Some of the major developments of the company include:

Luxtera Acquisition Concluded by Cisco

Private company, Luxtera, Inc, which is a semiconductor company, has been completely acquired by Cisco. With this acquisition, Cisco can carry out the incorporation of tech from Luxtera across its spanning enterprise, data centers, and service provider markets.

Cisco to Introduce IoT Networking Products

Cisco plans to introduce IoT networking products, along with developer tools and validated design guides which will result in the delivery of superior scale, flexibility, as well as security in IoT environments. IoT, the conversation is about business outcomes. It starts with secure connectivity as the foundation of every IoT deployment. With the migration from traditional management to modern networks, companies will now be able to identify business intent and formulate it into network policy.

Cisco Expands its Catalyst Portfolio

Cisco is said to be carrying out a systematic expansion of its Catalyst portfolio to allow access across wired as well as wireless. This will help it deliver smart and secure networks to more customers. The Catalyst 9000 portfolio will allow its customers to use its intent-based capabilities to automate their networks and see them end-to-end, across all sizes of deployment. This will reduce the level of errors that traditional manual systems could cause and also reduce the time taken to complete tasks.