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21st-Century Learning EnvironmentsToday’s schools are challenged to do more with less. Despite diminishing budgets, teachers, administrators, students, and parents all have higher expectations for secure, innovative 21st-century learning environments.

Partners who recommend Cisco® Services to their edu-cational customers offer best-in-class services that are reliable, flexible, and extensible and help schools build next-generation learning environments.

Cisco Connected Learning solutions allow partners to offer safe, cost-effective, and engaging learning envi-ronments, supported by efficient administrative solutions.

As a Cisco partner, you are in an excellent position to help improve learning outcomes, efficiencies, and return on investment as the customers’ trusted adviser.

The Value of Cisco ServicesCisco Services provides partners with flexible options to work with educational institutions to implement cost-effective, well-planned, and robust network architectures for effective learning environments upon which admin-istrators, staff, researchers, teachers, students, and parents can rely.

By delivering solutions that integrate Cisco Services, partners help schools satisfy today’s needs and estab-lish multiyear plans and platforms that support academic excellence and facilitate cross-organizational collabora-tion for years to come.

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Offering a broad solution portfolio and extensive experience working with educational institutions, Cisco Services:

• Helpsenablerapiddeploymentofnewapplicationswith minimal disruption

• Offersamanageablemigrationpath

• Helpsinstitutionsmaintainapersistentfocusonacademic achievement and organizational goals

Partners Help Schools Achieve Their GoalsCisco partners who recommend that their educational customers implement Cisco Services help schools create safe, cost-effective, and engaging learning environments supported by efficient administrative solutions.

By removing barriers to communication, enabling real-time interactions, and simplifying operations, partners help:

• Establisheasy,secure,andubiquitousaccessto media-rich curricula using live streaming or rebroadcast through next-generation architectures

• Connectadministrators,researchers,staff,facultymembers, parents, and students across campus, between departments, and around the world

• Ensuresafer,moresecurelearningenvironments

• Improveenergyuseandcreateasmarter,greenercampus.

By collaboratively delivering Cisco Services, partners help schools implement and maintain a reliable platform to support a media-rich, effective, 21st-century learning environment that meets the needs of teachers, faculty, and students.

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Services for Next-Generation LearningCisco Services provide partners with options that help schools realize and maximize the benefits of next- generation learning solutions.

Cisco Medianet Readiness Assessment (MRA) Service for EducationAccelerates smooth deployment of media-rich applications by helping ensure a video-ready network architecture.

Cisco Business Video Services for EducationServices for educational video help converge data, voice,andIPvideotobuildahighlysecure,robust,andservice-ready network. These services give students, faculty, and administrators the opportunity to collaborate, teach, and learn more effectively with real-time commu-nications applications.

Cisco Digital Media Suite ServicesExperthelpplanningfor,designing,implementing,andoperating the Cisco Digital Media Suite, a comprehen-siveofferingofsocialvideo,digitalsignage,andIPTV systems that can help transform how teachers, faculty, and students communicate and collaborate.

Cisco Unified Communications ServicesSuccessfully plan, design, and deploy a highly secure, resilient, high-performance Cisco Unified Communications solution that delivers a robust rich-media learning experience.

Cisco TelePresence® ServicesCreate next-generation learning environments with real-time, in-person meeting experiences that enhance

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thequalityofeducationandengagelearnersfromany-where across schools, districts, and the world.

Cisco Cloud Enablement Services for Higher EducationDetermine if migrating to a cloud model is right for your school, and learn how you can successfully make the transition. Accelerate the development and implementa-tionofacloudcomputingsolutionwithameasurableROI.

Cisco SMARTnet® ServiceExperttechnicalsupportthatoffersdirect,anytime access to Cisco engineers and an extensive range of technical resources for rapid issue resolution to enhance the uptime of critical systems.

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Cisco Smart Care ServiceIncludesallthebenefitsofSMARTnet,plusaward-winning proactive diagnostic capabilities and network management support.

Important LinksCisco Services Accelerate Program www.cisco.com/go/accelerate

CiscoServicesforPublicSector:Education www.cisco.com/go/services/edu

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