Cisco Master Specialised

Bringing together consulting, technical expertise, industry partnerships, and Cisco’s market-leading technology, Data^#3 is uniquely equipped to help you overcome evolving technology challenges to achieve your business objectives.

Our Cisco expertise has been recognised by Cisco over many years, through our Gold Partner Status and Cisco Master Specialisation and recent awards:

Global Enterprise Networking Partner of the Year 2019

ANZ Enterprise Networking Partner of the Year 2020

Global Software Partner of the Year 2018

ANZ Customer Experience Partner of the Year 2020

See all our Cisco awards.

Technology Expertise

Through a committed partnership, our technical team has developed deep expertise across Cisco’s portfolio, giving Data^#3 an edge when it comes to navigating the complexity of the digital era and solving your business challenges with the best technology solutions. As a globally recognised partner, Data^#3 has unparalleled expertise in Cisco’s technology portfolios, including:

Collaboration
Data Centre and Cloud
Enterprise Networking
Internet of Things
Security

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Cisco Solutions

Intent-Based Infrastructure

Cisco’s expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning has changed how infrastructure is designed, provisioned, and maintained. Where legacy infrastructure, manual configuration tasks and traditional scripting tools are inherently inefficient, next-generation platforms use policies to define the operational outcomes and dynamically create device-specific configuration. These configurations are then automatically applied throughout the infrastructure to ensure the availability, security, and performance of business applications.

This approach, deemed ‘intent-based’ configuration, is used to radically optimise campus networking, data centre, and SD-WAN services.

Intent-Based Networking

Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture (DNA) has rewritten the rules for campus networks. Shifting from manual configuration to next-generation automation tools, virtual networks can now be setup and torn-down almost instantly to enforce strict application and user security. Simultaneously, AI-enhanced data and analytics tools monitor network performance and recommend changes based on insights gained from global information flows.

Cisco has taken its market-leading technology and enhanced it with cloud intelligence to make your life easier.

Data^#3 leverages Cisco’s comprehensive networking portfolio to deliver game-changing network solutions, which connect your users, applications and cloud services simply and securely.

To accelerate your network transformation, our team of adoption specialists work with you to understand how intent-based networks can modernise the way your run your network. Don’t let your team invest in modern technology without understanding the people and process changes required to get the most out of it! Talk to us today about accelerating your adoption of intent-based networking.

Intent-Based Data Centre

Cisco is the leader in data centre modernisation. Data^#3 leverages their comprehensive portfolio of networking infrastructure, storage and computing resources to deliver unprecedented levels of scalability to simplify your management, streamline operations and reduce your total cost of ownership (TCO). Cisco data centre solutions are built from Cisco’s range of products including:

Converged Infrastructure
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Software-Defined Networking
Cloud Orchestration Applications
Cloud Automation Applications
Workload Migration Applications
Resource Optimisation Applications
Application Security and Analytics Tools
Partnerships with trusted storage partners such as Pure Storage and NetApp

This discussion paper explores what data centre modernisation is, how to achieve it and what it means for the future of your business.

Intent-Based SD-WAN

Increasing security while delivering lower operational costs and improved application management without the need for private WAN services (e.g. MPLS), software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is the faster, cheaper, and more reliable approach to network management.

Like the networking and data centre portfolio, Cisco’s SD-WAN solutions – Cisco Meraki and Cisco Viptea – are policy-driven solutions; dynamically creating and applying configurations across your environment to meet business, technical, or application-specific requirements.

From SD-WAN to access points, switches, and security cameras, Data^#3 helps you leverage the power of Cisco’s cloud-first Meraki portfolio to gain complete visibility of your network.

Security – Cisco Umbrella, Duo, AnyConnect

As Cisco Security Architecture Specialists, Data^#3 implements best-in-class Cisco security solutions to help safeguard businesses from evolving security threats. Our team of highly qualified Cisco Security Consultants develop solutions to reduce complexity and fragmentation, while providing visibility, control, and advanced threat protection across the extended network and attack continuum. Learn more about Cisco Umbrella – the industry’s first Secure Internet Gateway in the cloud – ask us about a Cisco Duo free trial, or explore our broader security solutions.

Modern Workplace – Cisco Collaboration Suite

Cisco’s comprehensive portfolio of collaboration and mobility tools bring technology and people together to elevate productivity, efficiency and success. From improving your team’s focus with Cisco Webex Teams – or Cisco Webex Teams for Education – through to delivering seamless meeting experiences with Cisco Webex Board, Data^#3 can help you deliver solutions and experiences to power high-performing teams.

To improve your team’s Webex experience, our team of adoption specialists will work with you to understand your own business processes, and how Webex can be quickly and easily integrated into your day-to-day operations. Don’t let your team wander in the wasteland of misunderstanding, leverage our Webex Adoption resources and talk to us today about getting the most from your Webex investment.

Discover why Data^#3 was appointed as a Cisco Master Collaboration Partner and learn more about our broader collaboration solutions.

Cisco Software Services

With extensive experience across software licensing, asset management, end user training and adoption support, Data^#3 has also developed a rich set of Cisco Software Lifecycle Services to help you streamline your software landscape and reduce your technology spend.

Maintenance

To better understand your Cisco investment and manage infrastructure, we built Lifecycle 360 – a lifecycle tool that brings together all your Cisco contracts, devices and data into the one seamless, real-time management system. Bring order to maintenance contract chaos, Lifecycle 360 offers intuitive dashboards to help you deploy and monitor devices, submit support requests, self-serve budgeting advice, verify support and warranty terms, live chat with customer support and plenty more.

Lifecycle Approach

With customers intensely focused on transforming their technology to better support the business, Data^#3 has developed an approach to help customers remove the barriers that prevent projects from delivering the desired outcome.

This approach to assisting customers through a defined lifecycle is unique, and a key reason Cisco awarded us ANZ Customer Experience Partner of the Year (2020). Our lifecycle approach helps customers to join the dots across clearly defined solution phases, from discovering new offerings through to their end user adoption, it will ensure your Cisco investment successfully delivers the improved business outcomes you’re looking for.

Data^#3’s Customer Success Lifecycle helps customers:

Discover how Cisco architectures support innovation, mapping the technology features, functions, and commercial models to business outcomes.
Activate the value embedded in Cisco’s software through proven approaches, each tailored to the specific software offering and designed to maximise operational value.
Adopt the software rapidly and operate it effectively. Data^#3 guides customers through use case development, change management, internal training, and operational support to maximise the investment return.

While the Customer Success Lifecycle helps guide customer’s own activities, Data^#3 provides a range of services aligned with each of the phases. These include:

eBook: The Renaissance of the Data Centre

This discussion paper explores what data centre modernisation is, how to achieve it and what it means for the future of your business.

Webex Teams Free Trial

Learn more about Webex Teams and Cisco’s Collaboration Suite. Request a free trial here.

Cisco Certifications

Reseller Certification

Gold Certified Partner

Reseller Specializations

Master Collaboration Specialization
Advanced Data Center Architecture Specialization
Advanced Security Architecture Specialization
Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialization
Advanced Enterprise Networks Architecture Specialization

Authorizations – Software Specialties

SaaS Simple Resale
SaaS Collaboration
Enterprise Agreements – Collab-Flex Plan
Enterprise Agreements – Collab-Flex Plan On-Prem Meetings
Enterprise Agreements – Collab-Flex Plan On-Prem Calling
Enterprise Agreements – Collab-UC TP PC
Enterprise Agreements – Data Center Cloud
Enterprise Agreements – Data Center ACI and HyperFlex
Enterprise Agreements – DNA Switching Wireless Routing
Enterprise Agreements – Meraki
Enterprise Agreements – Security Choice
Enterprise Agreements – Security Enterprise

Authorizations – Other

Adoption Services Support
Internet of Things
Umbrella for MSSPs

Partner Designations

Lifecycle Advisor
Lifecycle Advisor for Enterprise Networking
Lifecycle Advisor for Enterprise Agreements
Lifecycle Advisor for Cisco Collaboration
Global Partner Network Agent
Global Partner Network Host

Other

Cisco Try And Buy Partner
Cisco Partner Ecosystem
Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment
Cisco Buying Models Commerce Certification

Cisco’s Top ICT Trends for 2020

Here from Kevin Bloch, Cisco CTO on which technologies will have the most impact in 2020 including:

Artificial Intelligence – Serving humans at scale
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Network Transformation – Building the cognitive internet for the future
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Cloud and Edge – Multi-Cloud, Hybrid-Cloud, Edge Continuum
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Security Transformation – Focus on workforce, workplace and workload
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