Cisco's extensive portfolio of mobility solutions uses any number of products and services to help businesses build and maintain a mobile workforce founded on the three key capabilities of insight, collaboration, and awareness.
Insight-Supporting Technologies
Wired and wireless IP networking technologies that link the user to the corporate network to access applications and data
Devices customized for job roles and environments, including portable computers, PDAs, mobile phones, smart phones, and wireless IP phones
Security solutions to protect the device, data, and corporate network, including VPN, antivirus, firewall, Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC), and intrusion detection and prevention
Network intelligence applications, including presence, location, identity, time of day, network type, and device type, to deliver context-aware information
Collaboration-Supporting Technologies
Unified communications solutions extended to desktop IP phones, single-business-number-reach services, and mobile solutions such as smart phones or wireless IP phones
Applications such as e-mail, voicemail, instant messaging, or text messaging
Presence capabilities to access contact availability and communication preference (phone, e-mail, IM, or text message)
Audio- and video-conferencing capabilities that allow users to share documents
Awareness-Supporting Technologies
Wireless LANs that allow the tracking of mobile devices and people throughout a building
Active and passive RF identification (RFID) tags that report the asset movement and condition, including temperature, humidity, vibration, and availability
Location appliances that track usage, location, movement, and trends
UC over Wireless LAN
Unified Communications over Wireless Local Area Networks provides data connectivity and unified communications. Duration: 6:25
