Cisco Ethernet Switches Implementation Team

reviewer1619394

Group CIO at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

My company takes care of the product's installation process with the help of our in-house team.

reviewer2000751

IT Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The solution's deployment time depends on the company's size and client requirements. For the solution's deployment, we start with the analysis phase, the financial aspect, the implementation phase, the operational phase, and hypercare.

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Vivek Makhijani

Director at JEDI SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

Cisco L2 switches hardly take a couple of hours or less than an hour to deploy. It all depends on whether the customer requires VLAN and what type of setup they require. LC switches would take a couple of days to deploy, depending on the SoW the customer provides. The solution's tech support is also quite good. Most of their employees have done the Cisco certification, and installing Cisco Ethernet Switches doesn't take any time.

The deployment model is quite simple. It's fit-and-play if it's an L2 switch. However, if it is an L3 switch, some configurations are required, which takes time.

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Domagoj Dujmic

Network Engineer at Dukat d.d.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team. Depending on the engineer's knowledge, a single switch can be deployed within twenty minutes.

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reviewer1193922

Technical Project Manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

I am a specialist, and in most cases, I handle the implementation and deployment.

The time I would use another person is if the data center was far away when it's not conceivable that I would travel to that location. I'd probably use somebody from the data center or use a data center engineer who would set up the hardware. He would put the hardware in the rack, the network cage, or rack where the equipment is going to be located. He would help me physically screw the equipment, take it out of the box, and connect it into the cage, and then I'd give him instructions on where to put cable or where to plug the various cables that come with the equipment. So once he's done that, I'm able to remotely connect to the device.

Those are remote working situations where you're not physically able to go to the site and do the work there. Then yes, I would work with other people sometimes and give them some instructions on what I want to have done at that location.

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Dhruba Roy

Sr. Information Officer at Merino Industries Ltd (Merino Group)

We engaged the vendor who supplied us and helped deploy the switches.

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Koushik Roy

Tata Medical Center logo Senior IT Infrastructure Supervisor at Tata Medical Center

We have three in-house engineers who deploy the product. We need three people for maintenance.

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Richard Hermogeno

Channels Management Head at Philippine National Bank

The deployment was done by myself.

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reviewer1531497

Network Admin at a transportation company with 201-500 employees

Deployment was easy. I just took it out of the box and configured it. Deployment only took a few hours. I deployed them myself.

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Ayman Said

Deputy IT Manager at ICAPP (Americana Group)

The implementation of Cisco Ethernet Switches was done with a partner and our experience was very good.

We are in a manufacturing environment running 24 hours a day. We have a dedicated team of three that works on the switches and network.

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Ken Simiyu

Manager Infrastructure & Projects at Kinetic Pride

It was done in-house. We have in-house expertise.

We have four people for its deployment and maintenance, and we are able to handle it well. There are two technicians from the IT department, and the rest of them are in the management role, but when it comes to the deployment, they are able to do the physical work.

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reviewer1515924

Network Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

Occasionally, we've gotten outside help when we've needed it, however, most of the time I take care of that myself.

When we have gotten outside help, the experience has always been positive.

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Joel Masocha

IT Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

It was implemented in-house.

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reviewer1363563

ICT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

We had a consultant in Belgium who came in over the weekend to help us with the process when we originally set up the switches. Normally we work within our own team and have our own in-house workers that handle the configuration.

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supervis809292

Supervisor of IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We deploy with in-house talent.

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reviewer1699986

First Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our local Cisco partner assisted us with the implementation and deployment.

The technical person from the local partner was not as skilled as we expected, which is something that should be improved.

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Nawaf AlTamimi

Network & System Security Consultant at Zakat House

We are the Qatar government authority. So with Cisco, we are dealing with all types of gateways. Cisco is in Kuwait. Many times when we are building something with Cisco we design the infrastructure, everything. Then we go to the Cisco dealers. Because this is our strategy, we work with Cisco directly. With the firewall, I work with Palo Alto or FortiGate or any other brand. Who will give good support, good installation? The solution for installation will be provided and approved by the center itself. That is our strategy. We are happy with this. Before we develop a solution, we sit down directly with the vendor.

Our IP telephony is all Cisco. I would consider another data component.

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William Kosinetz

CIO with 501-1,000 employees

Both. The vendor was very good. View full review »

reviewer1026921

ICT Manager/Systems Administrator at a university with 201-500 employees

I handled the implementation myself. I didn't need the assistance of an integrator or consultant at all.

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Dmitriy Ronkin

Network Engineer at Transportation

90 % in house. Vendor team has sufficient skills.

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it_user1180785

IT Operations Engineer at Infosysta

Actually, I did the deployment by myself. I didn't need any help or support from the vendors. If I do ever need help, I usually go to the internet and use the community and forums. In extreme cases — and very rarely — I contact the vendor directly.

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it_user98859

Consulting Engineer EMEA at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Mixed types of implementations. Mixed expertise levels - some partners have better technicians than others, but never had a case where the technician didn’t leave with the configuration completed. View full review »

it_user146331

Senior Network Operations Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

All implementation were completed by in-house team members. View full review »

reviewer946554

Head Of Information & Communication Technology at a transportation company with 51-200 employees

Our vendor assisted us with the original deployment. Our project team consisted of four people and there was an additional person from the vendor.

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CornelCristea

Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We handled the implementation internally.

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Sambasiva Rao Venigalla

Technical Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

More technical guys are required for the deployment of the features and the testing can be managed by two.

A team of three to five members is enough to deploy and test all of the features.

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reviewer929688

Owner with self employed

We implement this solution ourselves.

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reviewer1505100

Deputy Head of ICT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We had them installed for us.

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reviewer1069713

Project Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees

A consultant implemented it.

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Devanand PR

IT Support Executive at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

I handled the implementation myself. I didn't need help from consultants or integrators.

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Guido-Steusel

Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use a partner for technical support.

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Simon Chaba

ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

It was an in-house deployment.

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reviewer1581096

Network Security Expert at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have done many implementations of the solution. We have an engineer and a technician that does the maintenance for this solution.

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reviewer1454613

VP of IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We do the deployment of the solution using a team of approximately five people. The time it takes to do the deployment all depends on the client's requirements. The range of time it can take varies depending on the design and architecture involved.

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reviewer1305090

IT Manager at a renewables & environment company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have implemented with the help of a vendor and we have an in-house team that is taking care of maintenance.

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it_user1162803

Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We had the assistance of a distributor for implementing the solution.

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reviewer2226447

Pre-Sales Engineer (Network & Security) at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I help my customers implement the product.

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reviewer1693239

IT support network at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We deployed it internally.

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Abdulqader Kaboudei

RF Planning Manager at Sabafon

We have 20 internal engineers that do all the installation, configuration and aftercare of the product.

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reviewer1245285

Senior Network Security Advisor at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We have our own team for the implementation.

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reviewer1042635

Science Technician at a government with 201-500 employees

For the deployment of the solution, we were aided by consultants, and no other technical team is needed for the maintenance.

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it_user1199781

Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I handled the implementation myself.

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it_user133842

Infrastructure Connectivity Engineer at Reputable Service Company

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Adilson Dombaxi

Junior Network Engineer at Easy Systems

I implemented it myself.

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reviewer1384011

IT Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

I've always reached out to my consultant to support me whenever we buy a new switch. If they share some knowledge documents, I can look into that, and I can do it myself.

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it_user116220

Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Yes, our Client used a vendor team. Their work was fine; they were experts in settings up the small data center. View full review »

it_user92235

Security System Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor

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Varun Malhotra

Chairman Infrastructure & Application Development Services at atnis

We handle all of the setup ourselves.

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Tarun Jain