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Cisco Based on 199 reviews.	NoviFlow
Overview
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, and it supports, manages and operates business systems for various and major third parties. Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack, who was in charge of the Stanford University computer science department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers.	Information Not Available
Sample Customers
Cisco Ethernet Switches: Linz AG Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches: Linz AG Meraki MS Switches: Cisco Live Milan, Hyatt Cisco Cariden: Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG Meraki SD-WAN: École Jeannine Manuel	NoviFlow NoviSwitch: Telstra, Plug and Play, Venture Beat, EZ Chip, Right Startups, ONF NoviFlow NoviWare 300: - Network Equipment vendors looking to add high-performance OpenFlow capabilities to their network products -Tier 1 and 2 carriers - Large scale Internet infrastructure providers - Enterprise WAN and SD-WAN providers - Cloud services providers - any other entity looking to leverage SDN to deliver high-performance/high-volume gateways and intelligent-edge solutions
Popular Solutions
Cisco ASA 70 reviews Cisco Wireless 19 reviews Cisco Catalyst Switches 16 reviews
Top Comparisons
Juniper Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Ethernet Switches Compared 17% of the time. NETGEAR Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches Compared 38% of the time. HPE Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches Compared 22% of the time.	MikroTik Cloud Router Switch vs. NoviFlow NoviSwitch Compared 40% of the time. Cisco Cariden vs. NoviFlow NoviWare 300 Compared 25% of the time.
Top Industries
Comms Service Provider 16% Financial Services Firm 14% Manufacturing Company 7% University 5%	No Data Available

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Most Helpful Reviews

WiFiSuperman
Senior Network Engineer/Mobility Specialist at CCSI - Contemporary Computer Services, Inc.
Valuable Features: The most valuable feature is the visualizations for RF propogation. • Improvements to My...
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Anonymous User
Manager at a tech company
Primary Use Case: Installed at many locations using a hub-and-spoke design to connect remote sites to central...
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SrSecAnalyst918
Sr. Security Analyst
Valuable Features: Centralized policy creation for URL, application, IPS, etc. It simplifies matters more than...
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Adriano Simao
IT System Integrator
Primary Use Case: Reduces costs throughout country inside a private network. Provides support for help/service desk...
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Phillip Peerman
Supervisor of IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at a government
Primary Use Case: Security appliance/firewall. With an advanced security license, the content filtering, IDS, and...
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Naresh Vempalli
Technical Specialist at a comms service provider
Customer Service: It's very good. Technical Support: It's very good.
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BufordLaruan
Network Administrator at a university
I am sorry, but I always go to the forums and not to technical support. I like understanding the system myself. That...
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Shaikh Muhammad Adeel
Sr Network Engineer at a tech services company
10 out of 10.
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Chasen Stahl
System Administrator at a K-12 educational company or school
On the rare occasions we have used it, technical support has been prompt and professional, if a bit lacking in...
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EricGarcia
Security Engineer at a healthcare company
Tech Support is awesome. I never get someone who has no clue what they are doing. These guys are well trained and...
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Matthew Morgan
Data Center Practice Manager at The Plow Group
Some of the best in the industry. Always helpful and mostly flexible.
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Bob Whitcombe
Technical Sales Architect at a tech services company
Customer Service: This is a foundational core of the Cisco Data Center automation experience and is a far more robust...
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Muklit Chopra
Technical Specialist at a tech services company
Tech support is good. The response has been good.
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Fabio Vilches
System Engineer
We had to use technical support once. They were great.
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Anonymous User
Asst.Manager IT at a manufacturing company
Technical support is good.
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Rizwan Siddiqi
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
Customer Service: Excellent Technical Support: Good
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Waqas Amin Awan
Sr. Cisco Collaboration Presales Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 8/10 Technical Support: 9/10
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ramesh1923
Technical Specialist
Good.
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David Varnum
Manager of Engineering
Cisco's TAC engineers are competent, responsive and typically resolve issues in a timely fashion. Do not use them for...
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John Rocchio
Infrastucture Manager at a transportation company
Most of the time, we do not use technical support. We do not need them, but when we do need them, they are available...
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Jeff Khan
Managing Partner, Sr. Solutions Architect, Speaker, Courseware Developer, Technical Trainer at a tech services company
Tech support is California based today. Good in most cases, but they have no power in true design change requests....
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Fabian de Wit
Corporate Information Security Officer
The technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Security System Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor
Customer Service: Rather good, I've only needed to contact them on really rare occasions.Technical Support: There was...
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Anonymous User
Cloud Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Customer service is very helpful and there are some extremely knowledgeable people on board....
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Alex D
Cloud Networking at a tech services company
I usually contact technical support for advice. The technical support team is very good. We can send them an email or...
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Mohamed Shehada
Senior Network & Data Communication Engineer at a tech services company
Nine out of 10.
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Anonymous User
Director of Technical Services at a tech services company
Customer Service: It's great. Technical Support: It's great.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager of Network at a tech services company
Customer Service: It's the best available in the market. Technical Support: Also excellent.
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NwkConsultant529
Network Consultant at a tech services company
Customer Service: If you have a service contract with Cisco you can have TAC assistance, software upgrades and...
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Tareq Alansari
Manager at a tech vendor
I tried to get support, to get a solution for this "time" problem I mentioned. We have other Cisco products and the...
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Anonymous User
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Dedicated experts are available in support contract with Cisco. Technical Support: 100% skilled...
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Forensic60e5
Forensic Analyst at a pharma/biotech company
Technical support has been excellent. I would not hesitate to work with them again. The engineer I worked with was...
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Anonymous User
Security Technical Architect at a tech services company
I give technical support a rating of 5/10.
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Alvaro Picado
Systems Manager at a non-profit
Honestly, we have not had to use it much.
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Leonardo Polanco
Gerente de Telecomunicaciones at a financial services firm
I rate support 7/10.
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