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Cisco Based on 366 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 75 reviews Cisco Wireless 20 reviews Cisco Catalyst Switches 17 reviews
Top Comparisons
Juniper Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Ethernet Switches Compared 17% of the time. NETGEAR Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches Compared 37% of the time. HPE Ethernet Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches Compared 21% of the time.	MikroTik Cloud Router Switch vs. NoviFlow NoviSwitch Compared 41% of the time. Cisco Cariden vs. NoviFlow NoviWare 300 Compared 24% of the time.
Top Industries
Comms Service Provider 17% Financial Services Firm 14% Manufacturing Company 7% University 5%	No Data Available

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Most Helpful Reviews

Jijish Gopi
Security Engineer at a tech services company
What is most valuable?: If you compare it with other products, other firewall products in the market, at this...
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DennisLefeber
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company
What is most valuable?: Integration with vCenter WebClient services and Cisco UCS Ecosystem, as it gives a Single...
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Anonymous User
Manager of Operations at a aerospace/defense firm
What is most valuable?: With the invention of the Tablet, the world of Desktop and laptops have probably returned...
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Anonymous User
Manager at a tech company
What is our primary use case?: Installed at many locations using a hub-and-spoke design to connect remote sites to...
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Ethan Amir
Project Director
What is most valuable?: In my previous employment, I used to deploy Meraki solutions for retail stores. They really...
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Ryan Partington
Systems Administrator at Universal Audio
We have definitely made some calls to Cisco regarding issues. While it is time consuming, they are thorough....
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William Kosinetz
CIO
Customer Service: Very GoodTechnical Support: Very Good
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Anonymous User
Technical Specialist
Good.
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Rizwan Siddiqi
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
Customer Service: 9/10. Technical Support: 9/10.
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Timothy Ames
Member of the Board of Directors at a tech services company
Support with Cisco TAC, or with VARs like WWT and Trace3 is usually pretty good.
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Artur Yarosh
Constructor of the computer systems at a security firm
Customer Service: 9/10 - the regional online support could be better. Technical Support: 10/10.
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Juan Facundo Martinez
CISCO and AVAYA Product Manager at a tech services company
It has good support services.
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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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Jose Antonio Alvarez Cubero
Virtualization and Data Center Business Development Manager at a tech services company
Customer Service: Very good Technical Support: Very good
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WiFiSuperman
Senior Network Engineer/Mobility Specialist at CCSI - Contemporary Computer Services, Inc.
Customer Service: In my experience, Cisco customer service is 8/10. Technical Support: In my experience, Cisco...
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Deanna Acre
Information Systems Manager at a manufacturing company
I have not used technical support.
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Tahir Javed
Manager Network Security at a financial services firm
Excellent but if non-Indian engineer is assigned.
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Nabin Dev
CCIE, Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company
Cisco TAC (technical assistance center) is one of the best tech support teams around.
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Shaikh Muhammad Adeel
Sr Network Engineer at a tech services company
10 out of 10.
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BURAK YESILDERYA
IT System Administrator at a transportation company
There is 24/7 support anytime, anywhere.
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Bartosz Kowalski
Systems Engineer at a financial services firm
Customer Service: 10 Technical Support: 10, to get help you can open the case or just call them directly, give them...
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Adnan Ahmad
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company
10/10.
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Vasantharaju P
Senior Manager at a tech vendor
I have used support for Catalyst and it was good.
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Anonymous User
Project Manager
I would rate the technical support at 10/10. It is the best.
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Anonymous User
Network Consultant at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: Cisco customer services have always been excellent. I have never had any issues with them....
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Mohamed Alzaki
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company
Honestly, we have not really faced any problems with the Catalyst switches because the configuration is intuitive....
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Azar Mammadli
IT Operation Manager
I would give them a high rating.
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Anonymous User
Security Senior Network Engineer
Cisco has implemented a special ATC partner program to help partners and customers to have a smooth deployment. As...
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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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Anonymous User
Network Enginer
Tech support could be improved. It really depends on the TAC engineer you happen to have on the phone.
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Anonymous User
IT Director
The technical support was okay. The product was fairly new at the Amazon store at that point in time, so the first...
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Anonymous User
ICT Manager - Network Operations at a healthcare company
Good.
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Leonardo Polanco
Gerente de Telecomunicaciones at a financial services firm
I rate support 7/10.
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Anonymous User
CEO at a tech services company
We have had a decent experience so far with Cisco technical support. We've not had any issues, so I would say the...
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Rizal Meijer
Networking Specialist at a insurance company
I would give technical support a rating of 9/10. Cisco is one of the best, if not the best, in support.
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