Cisco Remote Management Services for Financial Services

Cisco Remote Management Services for Financial Services The global financial services industry continues to evolve to adjust to a shifting market landscape and increased customer expectations. With demand for greater scalability to support increasing volumes of market data and trades and a stronger emphasis on customer satisfaction as retail banking customers demand a secure online experience second to none, financial services organizations are under pressure to improve operations while reducing costs and delivering superior customer services. The network is instrumental in meeting these challenges. It is the platform for enabling improved operational efficiency and agility while raising the bar for customer experience. At the same time, the network poses significant challenges of its own, including helping ensure optimal performance 24x7 and having the expertise and the confidence to rapidly adopt and deploy new applications. Add to that the complexity of today s fully converged networks, and it can be extremely difficult to respond to new strategies while trying to quickly implement new applications. Financial services organizations need to know that they have the resources and current expertise not only to adopt emerging and advanced technologies, but also to manage them on an ongoing basis for maximum availability and reliability, every hour of every day. A Solution That Leaves You in Control Built upon the principles of co-management and out-tasking, Remote Management Services (RMS) simplify network monitoring and management with a team of experts who proactively monitor the network from the Cisco global network operations center (NOC) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As an extension of a financial services organization s internal IT team, RMS is able to anticipate, identify, and resolve issues while you retain access and control. In the dynamic and customer-intensive financial services environment, RMS enables organizations to focus on core business strategies to create competitive advantage and move the business forward while utilizing Cisco advanced technologies. Remote Management Services help financial services organizations: Protect business data and resources while helping to ensure regulatory compliance Focus resources on strategic business projects by offloading the day-to-day monitoring and management operations of your IT infrastructure Maximize the value of network investments by keeping devices available and operational Save time, money, and effort by scaling change, configuration, and release management processes with Cisco support staff available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Cisco Remote Management Services enable financial services organizations to increase productivity returns on Cisco advanced technology solutions by allowing Cisco experts to remotely manage, monitor, and optimize critical network assets. 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 1 of 8

Cisco Remote Management Services Solution for Financial Services The unique Cisco Lifecycle approach to services defines the requisite activities at each phase of the network lifecycle to help ensure service excellence. With a collaborative delivery methodology that joins the forces of Cisco, our skilled network of partners, and our customers, we achieve the best results for financial services organizations. As the network has become a more strategic asset, the need for higher availability, security, and reliability has increased. The traditional approach to managing a complex financial services network has been to outsource its entire operations to third-party service providers. Outsourcing promises to reduce staffing costs, increase operational efficiency, and utilize industry best practices, but in practice, many enterprises find whole outsourcing arrangements unsuitable for their needs. Outsourcing arrangements can cause employees to feel threatened, and the typically longterm contracts restrict the organization s agility in a dynamic marketplace, forcing it to relinquish control of the outsourced services. In contrast, self-managing a complex network is an expensive, time-draining endeavor, especially when strategic initiatives designed to support business growth require many of the same resources dedicated to the daily management and monitoring of the network. The organization invariably suffers from a shortfall of skills necessary to manage and optimize the network, and hiring the right employees today does not guarantee that they will still be the right employees tomorrow. Many organizations have found self-managing their networks unsustainable in a fastchanging emerging technology market. Cisco has years of experience partnering with financial services enterprises and has carefully built a collection of network, security, and management best-practice services to help you manage existing network investments while also deploying new applications for greater competitive differentiation. Designed to help financial services organizations utilize their investment in the Cisco solutions, Remote Management Services significantly reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) while increasing ROI. By enabling financial services organizations to focus on their core business and strategic initiatives, RMS lets organizations take full advantage of the features inherent in Cisco Advanced Technologies without increasing requirements for adoption of new applications and services. (See Table 1.) Table 1. Available Remote Management Services Remote Management Services Solution Cisco Remote Management Services for Security Cisco TelePresence Remote Management Services Cisco Unified Communications Remote Management Services Cisco Unified Contact Center Remote Management Services Cisco Data Center Remote Management Services Cisco DMS Remote Management Service Description Cost-effectively manage security across your entire network. Assures operational excellence of Cisco TelePresence by creating a transparent experience that increases productivity with proactive monitoring and management. Portfolio of services based on proven methodologies that help accelerate cost savings and productivity gains associated with deploying a Cisco Unified Communications solution. Services help contact centers maximize customer relationships, enable richer collaboration, and accelerate technology innovations, to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Comprehensive monitoring and management of an organization s Cisco Application Delivery Services devices and applications. Proactive monitoring and management of all critical system functions to enhance the customer experience and help ensure high availability. Enhance Security and Risk Management While Helping Ensure Regulatory Compliance Secure IT operations are essential to preserving the performance, availability, and reliability of business resources by maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of business data. In addition, customers want assurance that their personal and financial data will be managed in the most secure and responsible way. Security also enables compliance with government regulations and mandates. 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 2 of 8

Qualified expertise for tuning, monitoring, managing, and reporting the day-to-day security operations of a financial services network is scarce and expensive. Outsourcing security operations to Cisco is more cost-effective than building an in-house security operations team while also allowing you to deploy existing security resources to more strategic initiatives that support the growth of the business. Cisco Security Remote Management Services for Financial Services Fortunately, your business does not have to develop or maintain an internal security management capability to keep pace with today s continuously evolving threats. Instead, you can offload day-to-day security monitoring and management functions to a team of industry-certified security experts. Cisco Security Remote Management Services provide 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week security incident and problem management, change management, configuration management, release management, and management reporting for Cisco security technologies. With Cisco security experts continuously monitoring your network environment, you can increase the uptime and value of your network infrastructure and security investment; more effectively control change, configuration, and release management processes; improve visibility into your current security posture; and devote more of your IT resources toward strategic business projects. Cisco Security Remote Management Services help you to manage security functions in your entire Cisco network and increase your security posture awareness. This set of services delivers access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to a team of highly certified security and networking experts who provide: Operational support for security incident monitoring and regulatory compliance Security solution fault and performance incident management Problem resolution and security infrastructure tuning Secure network access control support Cisco IPS Signature Management Service Cost-effectively making sure that your security measures address the latest developments in the dynamic financial services environment is a challenge by itself. Balancing those efforts with your core business objectives is even more demanding. The Cisco IPS Signature Management Service helps you address both of these issues by providing your IPS with updated operating system and signature information and then tuning the signatures to your environment. The Cisco IPS Signature Management Service builds on Cisco security expertise across the lifecycle of security technologies, from the diverse security intelligence data of Cisco IntelliShield researchers, to the analytics and development expertise of the Cisco signature development engineers, to the industry-leading customer service of the Cisco Technical Assistance Center, to the world-class analysis and engineering of the Cisco Remote Managed Services team. Cisco is committed to providing comprehensive security coverage that helps you maintain a self-defending network that remains protected in a changing threat environment. To do this, the Cisco IPS Signature Management Service goes beyond providing technology updates by deploying those updates and tuning each new release to your environment. By eliminating the need to manually adjust your system to new threats, the Cisco IPS Signature Management Service helps you manage your Cisco IPS with lower cost and less effort. The Cisco IPS Signature Management Service helps you to: Adapt your security infrastructure to emerging threats by keeping pace with new vulnerabilities and attacks Focus your staff on strategic business initiatives by offloading some of the day-to-day operations of your IPS infrastructure Save money by reducing investments in dedicated management tools to push updates and manage configurations 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 3 of 8

Reduce exposure time by getting the newest security updates as soon as they become available Reduce the effort associated with responding to events that are part of your normal business operations Reduce the time spent on training and security analysis by using full-time signature specialists without paying full-time specialist fees Experience Assured Advanced Collaboration From branch offices to headquarters to regional offices around the globe, financial services by its very nature require a geographically dispersed workforce. But with this dispersion comes the need to help ensure communication between staff and management and associates in the field and trainers. Cisco TelePresence not only delivers cost savings by offering an in-person experience anywhere in the world, it can also increase productivity while improving collaboration. Cisco TelePresence RMS includes Select Operate and Remote Assistance Services to combine expert solution management services for a transparent automated experience where tools, process, expertise, and systems come together. Cisco s converged network expertise relays cost-effective management that balances applications and supports the Cisco TelePresence solution. This leads to improved network performance, system availability, and user experience. Proactive monitoring and management enable new levels of productivity and help ensure maximum system availability for an optimal end-user experience. The Cisco TelePresence Select Operate and Cisco TelePresence Remote Assistance Services include: Remote assistance Incident management Problem management Change and release management Utilization and performance reporting Cisco s renowned expertise adds value to all layers of a financial services organization, with a co-management approach that aligns and works closely with our customers. Using the depth of our industry knowledge, Cisco follows a quick route to solutions and response with meaningful effects on our customers experience and ultimately their business. Additionally, by combining our Cisco TelePresence knowledge and leading practices and processes based on IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL ), Cisco Remote Operations Services (ROS) increases the value of customers Cisco TelePresence solution investment by improving the user experience with clearly defined processes and methodologies that provide consistency and tangible benefits. The Cisco TelePresence Select Operate and Cisco TelePresence Remote Assistance Services help financial services customers to: Respond to volatile situations and executive needs with a flawless, highly available experience that assures performance with a follow-the-sun model to address global financial institutions hours Maintain control of and provide access to Cisco TelePresence components and network infrastructure, without the burden of providing day-to-day support Increase return on Cisco TelePresence investment and operating to their full potential by proactively monitoring the infrastructure for statistical information that could degrade performance quality and reporting on performance to allow customers to effectively manage network capacity Advance business agility with transparent adoption of technologies, while applying proven processes and management practices to the customer s infrastructure with Cisco TelePresence expertise Implement quick, informed decisions about the Cisco TelePresence environment with comprehensive data, trending, and analysis reporting while reaping the benefits of travel avoidance and a lower carbon footprint 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 4 of 8

Focus on the Benefits of Unified Communications Financial services organizations are realizing the benefits of unified communications, from the ability to enable employees to communicate instantly with spontaneous groups of colleagues at the push of a button, to transforming how organizations interact with customers and business partners. The Unified Communications Remote Management Service helps you make full use of the benefits offered by a converged Cisco network by identifying and resolving problems more quickly, more accurately, less expensively, and with more visibility than you might be able to achieve on your own. The Cisco Unified Communications Remote Management Service provides comprehensive monitoring and management of the devices in your converged network, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. From our network operations centers, we take care of the day-to-day management of your system devices, applications, voice routers and switches, LAN switches, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity voicemail, public switched telephone network (PSTN) carrier links, and interaction with WAN carriers. All the while, you have complete visibility into the state of your network and the status of our work through a Cisco management portal. Our advanced reporting technology aggregates select performance, availability, and fault information into real-time, daily, and monthly reports that show traffic, exceptions, availability, and inventory information for your end-to-end Cisco Unified Communications system. Our remote, high-visibility co-management approach gives you complete ownership and control of your converged network and peace of mind knowing that Cisco expertise, proven management processes, and advanced management tools are working with you to maximize the value of your network. Raising the Bar and Creating Advantage with Unified Contact Center RMS Integration of phone- and web-based communication channels is the key to optimizing customer service and improving service satisfaction. Meeting customer service objectives in a call center based on existing platforms alone can be both cumbersome and expensive, but this is not the case with open telephony platforms that utilize standardsbased IP data networks such as Cisco Unified Contact Center. Cisco Unified Contact Center provides financial services organizations with a powerful edge in their quest to provide better service, cement consumer loyalty, and maintain competitive advantage. Optimizing performance of this platform can be a challenge for many as it requires not only strong engineering skills for incident and problem resolution, but also in-depth application knowledge to make changes such as script adjustments, develop new campaigns, and add new skill groups. Unified Contact Center Remote Management Services provide a solution to this challenge by delivering comprehensive monitoring and management of the customer service infrastructure. For organizations that want a solution between complete out-tasking and self-management, this modular service allows retailers to choose from flexible services elements: monitoring services, management services, and elective changes services. Monitoring services are delivered by a customer-premises-based Cisco management platform that provides comprehensive network and application monitoring, event correlation, automated root cause analysis, change management process automation, and performance reporting. Management services supplement your internal IT resources with experienced Cisco engineers using Cisco s leading practices and ITIL-based processes and respond to incident tickets; perform incident resolution, which can include root-cause analysis for problems; apply patches to resolve incidents; and open support cases with Cisco or third-party application providers. Elective change services go beyond basic monitoring and management to provide you with flexible options to address specific needs and help ensure optimal performance of your customer service infrastructure. Elective 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 5 of 8

change services are a usage-based block of engineering hours that are used for customer-requested activities and changes to your Unified Contact Center environment. Consistently Delivering from the Data Center Competitive pressures mean financial services organizations are always seeking ways to innovate and reduce costs. Many are looking for ways to deploy new applications while making better use of existing investments, improve customer service, and decrease time spent on maintenance and upgrades. Financial services organizations must rethink how they manage leaner architectures while delivering superior application performance. Data center networks are critical to increasing service levels, reducing operating costs, and readily supporting expanding business requirements. A lean architecture can help you achieve these goals and simplify and automate operations. Cisco Data Center Remote Management Services (RMS) provide comprehensive monitoring and management of your Cisco Application Delivery Services devices, applications, and supporting LAN and WAN infrastructure, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Delivered by an experienced team of Cisco engineers using industry-leading tools and ITILbased processes, we systematically monitor your application and content acceleration, load balancing, shaping, and caching devices and applications for fault and performance events. The Data Center Remote Management Services are composed of flexible standard and elective elements that may be combined to deliver a customized solution that meets your specific needs. Consistent services based on proven methodologies, tools, and talent mean Data Center Remote Management Services deliver: Industry-recognized, ITIL-based processes Cisco s world-renowned technical talent Deep domain expertise on Application Delivery Services technologies Best-in-class tools for monitoring and managing Application Delivery Services environments Assured operation of your Application Delivery Services environment by proactively monitoring your systems, assessing availability trends, and defining remediation plans Complementary internal skills and achieve operational efficiencies by leaving the work of monitoring, remediating, configuring, and integrating Application Delivery Services components to Cisco experts Lower total cost of ownership through reduced operating expenses by improving the efficiency of your network and the staff supporting it Protecting Investment, Creating Value with Digital Media Systems RMS The Cisco Digital Media System is a comprehensive, integrated solution for flexible management and publishing of rich digital media. Using the network as a platform, the Cisco Digital Media System provides financial services customers with innovative tools for education and training, communication, and collaboration. With the Cisco Digital Media System, organizations can easily create, manage, and access high-quality and compelling digital media to improve communications. With Cisco Digital Media System Services, organizations can more fully achieve the true value of the Cisco Digital Media System solution by identifying your solution requirements, building flexibility into the design, and addressing critical gaps in the technical and operational aspects of the deployments of an integrated media solution. Cisco Services for Digital Media System provide comprehensive service offerings to help enterprises prepare, plan, and design their networks for the successful implementation of IP-based Digital Media System management and publishing as well as maintain essential ongoing maintenance and support. These services play a critical role in the 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 6 of 8

successful deployment and ongoing operation of Cisco Digital Media System technology, protect enterprises existing and future digital media investment, and help organizations achieve the full benefits of the solution. Cisco Services for Digital Media System encompass a comprehensive suite of services designed specifically for Cisco Digital Media System solutions, based on the Cisco Lifecycle Services framework. The Cisco DMS Remote Management Service provides proactive monitoring, management of business-critical elements to help ensure a flawless experience, and availability. These services reduce the gap in resources and experience typically associated with deployment of a new technology, increase utilization of the technology, and allow customers to retain complete control of their environment while consistently delivering a high-quality digital media experience. Global financial institutions can then focus on addressing market changes, volatility, integrating acquisitions, and addressing customer needs while accelerating the business benefits of DMS. These services help financial services customers achieve the full range of DMS business benefits: Control of the environment without the burden and cost of day-to-day management A consistently high-quality user experience that supports increased utilization of the Cisco MXE solution Service assurance from Cisco experts to proactively safeguard against downtime and provide rapid response to issues Management tools and ITIL processes Alignment of IT investments to business strategy, availability, and performance requirements Why Cisco? Cisco understands that the network is a strategic platform in a world that demands better integration between people, information, and ideas. The network works better when services, together with products, create solutions aligned with business needs and opportunities. Cisco Services make networks, applications, and the people who use them work better together. For More Information For more information, visit www.cisco.com/go/rms. 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 7 of 8