United Arab Emirates, Dubai, 10th May 2011 - Xerox CorporationXerox CorporationXerox Middle East
Xerox and CiscoCisco announced today that they intend to form an alliance to simplify IT management by delivering cloud-based services and technology solutions that combine network intelligence and print.
The alliance plans to bring XeroxXerox's market-leading managed print and cloud IT outsourcing (ITO) services to customers over CiscoCisco's intelligent network infrastructure. Both companies will arm channel partners with solutions that help businesses extend their existing IT investments to improve performance and reduce cost.
Through this alliance, XeroxXerox and CiscoCisco plan to make IT applications more accessible and improve efficiency for the workforce with solutions such as mobile printing - the ability to print from any device, anytime, anywhere.
"This relationship puts XeroxXerox and CiscoCisco at the center of a simplified, connected infrastructure - bringing together networking, printing and cloud services," said Dan Smith, Head of Integrated Marketing for the Middle East and Africa region of XeroxXerox's Developing Markets Operations. "Together we're helping businesses transition to the cloud in ways that best suit their operations, and add the services needed to enhance security and productivity for employees."
XeroxXerox and CiscoCisco are collaborating to deliver the following solutions:
•XeroxXerox Managed Print Services (MPS) over CiscoCisco Borderless Networks: consolidate IT and print management using the network's embedded security, WAN optimization, and Internetwork Operating System (IOS) software. The combined solution monitors print technology and reduces operating costs, protects confidential data from any location, and improves employee productivity with advanced mobile and cloud printing applications.
•XeroxXerox Cloud ITO Services built on CiscoCisco UCS and Vblock infrastructure: help customers accelerate the rollout of new IT services, so they can better respond to changing needs of the workforce and reduce IT costs through a private cloud, the public cloud or a hybrid cloud environment. These cloud services from ACS, A XeroxXerox Company include infrastructure as a service (IaaS), cloud consulting services, and private cloud deployments.
•XeroxXerox Mobile Print Solution on CiscoCisco virtual desktop clients and CiscoCisco Cius™: allows mobile workers to securely print business documents from any email-enabled device - including CiscoCisco virtual desktops clients and CiscoCisco Cius business tablets - to any enabled printer, using CiscoCisco Borderless Networks and Wireless LAN solutions for reliable and seamless connectivity from any location.
"Aligning CiscoCisco and XeroxXerox cloud offerings brings the power of intelligent networking to printing to help our mutual customers drive innovation across their businesses and become more agile and reduce costs. This strategic alliance also creates a tremendous opportunity for channel partners to grow revenue by building cloud practices," said Dan Smith, Head of Integrated Marketing for the Middle East and Africa region of XeroxXerox's Developing Markets Operations.
Availability:
Today, XeroxXerox and CiscoCisco are working with channel partners so they can resell, deliver and manage XeroxXerox private and public cloud services on CiscoCisco's Data Center and Borderless Network architectures. These services, including IaaS, private cloud environments, and MPS, have been released for limited availability to CiscoCisco channel partners. The alliance intends to provide CiscoCisco channel partners with new ways to reduce costs and track print usage for customers, while XeroxXerox channel partners can take advantage of CiscoCisco Smart Services (such as CiscoCisco Smart Care) to support customers' network solutions. XeroxXerox Mobile Print can be accessed from CiscoCisco virtual desktop clients and Cius when they are generally available.
For more information about today's news, please visit http://www.xerox.com/cisco.
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