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Cisco and BT Join Forces to Help Small Businesses

in the UK Bounce Back Stronger

BT is strengthening its support for UK enabling employees to make and receive solution forms part of BT’s IP product
small businesses by working with Cisco to calls with the same number, regardless of portfolio, replacing the legacy analogue
introduce new collaboration tools aimed location or device. With the launch of Cloud phone systems that will be withdrawn
at helping firms to bounce back stronger Voice with Webex, BT’s small business by 2025 as part of the digital switchover.
following the Covid-19 pandemic. With customers can significantly enhance Firms which adopt BT Cloud Voice now
hybrid working models becoming the their productivity with advanced video will benefit from the next generation of
norm and 87% of employees in the UK conferencing services and online meetings, digital voice services, allowing businesses
hoping for a choice in working location instant messaging, screen sharing and to use the latest technology ahead of the
as restrictions ease, BT is making hybrid other business collaboration tools. The switchover. “Small businesses are at the
working easier and more productive for blend of services available through Cloud core of our communities and it is integral
small businesses by adding Cisco Webex Voice with Webex allows businesses to to address their specific challenges and
to its Cloud Voice solution. This makes BT adopt a hybrid working model, helping needs, which is the core focus for both Cisco
one of the first major service providers in employees to work just as effectively at and BT”, said Vaughan Klein, EMEAR Senior
Europe to offer this advanced integrated home, or another remote location, as they Director, Cisco Collaboration. “Webex helps
Webex Collaboration experience to small do in the office. As well as equipping staff enable productivity and recovery as we all
business customers, and enhances BT’s with the tools they need to stay productive consider an imminent safe return to the
portfolio of Cisco-based solutions for UK when working remotely, the solution can office, especially due to its scalable nature
small businesses, which already includes also support wider company ambitions and flexibility. It means a small business
BTnet - the UK’s leading dedicated internet such as reducing carbon emissions by can truly benefit from an enterprise-grade
leased line service. BT Cloud Voice is a enabling employees to maintain reduced collaboration system at an competitive
cloud based digital phone system that levels of travel or supporting their wider price, while maintaining their relationship
works over the internet or a private network, digital transformation ambitions. The new with BT as their trusted Service Provider.”

Cisco CEO Addresses World’s Largest Cybersecurity Conference

Cisco, the leader in enterprise security, intelligence,” said Cisco Chairman and reduce customers’ time to detection and
unveiled innovations to further its journey CEO Chuck Robbins, addressing the response. Cisco today announced:
to radically simplify and deliver end-to-end virtual RSA Conference audience. “There • Industry-leading Vulnerability
security, across users, devices, networks, is really no perimeter in the enterprise to Management with Kenna Security:
applications and data. Announcements defend anymore. We need visibility across Cisco will combine threat and risk-
improve Extended Detection and Response endpoints, users and applications as well based vulnerability management as
(XDR) with greater visibility across network, as securing critical control points with part of the SecureX platform with its
endpoint and cloud. New innovations continuous passwordless authentication.” announcement of intent to acquire
expand Cisco’s vision for Secure Access Improving Visibility and Simplifying Kenna Security. This integration will
Service Edge (SASE) with enhanced Extended Detection and Response (XDR) help customers prioritize vulnerabilities,
threat detection in the cloud and redefine The erosion of the network perimeter and speed and automate decision making
and simplify network security. Cisco transition to work-from-anywhere have with tailored information, and accelerate
continues to simplify customers’ security, conspired to expose endpoint devices, response time for cyber readiness.
network and IT operations - empowering users and applications to threats more so • SecureX Device Insights: Customers
organizations to embark securely on digital than ever before. Organizations continue can quickly consolidate their device
transformation. The world has shifted to struggle with extending visibility and inventory from multiple sources
towards a more distributed workforce, and protection to endpoints, with more than 40 within the SecureX platform to
with recent global events, hybrid work is percent globally reporting a major security provide unsurpassed visibility and
here to stay. Users now expect to connect incident in the last two years, according to context for IT operations (ITOps) and
from anywhere and on any device, while the new Cisco Security Outcomes Study: security operations (SecOps) as well
security teams have the same complex, Endpoint Edition. Organizations that do as automated threat enrichment and
piecemeal and time-consuming solutions. not prioritize integrated solutions were response.
It is time to rethink security. “Security almost twice as likely to have suffered a • Simplified Transition to XDR from EDR:
has to be at the heart of everything in the major security event. In response, Cisco As the only endpoint security solution
new world we live in. We believe it needs continues to expand its XDR capabilities, with a built-in platform, SecureX
to be done with a platform approach that integrating multiple security control points continues to help customers simplify
is simple, comprehensive and based on and applying analytics and automation to the move from Endpoint Detection

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