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Cisco Virtual Office

Introduction

Virtual Office Technology Provides Flexibility, Productivity

Virtual office solutions from Cisco provide a comprehensive set of products, technologies, and services. Cisco Virtual Office gives employees greater flexibility while enhancing productivity and reducing costs.

Cisco Virtual Office extends the enterprise by delivering secure, rich, and manageable network services to teleworkers and employees working outside of a traditional office environment. By providing full IP phone, wireless, data and video services, Cisco Virtual Office delivers a seamless office-caliber experience to the end user, wherever they may be located.

The Cisco Virtual Office solution consists of the following components:

  • A remote site presence: Residing on the end-user premises, the equipment includes a Cisco 800 series Integrated Services Router (ISR) and models from the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series.
  • A head-end presence: This equipment is responsible for remote site aggregation and includes a VPN router to terminate the secure, encrypted tunnels from each remote site location, as well as centralized management software for policy, configuration and identity controls.
  • Deployment and ongoing services: Service offerings from Cisco and approved partners support successful head-end solution component deployment and integration, provide consultative guidance for automating the deployment and management of remote sites, and deliver ongoing operational support and optimization.
Featured Content

Cisco Virtual Office - Video Data Sheet (4:49 min)

Securely extend your enterprise to a remote workforce with onsite-quality video, voice, wireless, and data services.

Cisco Virtual Office - Podcast (11:54 min)

Hear Calvin Chai and Bob Berlin, both of Cisco, discuss how to securely extend network services to remote workers.

Deploying Teleworking Solutions in Scale - Part 1

The need for business continuity and the availability of new technology are motivating business and IT leaders to deploy massive teleworking solutions.

Deploying Teleworking Solutions in Scale - Part 2

Get an architectural view of today's teleworking solutions that scale to home and small office environments.

The World is Your Office

See how teleworking solutions can empower employees, regardless of location. (2:38 mins)

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The World is Your Office

See how teleworking solutions can empower employees, regardless of location. (2:38 mins)

Featured Products

Cisco 7200 Series Routers

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco Secure Access Control Server

Cisco 800 Series Routers

Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series

How the Remote Workforce Benefits

The Cisco Virtual Office solution addresses many of the key requirements associated with remote working for both end users and organizations alike. In doing so, it also provides benefits across three distinct organizational groups:

  • For end users: Allows schedule flexibility and improves work-life balance by providing the ability to work at home or on the road. The solution also provides integrated family support with multiple SSIDs for wireless and separate VLANs for secure "split-tunnel."
  • For IT groups: Simplifies the process of extending real-time, high-performance network services to remote locations. It also provides architecture for centralized, simplified management and operations, and contributes to improved scalability security, and low total cost of ownership.
  • For businesses and organizations: Improves productivity of the workforce while saving costs associated with energy, facilities, and real estate. The solution also enables better business resiliency, allowing the workforce to stay secure and connected in the event of factors that prohibit employees from getting to the office, or when traveling.

For more information, please see the Cisco Virtual Office Solution Overview.
Cisco 800 Series Routers

Cisco 800 Series Routers

The award-winning Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers deliver integrated services, such as data, security, and wireless, at broadband speeds to small offices and teleworkers.

Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series

Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series

Cisco Unified IP Phones allow the user to take full advantage of converged voice and data networks, while retaining the convenience and user-friendliness you expect from a business phone.

Cisco 7200 Series Routers

Cisco 7200 Series Routers

Protect your investments with the modular Cisco 7200 Series, the industry’s most widely deployed universal services aggregation router for exceptional performance and manageability.

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco Security Manager

Cisco Security Manager is an enterprise-class management application designed to configure firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention security (IPS) policies on Cisco network and security devices.

Cisco Secure Access Control Server

Cisco Secure Access Control Server

Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) is an access policy control platform that centralizes management of network resources for a growing variety of access types, devices, and user groups.

Cisco Configuration Engine

Cisco Configuration Engine

The Cisco Configuration Engine is a solution that provides a secure, scalable infrastructure for intelligent image and configuration distribution through centralized, template-based management.

Cisco Security Services

Cisco Security Services

Cisco Security Services support the Cisco Self-Defending Network with a lifecycle-services approach that allows enterprises to deploy, operate, and optimize their security architectures.

Cisco Virtual Office Services

Realize the full value of Cisco Virtual Office with services from Cisco and our approved partners. Services support successful headend solution component deployment and integration, provide consultative guidance for automating the deployment and management of remote sites, and deliver ongoing operational support and optimization:

  • Cisco Virtual Office Planning, Design, and Implementation Service: This service helps you deploy, customize, and integrate Cisco Virtual Office headend solution components and prepares you to initially provision remote sites manually and later to automate manual provisioning steps.
  • Cisco Remote Management Services: Cisco Remote Management Services engineers become an extension of your IT staff, proactively monitoring your Cisco Virtual Office and providing incident, problem, change, configuration, and release management and reporting 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
  • Cisco Security Optimization Service: After your Cisco Virtual Office is fully operational, ongoing consultation with Cisco security engineers can help you to continually assess, tune, and evolve your Cisco Virtual Office as well as the rest of your network security infrastructure to keep pace with changes in your business and new security threats.

For more information, see the Cisco Virtual Office Services Overview.
More Resources
Q&A (1)

Cisco Virtual Office-Flexibility and Productivity for the Remote Workforce

Solution Overviews (1)

Cisco Virtual Office-Flexibility and Productivity for Your Workforce

White Papers (21)

Cisco Virtual Office Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-AAA Deployment

Cisco Virtual Office-Advanced Layered Security Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-Converged Virtual Private Network Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-Deploying DMVPN for IPv6

Cisco Virtual Office-Deploying IP Security High Availability

Cisco Virtual Office-Dial Backup Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-Easy VPN Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-Layered Security Features

Cisco Virtual Office-Ongoing Management Adding, Removing, and Changing a Remote Routers Configuration

Cisco Virtual Office-Secure Services Client

Cisco Virtual Office-Secure Wireless Deployment Guide

Cisco Virtual Office-Solution Reference Network Design (SRND)

Cisco Virtual Office-Zero-Touch Deployment Installation Guide for IT Administrators

Cisco Virtual Office: Secure Voice and Video (PDF - 240 KB)

Cisco Virtual Office: 802.1x-Based Port Authentication

CVO Mobility with SSLVPN

Deploying Teleworking Solutions in Scale - Part 2 (Lippis Report) (PDF - 200 KB)

Deploying Teleworking Solutions in Scale - Part 1 (Lippis Report) (PDF - 200 KB)

Public Key Infrastructure Integration with the Cisco Virtual Office Solution

Using eTokens with Cisco Virtual Office

Case Studies (1)

How Cisco IT Provides Remote Access for Small Offices and Telecommuters (PDF - 190 KB)

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