Banking Industry - Lower Cost Alternative Share

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Banking Industry - Lower Cost Alternative

Industry: Banking


Product: Cisco 2960 and Cisco 3550


Solution: Lower cost alternative without sacrificing performance


Problem:
The customer was looking to add Cisco 2960 48-port 10/100 switches to their existing network for desktop connectivity. The overall IT budget was struggling with the repeated cost of buying these switches new. This created several problems for the customer:

  • Economic times were affecting their IT spending
  • Cost of new switches was shrinking IT budgets for other projects
  • Cost for Cisco hardware maintenance was astronomical

Action:
Great Lakes Computer addressed the customer’s challenges by:

  • Offering a lower cost solution without sacrificing performance.  The Cisco Catalyst 3550 48-port switches, though discontinued, provide the same forwarding rate (10.1 Mpps) as a Catalyst 2960 10/100 switch. 
  • Price of the Catalyst 3550 switch was over 80% less than the price of a new Catalyst 2960.
  • Great Lakes Computer Extended Warranty for hardware maintenance

Result:
The customer received these benefits from Great Lakes Computer:

  • Considerable savings vs. purchasing new Cisco equipment.
  • Aggressive pricing that allowed future projects to stay on track.
  • Great Lakes Computer Extended Warranty saved the customer over 80% when compared to Cisco Smartnet.
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