Cisco Enteprise Agreement Comparison

Below is a comparison table that contrasts normal licensing practices versus licensing under a Cisco Enterprise Agreement. The benefits that come with a Cisco Enterprise Agreement make estate management vastly more simple and less time consuming.

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Without Enterprise Agreement
Many contracts across multiple regions
Inconsistent pricing in different locales
Numerous renewal dates
No single license repository
Uncertainy over license compliance
Expensive engineering resources consumed by managing licenses
Unique knowledge about device licenses can leave with staff
Additional purchases require lengthy procurement cycle
Low adoption of features due to lack of awareness
Documenting usage levels and trends a challenge
Hardware & Software refresh cycles tied together
Company growth costs time & money
With Enterprise Agreement
One single contract for the entire company
Fixed price point for the duration of the contract
One single renewal date
One portal to manage all licensing
Compliance status visibility
Engineers no longer need to manage licensing
License visibility available to multiple layers of management
Instantly generate new licenses via the portal without hassle
Easy to measure adoption & utilisation on the licensing portal
Deep reporting on licensing usage & trends
Software licenses become independent from hardware
20% Growth Buffer built-in (on Security & Collaboration tracks)

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