SMB computer networking: Advanced networked applications enable SMBs (small and medium businesses) to increase services, productivity, customer satisfaction, and revenues. Learn more about setting up a small business network using Cisco's SMB network (small business network) solutions.

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Cisco Small and Medium Business Class Solutions
Deploying advanced applications enables small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) like yours to increase innovative services, productivity, customer satisfaction, profitability, and other bottom-line benefits. Cisco® SMB Class Solutions are tailored, integrated network solutions and services that enable SMBs to create an intelligent, empowered environment. With an environment based on Cisco SMB Class Solutions, you can achieve transparent, secure access to important resources—while at the workplace, at home or a remote or branch office, or while on the road.

Cisco SMB Class Solutions include intelligent application-enabling network services, innovative end-user applications, a solid network infrastructure, and responsive customer services, including financing, training, service, and support. Cisco SMB Class Solutions can help your business implement advanced applications without draining budgets, bandwidth, or staff.

Cisco SMB Class Solutions are delivered with and through Cisco Systems® partners. They are designed specifically to meet the needs of SMBs:

• Tailored, cohesive, and intelligent networks power your business now and in the future
• Intelligent, application-enabling services (connectivity, voice, mobility, security, and business resilience), delivered over the industry's most widely recognized routers and switches, provide "rightsized" and proven solutions for your business
• You can enjoy high performance, rich features, scalability, investment protection, and adaptability while reducing total cost of ownership
• You can wirelessly enable network access to your company network with Cisco Aironet® access points

Cisco also provides the easy-to-use blueprints for extending network capability to support advanced applications in businesses from fewer than 20 users up to 1000 users. These blueprints are based on the Cisco extensive experience in creating networks for successful SMBs.

Cisco Network Foundation
Deploying the right network foundation is critical to competitiveness and profitability in the Internet era. Cisco networking solutions deliver wired and wireless intelligent services that address the business and technical challenges of SMBs by helping them increase business productivity, enhance information system resiliency, and reduce costs.

Cisco network foundation products include routers, switches, and wireless access points, which offer these advantages:

• Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking equipment with 90 percent of the router market and 60 percent of the switch market. Cisco IP-based networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks around the world.
• Cisco network foundations are designed for flexibility and scalability to support current requirements plus future applications, technologies, and growth.