Cisco Expressway CE1000 Appliance

Collaborating with someone should be as simple and secure as a phone call. But often it's not. Tools that enrich interaction such as video and content sharing typically are confined to enterprise locations or to users who are on the same network or using the same kind of application or device. It breaks down when employees leave the office. Or when they reach out to suppliers, customers, or partners who aren't using the same system, network, or device. These barriers force people to use less-productive means such as the phone or email. Meanwhile they miss out on the stronger relationships, faster decision making, and competitive edge that comes with the best forms of collaboration.

Cisco® Expressway Series is an advanced collaboration gateway that helps solve these problems. It works with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Business Edition, and Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) to help make collaboration more universal. Main uses for Cisco Expressway Series include:

• Mobile and remote access: Cisco Expressway makes collaboration as easy outside the enterprise as it is inside by simplifying the end-user experience. Using secure mobile access based on Transport Layer Security (TLS), Cisco Jabber® mobile users can access all their collaboration workloads (video, voice, content, instant messaging, and presence) without requiring the extra step of a VPN. Cisco Expressway also enables single-sign-on capabilities for Cisco Jabber users, integrating directly with the enterprise authentication and authorization methods in place. Both these capabilities help provide mobile experiences simply from anywhere on a range of devices with Cisco Jabber clients, and complements common IT department BYOD security policies. In addition, teleworkers can use their Cisco endpoints (Cisco TelePresence EX, MX, SX and C Series, Cisco DX Series and Cisco 7800 and 8800 Series), without a VPN, making collaboration at home as easy as in the office.
• Cisco Jabber Guest support: Cisco Expressway is integral for enabling the Cisco Jabber Guest. Together, using mobile and browser-based collaboration, the two products enable new ways of securely and easily interacting with "guests," whether they are consumers, other businesses, or even temporary employees.
• Open video federation: Cisco Expressway also simplifies external collaboration. Using URI dialing, organizations can securely collaborate with customers, partners, and suppliers and do so as easily as sending an email. No prearrangements needed. They can collaborate with partners or customers just as if they shared an office.
• Cisco cloud connectivity: Cisco Expressway also helps people meet more easily. It supports Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms, bringing together Cisco's industry-leading collaboration infrastructure and proven, scalable Cisco WebEx® cloud conferencing services to deliver an outstanding meeting experience. Now transparently integrate voice, video, and data sharing for video-optimized meetings available to anyone, anywhere, on any device. Cisco Expressway acts as the gateway connecting on-premises Cisco and third-party systems to the WebEx® cloud.