Education
Chief technology officer
Leads digital transformation efforts to accelerate the secure delivery of learning services to students
Chief financial officer
Leads the school strategies and budget planning
Chief acquisition/ procurement officer
Ensures that IT contracts comply with state’s education policies and governance procedure
Administrative head
Gives every teacher and every student access to the resources they need to teach and learn effectively
Chief information officer
Provides infrastructure and technology to enable active learning, transformative experiences, and innovation
Chief security officer
Allows for secure collaboration among students and faculty experts around the world to pioneer advances that benefit society
Network operations head
Leads overall network design, policies, and programs for all school campuses/sites
Education imperatives
“I need to…”
Does your customer have ongoing digital initiatives (BYOD policy, online campus, student safety, etc.)?
Has your customer recently experienced any cyber breaches, such as a ransomware attack?
Does your customer have a huge installed base that needs to be refreshed?
Do all the scoped EA offers comply with the customer’s education special programs as applicable, such as E-Rate eligibility for US K-12/libraries?
Is the customer seeing shifting priorities in operational budgets from capital expenditures?
Does Cisco have any institution wide contract in place for this customer already? Will the contract vehicle allow for adding EA terms as an annexure?
Does your customer have the required budget? If not, can the customer identify funding opportunities through federal grants and bonds?
Will the customer consider a payment plan? Will the contract vehicle allow for financing? Does a document already exist?
