The Intelligent Business Switch for Today’s Most Intelligent Small Business Networks:

The The Cisco® Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series Switches with LAN Base provide the performance, and availability that today’s small businesses demand, as well as the intelligence to support business applications and security services. Switches are a key component of your network foundation and can improve the availability of critical applications, while protecting business information. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series Switches are specifically designed for growing businesses that need to accommodate expanding services, and optimize network bandwidth and to assure the fast and reliable delivery of applications and servicestions.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series Switches with LAN Base software provides intelligent network management to:

• Improve employee productivity and customer responsiveness by preserving the availability of essential business applications and supporting advanced IP voice and video services.
• Enhance the performance of business applications and use network bandwidth more efficiently.
• Provide advanced security to protect customer data and assets, block network attacks, and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Easily deploy and centrally manage IP communications and wireless solutions.
• Improve the operational efficiency of IT staff by reducing the time and effort required to configure, manage, and optimize the network as the business environment grows.
• Protect technology investments with a scalable, centrally manageable network foundation that can grow with the business and continually support new applications.

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series with LAN Base software features:
 

• Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop and 10 Gigabit uplinks for superior performance in the most demanding environments.
• Cisco FlexStack stacking, available on the Catalyst 2960-S switches, allows the stacking of switches to simplify management and keep the network up and running even in the event of a failure.
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) and PoE+ power IP phones, wireless access points, and video cameras directly over the Ethernet connection, without an external power supply, simplifying deployment and eliminating the need and cost
  of installing separate power supplies.
• Advanced security features, including enhanced access control, guards against network attacks and proactive threat defense prevents the most damaging security threats.
• Advanced QoS features enhance network performance by supporting delay-sensitive IP voice and video applications.
• Cisco EnergyWise Technology monitors and manages power consumption to optimize power delivery and reduce energy costs.
• Simple, scalable management with the choice of a commandline interface (CLI) or the web-based Cisco Network.
• Assistant featuring Cisco SmartPort technology.
• Long-term investment protection with a limited lifetime hardware warranty and ongoing software updates at no additional cost.

The network is an increasingly critical component to today’s small business. By providing these capabilities in the network foundation, you can improve the availability of critical applications; protect business information, more easily accommodate expanding services, and optimize network bandwidth to more effectively deliver information and applications.