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How does Cisco help SMBs to be truly smart?
The correct answer is D. secure connectivity. Secure connectivity (D) is correct because Cisco's core value proposition for SMBs centers on providing reliable, protected network connections that enable businesses to operate safely and efficiently - this is the foundation of Cisco's "Smart" SMB solutions, including…
Question
How does Cisco help SMBs to be truly smart?
Options
- Aoperational inefficiencies
- Bemployee automation
- Cutilities cost control
- Dsecure connectivity
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A8% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D86% (32)
Explanation
Secure connectivity (D) is correct because Cisco's core value proposition for SMBs centers on providing reliable, protected network connections that enable businesses to operate safely and efficiently - this is the foundation of Cisco's "Smart" SMB solutions, including offerings like the Cisco Smart Business Communications System.
Why the distractors are wrong:
- A (operational inefficiencies) - Cisco aims to eliminate operational inefficiencies, not offer them as a benefit; this is the opposite of the goal.
- B (employee automation) - While Cisco has collaboration tools, "employee automation" is not how Cisco frames its SMB helping strategy; it's a distractor using buzzword appeal.
- C (utilities cost control) - Managing electricity or physical utility costs is outside Cisco's core competency; that's a facilities/operations concern, not a networking vendor's promise.
Memory tip: Link "Smart SMB + Cisco = Secure" - just as a smart home needs a secure lock on the front door, a smart business needs secure connectivity as its entry point. Cisco is a networking company first, so any "SMB smart" question almost always points back to network security.
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