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Value for service providers

Value for enterprises

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Alcatel-Lucent MBN Business Case

Managed Business

Networking – dramatic cost

savings for enterprises

With the Alcatel-Lucent MBN solution, you gain the ability to:

•Leveragecoreassetstogeneratenewrevenuesfromenterprisecustomers

•ExtendthereachofBusinessVPNServiceswithaportfolioofmanagedCPE

•Deployandtailorservicesquickly,accuratelyandcosteffectivelytomeet

the needs of individual enterprises

•ProvidearangeofmanagedBusinessSecurityServices,includingsecure

remote access over the Internet and managed ﬁrewall services

•Buildafoundationforup-sellingManagedCommunications(MCS),which

can help you become enterprise customers’ managed IT and communications

partner of choice

•Reducenetworkoperatingcostsandimprovenetworkefciency

The Alcatel-Lucent MBN solution helps you provide

the following advantages for a broad range of enterprise

customers:

•Reducednetwork-associatedcostsbyupto22percent

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—whileincreasingefciency,productivityandROI,

supporting new applications and services and maintain-

ing business continuity

•Morepredictablenetworkingcostsandamoreexible

evolution path that reduces technology risk — while

gaining the freedom to concentrate on core business

•AchoiceofManagedBusinessVPNservicesthatpro-

vide superior performance, scalability and availability

to support business-critical applications

•Arangeofmanagedbusinessaccessoptionstoextend

VPN reach and provide secure remote access over

broadband DSL and the Internet

•Industry-leadingmanagedrewallandsecureInternet

remote-access solutions that integrate seamlessly with

third-party security applications and devices

•Theabilitytomaintaincontrolofnetworks,monitor

SLAs and make changes to service parameters using

customer self-care portals

•Always-onserviceswithoptimumperformancefor

business-critical communications and multimedia

applications, improved productivity and consistent

quality of experience, independent of location

Managed business networking services can dramatically

lower total cost of ownership for enterprises, increase

return on investment and eliminate many network

management costs, such as equipment maintenance and

upgrades. Along with more predictable operating expenses

(OPEX) and signiﬁcant cost savings, enterprises using

managed business networking services also gain a better

ability to focus on their core business.