Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Current Analysis Inc.
Published: May 2007
Product Code: R759-6778Description Cisco's ME 6500 series provides service providers with a cost-effective, feature-rich solution to address the Ethernet access and aggregation layers of carrier Ethernet networks. The ME 6500 series is based on the proven Catalyst 6500 technology. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.
Table of Contents - Current Perspective
- Analytical overview of the product's position with the market. Includes a Current Analysis competitive rating for the product ranging from Very Threatening, describing a product that is likely to make significant gains in market share because of its technology, features, functionality, and/or market presence; to Vulnerable, for products that are like to see decrease in market share due to competitive threats.
- Strengths Strengths & Weaknesses Weaknesses
- Objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the product, with respect to competitors and alternative solutions. Covers key areas that are cited as downsides to the product when positioned against competitors, and key areas that are used as differentiators when selling the product. Provides the reader with an unbiased view of the product.
- Buying Criteria
- Analysis of how well the product meets the customer's most important specifications, including: performance, price, functionality, availability, deployment and more. This section is helpful in situations where the reader needs to put together an RFI or RFP to compare competing products.
- Product Metrics
- Updated regularly, product metrics provide the most recent relevant information and specifications for a product. Also useful for RFP and RFI purposes.
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