Technology Strategy Roadmap for Small Business Evolution

Cisco creates technology strategy roadmap that supports small business evolution as the enterprise matures. The roadmap defines three phases of evolution for small businesses: Foundation, Growth, and Optimized. Small companies in foundation phase seek to communicate, provide access to, and share information with employees, customers, and suppliers. Growth phase businesses focus on efficiency and cost-effective solutions to enable mobility and real-time information sharing. In the optimized phase, businesses focus on differentiating themselves in their market through optimizing interaction with customers, suppliers, and employees and have integrated technology into the fabric of the business. ...

... "The Cisco Smart Business Roadmap provides a structured, planned evolution path to help businesses keep pace with change and make informed technology purchases. This roadmap shows how Cisco technology solutions can optimize businesses by effectively addressing current challenges and evolving to take on new challenges. " ...

Via Cisco: The Cisco Smart Business Roadmap (PDF) ...