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Virtual office: The Cisco 880 Series is ideal for corporate teleworkers who have a mix of broadband 
connection types such as DSL, 3G, and Metro Ethernet. The Cisco 880 SRST Series provides a secure 
virtual office with all the collaborative services such as data, voice, and fax services. SRST helps ensure 
voice services are operational in case of WAN link failure, and redundant WAN links help ensure business 
continuity. QoS features in the Cisco 880 Series allow for connection of an IP or analog phone to the 
router, giving voice traffic precedence over data applications. Integrated WLAN support in the Cisco 880 
Series helps ensure that if wireless connectivity is used it is secure. (Refer to Cisco Virtual Office Solution, 
http://www.cisco.com/go/cvo, for more information.) 
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Remote call-center agent: Similar to teleworking applications, this solution extends the Cisco IP Contact 
Center solution for telephone call-center agents to remote sites. With a high-quality, secure connection 
through the Cisco 880 Series, call-center agents can be dispersed away from costly call-center facilities 
while maintaining secure and productive voice and data access in their home. SRST and business-
continuity solutions in the Cisco 880 Series provide reliability and continuous business operation. 
Alternatively, the remote call-center agent can be provided with SIP trunking service with service 
demarcation provided by CUBE features and the central call center can forward calls to the remote call-
center agent through the remote office SIP trunk. 
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Retail VPN: Retail stores migrating from dialup connections for point-of-sale transactions can use the Cisco 
880 Series to take advantage of low-cost broadband access with the required security to comply with 
payment-card-industry (PCI) and other data security requirements. They can then add multiple devices and 
applications to the store network to take advantage of the increased bandwidth and also incorporate 
optional WLAN support to enable secure mobility and enhance productivity. 
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Managed services: Service providers and value-added resellers can use the Cisco 880 Series as a 
platform to offer differentiated business-class security, voice and WLAN services for small business 
customers. The SIP trunking connectivity features of the Cisco 880 CUBE series router can provide the 
high quality VOIP service needed through the SP cloud. 
Features and Benefits 
Table 3 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco 880 Series Integrated Services Routers. 
Table 3.  Features and Benefits of Cisco 880 Series Routers 
Feature  Benefit 
Increased performance to run concurrent 
services 
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Cisco 880 Series Router performance allows customers to take advantage of broadband 
network speeds while running secure, concurrent data, voice, video, and wireless 
services. 
Enhanced security 
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An integrated stateful and application inspection firewall provides network perimeter 
security. 
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High-speed IPsec 3DES and AES encryption offers data privacy over the Internet. 
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Intrusion prevention enforces security policy in a larger enterprise or service provider 
network. 
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Content filtering offers category-based URL classification and blocking, thus providing 
increased productivity and better use of company resources. 
WAN Diversity 
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Multiple WAN links: Fast Ethernet, Multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL2/2+, G.SHDSL, 3G, and 
ISDN. 
Redundant WAN links 
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Redundant WAN links provide business continuity and WAN diversity with  
Four-port 10/100-Mbps managed switch 
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The Cisco 880 Series allows for connection of multiple devices in a small office, with the 
ability to designate a port as the network edge. 
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An optional external PoE adapter powers IP phones and external access points to avoid 
individual power supplies or power injectors. 
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VLANs allow for secure segmentation of network resources.