Cisco Preferred Certified Partner

AHEAD helps you take full advantage of your Cisco platforms to drive innovation in your business. We have earned Cisco’s highest partner designation, with competencies across networking, security, collaboration, full-stack observability, and customer experience.

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FEATURED ARTICLE

Whitepaper

Cisco AI Pods: Purpose-Built Infrastructure Solutions

In this whitepaper, we’ll discuss the benefits of Cisco AI Pods, how AHEAD helps plan and deploy this AI infrastructure, and why leading enterprises choose to partner with AHEAD and Cisco together.

Simplifying and Accelerating AI Infrastructure Deployments with AHEAD and Cisco

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Hatch has helped us streamline our procurement process, identify and alleviate supply chain constraints, simplify and standardize large multi-site deployments, and improve the quality and accuracy of our asset management. For a $60 billion company, it’s already brought us tremendous value, and we are still just scratching the surface of its capabilities.

Mark Baltz

Performance Food Group

AHEAD’S CISCO CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

Member of the Cisco Data Center Technical Advisory Board, Partner Lifecycle Advisory Board and the Cisco AI Advisory Board

Cisco certifications

CCIE certifications

Cisco Certified Engineers

Cisco Partner of the Year

PORTFOLIO DESIGNATIONS

AHEAD is a Cisco-recognized partner with proven expertise across Security, Collaboration, Networking, Cloud & AI Infrastructure, Splunk, and Services — designated as a Preferred Partner in all six portfolios.

Preferred Cloud and AI Infrastructure Partner
Preferred Collaboration Partner
Preferred Networking Partner
Preferred Security Partner
Preferred Services Partner
Preferred Splunk Partner

WHY AHEAD FOR CISCO?

Advise

Strategic advisory services expertly tailored to guide your transformation

Unlock the full power of your Cisco platforms. With cross-functional experts in cloud and data center, AHEAD network teams can leverage the entire Cisco platform to transform your network operations.
Aging networks are an obstacle to deploying AI workloads. AHEAD constructs custom AI infrastructure across cloud, core, and edge that reduces the stress on your network infrastructure while meeting your business goals for AI.
AHEAD’s Hatch platform and Foundry infrastructure capabilities allow us to handle large-scale Cisco deployments with full visibility into asset management, logistics, and services.
AHEAD is authorized to transact Cisco Software and Enterprise License Agreements (ELAs) through AWS Marketplace. AHEAD has structured and transacted the largest Cisco Software EA through AWS to date.

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Transform

Outcome-oriented services to accelerate impact, built on industry-leading platforms with AHEAD IP

Control costs and simplify software management with FinOps and ServiceNow integrations in AHEAD’s world-class Hatch platform.
AHEAD engineers are experts in multi-cloud and end-to-end reference architectures and can help you build an adoption strategy and roadmap for cloud networking.
Security should be the foundation of your network. AHEAD’s employs a Zero Trust framework with a Policy as Code approach to secure IT, OT, and edge network assets.

Operate

AHEAD offers full Cisco management capabilities, from design to migration to XaaS

AHEAD is experienced in delivering complex design and integration services and can extend day 2 support for all core Cisco Solutions via AHEAD’s 24x4x7 Managed Services offerings.
Increase operational efficiency and scale network automation throughout your organization. AHEAD can help define, test, and validate multi-cloud network automation standards and create a custom roadmap for network automation in your Cisco platforms.
Hatch’s global infrastructure lifecycle management capabilities offer full network visibility by location to aid in network management, network refresh planning, and rollouts.

GET AHEAD OF YOUR COMPETITION

Advisory Board Membership

AHEAD has members on several Cisco Technical Advisory Boards, including Data Center, Networking, NetSec, AI, and Partner Lifecycle.

Hatch for Lifecycle Management

Hatch is the single source of truth for IT asset management. Set up automated procurement workflows and real-time order tracking. Enhance your CMDB to keep track of end-of-life roadmaps on full tech stacks, components, and other items – and keep track of support entitlements to prevent auto-renewals on decommissioned assets. Plus, utilize reverse logistics services to facilitate the return or relocation of assets.

Foundry

AHEAD’s Foundry™ offers in-house capabilities to handle large-scale Cisco deployments, including asset management, logistics, and professional and managed services for integrating Cisco solutions as part of larger transformation initiatives. Full rack integration offers plug-and-play deployments onsite, reducing network implementations from months to days.

CISCO CLIENT STORIES

Consumers Energy

Increasing Application Performance and Improving Customer Experience

One of the World's Oldest Banks

Powering a Revolutionary, Secure and Redundant Digital Asset Custody Platform

Rush University Medical Center

Multi-Partner Data Center Refresh

Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp.

Modernizing Aging Infrastructure to Increase Organizational Speed and Efficiency

AHEAD INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS FOR CISCO

AHEAD has extensive experience in key verticals such as healthcare, manufacturing, energy, retail, and finance, enabling us to implement customized Cisco solutions tailored to specific industry needs. We have the following Cisco Competencies: