For Companies of all sizes, using the best technology is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’. It’s becoming essential, as the network underpins the performance levels that it can achieve. As many businesses now strategically invest in their networks, financing is becoming increasingly important.

Cisco Capital is uniquely positioned to be your strategic financing partner. The leasing solutions are value tools to finance your network investments by spreading the cost of new technology over time, allowing you to manage your cash flow better and conserve capital budgets.

EasyLease
EasyLease is the Cisco Capital finance program that has been specifically designed to meet the needs of Cisco customers in the small, growing and mid-sized markets. What are the challenges:
-    Limited budget
-    Company capital often secured for getting capital from the house bank
-    A financial buffer in case of future problems, monthly salary payments and growth

Cisco Capital Easy Lease frees you to get the solution your business needs without tying up your cash. This means that you are able to expand your relationship in your accounts, to enlarge the deal and accelerate the deal cycle for your customer, create budget and demand and stop chasing after it.

Benefits for you:
-    Financing is cheaper than paying with company capital
-    Budget constraints are being met
-    Existing credit line are not touched
-    Customer does not need to secure company assets other than the Cisco products and services
-    Avoid technology obsolescence
-    Improve ROI
-    Drive a proactive infrastructure management strategy to maintain your competitive edge and profitability
-    0% Financing!

Cisco now offers 2 EasyLease programmes: EasyLease Voice and EasyPort

EasyLease Voice	EasyPort
"Price per User per day"	"Price per port per month"
0% finance	0% finance
Up to 36 months	Up to 36 months
Min. 70% Cisco (incl. hardware, software & services)	Minimum 70% Cisco (incl. hardware, software & services)
Minimum 10% Cisco hardware	Minimum 10% Cisco hardware
Minimum deal size EUR 1,000 or GBP 1,000	Minimum deal size EUR 1,000 or GBP 1,000
Minimum 4 handsets	Minimum 1 Cisco Switch
Max. 0% financing EUR 125K or GBP 100K	Maximum 0% financing EUR 125K or GBP 100K
Benefit:	Benefits:
Enables customers to migrate to UC without large upfront investment	Enables customers to buy simple Cisco Networking solution without large upfront investment Per port financing ensures solution cost is more manageable and affordable

How does it work?

1. The first step is to collect the following information: Cisco Equipment, Cisco Services (i.e. SMARTnet), Non-Cisco equipment and non-Cisco services (i.e. software, training,  implementation)
   • 70% of the solution needs to be a Cisco Solution
   • The minimum investment is €1,000, the maximum investment is €125,000
   • The lease term is up 'till 36 months
     
2. The next step is to finalise the pricing proposal to your customer price.
3. With this information you go to the Easy-Lease-Lite Tool, this is an online Lease calculator which will help you to calculate the lease amount and to register your leasing opportunities.
   • For UK click <<here>>
   • For Ireland click <<here>>
4. Once you have entered this information, you will receive a proposition back from Cisco Capital Easy Lease

Accelerate the adoption of Unified Communications with Cisco Capital Easy Lease
For small and medium-sized businesses, the move to IP from PBX is no longer a matter of 'if', but 'when'. The business benefits of IP communications are seen as highly attractive, and Cisco Unified Communications solutions are regarded as a leading choice. But replacing PBX systems often raises a problem with finance. The impact of migration can mean that the lease on a PBX system has to be terminated, resulting in a financial penalty. Similarly, budget concerns may mean a business is reluctant to commit cash to an IP communications system. To overcome these financial challenges, Cisco Capital has created two programs to enable a quicker and easier transition to Cisco Unified Communications solutions.
They build on the success of the Cisco Capital Easy Lease 0% finance solution which already helps many of our customers to get the communications solutions they need whilst avoiding negative impact on cashflow and budgets.

1. Settle an existing lease at 0%. Customers who currently lease their PBX system may be required to pay an early settlement fee if they wish to transition to Cisco Unified Communications before the lease is up. This fee would come from internal funds, borrowings or loans, or would be rolled into a new finance agreement. Cisco Capital is offering our customers the opportunity to finance this settlement figure at 0% interest when included in a new Unified Communications solution. (Subject to this settlement figure amounting to less than 20% of the new solution value). This means that they can migrate immediately to a Cisco Unified Communications solution whilst minimising the impact on cashflow or internal budgets.
2. Migrate now, pay later. Customers may chose to use their own budget to pay an early settlement fee and migrate to Cisco Unified Communications, or they may chose to roll the fee into the new Easy Lease finance solution. Either way, this option allows customers to defer any lease payments for up to six months. This gives them valuable time to allocate budget and manage their cashflow so that they receive the business benefits of a Cisco Unified Communications solution, but not the financial challenges that early migration may otherwise represent. Both of these programs represent a compelling proposition for our customers to start taking advantage of Cisco Unified Communications solutions right away.