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Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)

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What is Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)?

Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.

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What is Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)?

Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

7.1
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Communication

Features that allow team members to communicate about collaborative projects and keep each other informed of their opinions and progress.

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File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

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Product Details

What is Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)?

Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.

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Cisco Business Edition 7000 was a collaboration and universal communication, VOIP / telephony, conferencing and messaging platform for enterprises of 1000 to 5000 employees. It has been discontinued, and is superseded by functionality found in Webex Calling.

Reviewers rate Video files highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Front runner in unified communications

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 19, 2021
Fully packed with calling, messaging, contact center, management, and meeting application, Cisco Business Edition 7000 is an all-in-one solution to meet all your on-premise collaboration needs.
  • All in one hardware platform to meet all needs for calling, meetings, messaging, contact center, and management.
  • Great performance, scalability, and reliability.
Cons
  • The provisioning of the system can get complicated.
  • Upgrade times can be better.
Cisco Business Edition 7000 is a great solution for small businesses and when stacked it can scale for big companies. When scalability comes into question, you can simply add more servers to add more applications that serve more users. The hearth of the solution, Cisco Unified Communications Manager is a proven reliable solution, but it needs some modern revamp on its core services to be less sluggish.
Project Management (6)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Task Management
80%
8.0
Scheduling
80%
8.0
Workflow Automation
90%
9.0
Mobile Access
70%
7.0
Search
60%
6.0
Visual planning tools
80%
8.0
Communication (6)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Chat
70%
7.0
Notifications
60%
6.0
Discussions
70%
7.0
Surveys
60%
6.0
Internal knowledgebase
60%
6.0
Integrates with Outlook
80%
8.0
File Sharing & Management (6)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Video files
90%
9.0
Audio files
100%
10.0
Document collaboration
70%
7.0
Access control
70%
7.0
Advanced security features
60%
6.0
Device sync
70%
7.0
  • Great stability and reliability.
Cisco Business Edition 7000 is the front runner when it comes to stability and reliability. The platform is easily scalable to meet different business needs.

All in one UC platform to drive the enterprise

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 16, 2020
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
2 years of experience
Cisco BE7K was used by our organisation as a mid-size branch communication platform. With all the necessary UC apps included in one solution BE7K brought all the UC services that Cisco offers within one box, which really removed the complexity for us as end users.
  • All in one platform that includes all the Cisco UC services in one appliance.
  • All the services are ready to use and preconfigured.
  • Tools available improve productivity and user experience.
Cons
  • More cloud based services need to be added to the default service package.
  • Companies frequently require a small contact center within the UC environment. It would be nice to see a build it contact center in the box.
  • It would be nice to see some advanced AI based services (IVR voice recognition service) in the BE7K application list.
  • Call recording should be also built in.
BE7K is well suited for small/medium enterprise environments. It has all the necessary UC toll that is required for any modern knowledge worker. I don't see any other cases where it is not suited. The platform is amazing and suits any use cases whenever the Unified Communication is required.
Project Management (7)
82.85714285714286%
8.3
Task Management
90%
9.0
Gantt Charts
80%
8.0
Scheduling
80%
8.0
Workflow Automation
80%
8.0
Mobile Access
80%
8.0
Search
80%
8.0
Visual planning tools
90%
9.0
Communication (7)
81.42857142857142%
8.1
Chat
80%
8.0
Notifications
90%
9.0
Discussions
80%
8.0
Surveys
90%
9.0
Internal knowledgebase
80%
8.0
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
70%
7.0
Integrates with Outlook
80%
8.0
File Sharing & Management (6)
86.66666666666666%
8.7
Versioning
90%
9.0
Video files
80%
8.0
Audio files
90%
9.0
Document collaboration
80%
8.0
Advanced security features
90%
9.0
Device sync
90%
9.0
  • High ROI, the communication platform provides all the necessary that is required employees to be always connected wherever they are. This improves companies overall performance and certainly income.
  • Simplified maintenance and user friendly interfaces. The platform has all the admin tool to make support easy and efficient.
  • Employees are enabled with all the Unified Communication services and they are more productive which again improves overall company's performance.
  • Simplified infrastructure.
  • All in one services.
  • Excellent support.
  • User friendliness.

Zip through your Cisco UC deployments using BE7K

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 13, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
2 years of experience
I've set up collaboration nodes for a few of our customers. Used this to support small-sized and medium-sized deployments. Small being under 1000 users and medium being a 3000 user set up. Application servers came pre-installed/pre-deployed, so that saved a lot of our time which usually would've been spent in downloading iso files copying them to datastores and setting up the nodes.
  • The fact that the nodes come pre-installed.
  • Easy to set up.
  • Saves a lot of installation, pre-installation time.
Cons
  • Integrated email notifications on hardware failure.
  • Expensive
Its well suited for small to medium scale deployments if the infra is in-house. Webex and other SaaS solutions are in demand these days and are cost-effective too, but if for some reason your deployments need a locally-managed data center, then go for the BE7K or the BE6K depending upon your requirement.
Project Management (2)
60%
6.0
Task Management
60%
6.0
Mobile Access
60%
6.0
Communication (3)
56.66666666666667%
5.7
Notifications
50%
5.0
Discussions
60%
6.0
Internal knowledgebase
60%
6.0
File Sharing & Management (4)
60%
6.0
Versioning
60%
6.0
Document collaboration
60%
6.0
Access control
60%
6.0
Advanced security features
60%
6.0
  • Easier and faster deployments.
  • Costly.
I've used 220s and 240s too, but it takes a lot of time to set them up, a lot of time to download the iso files, and set up of datastores. 7k saves the engineer a lot of pre-build assessment and evaluation time. Gets a lot done in a lot less time, returns are a happy engineer and a happier customer.

Cisco Business Edition 7000: The best VoIP Phones For Organizations

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 07, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
1 year of experience
We use the Cisco Business Edition 7000 series in our organization to get connected to our team mates and they are most reliable. They are easy to use and provide great functionality when it comes to call our employees. The product has got great features and functionality. Communicating over a normal mobile handset is quite hectic as some organization do not allow phones in working hour and also the network are quite unstable some time hence it become difficult to call the employees when there is some need and urgency. This is where cisco phones comes in picture and solve our day to day problem. They are very reliable and make our work easy.
  • Cisco Business Edition 7000 have got best voice quality and they are very reliable.
  • The phone is embedded with security and encryption features and interception of call is very tough and difficult. So they are very secure.
  • The phones are portable and easy to carry which make it a best choice.
Cons
  • The User interface of phone could be better and it can be more interactive. The options are complex.
  • The configuration part is tough as we need to select them manually through buttons which make it a difficult task.
  • If the bandwidth of network is low we may face some noise disturbance and jitter in voice.
  • There should be proper documentation available for configuration part so that anyone with good knowledge can do it.
Cisco business edition are well suited for the environment where we need regular communication as they are easy to dial and has got great features. The product is well suited for both small business and large enterprises. Speed dial, good voice quality are key features of Cisco phones.
They are not well suited in scenarios where we do not have LAN connectivity or internet. Sometimes we may face latency and jitteriness which is not good.
Project Management (7)
77.14285714285714%
7.7
Task Management
90%
9.0
Gantt Charts
80%
8.0
Scheduling
80%
8.0
Workflow Automation
80%
8.0
Mobile Access
90%
9.0
Search
60%
6.0
Visual planning tools
60%
6.0
Communication (8)
68.75%
6.9
Chat
90%
9.0
Notifications
70%
7.0
Discussions
80%
8.0
Surveys
80%
8.0
Internal knowledgebase
80%
8.0
Integrates with GoToMeeting
60%
6.0
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
50%
5.0
Integrates with Outlook
40%
4.0
File Sharing & Management (4)
67.5%
6.8
Versioning
80%
8.0
Access control
80%
8.0
Advanced security features
100%
10.0
Device sync
10%
1.0
  • The ROI is good and we have attend a good profit.
  • The product saves a lot of time of the employees and there working hour become useful and able to solve our problem.
  • The hardware support is not good as sometimes semi conductor chips become faulty due to power issue hence we encounter some loss.
Cisco Business edition are very comfortable and got great functioning. This name is a brand in market and the support from their side is very good. The life support of phones is very good. They have embedded with good security features and algorithm so interception become difficult by anyone. They are very reliable and has got great voice quality which makes it a best for every type of businesses. The support from Cisco is very good which I like the best.

Cisco Business Edition 7000 works fine but I wonder if it's significantly different from the 6000 series.

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 06, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
3 years of experience
This series is primarily used for phone/telecommunications purposes by our department and by many other offices at my organization. It runs smoothly but is reliant on a good internet connection. There are times when the internet goes out for any number of reasons, which affects phone usage. Or if there is a power outage, the phone has often disconnected or become non-functional.
  • Voicemail message are retained for a lengthy period of time.
  • It efficiently allows for users to phone colleagues in other departments by the extension number.
  • Headset usage comes in handy.
  • Speaker phone capability works well.
Cons
  • Too reliant on internet to run smoothly.
  • The volume for the ringer on the phone does not go down all the way.
  • Some of the buttons alongside the screen aren't clear as to what they are/do
A nice big screen for the phone allows for a decent interface with the user. Many buttons exist that cause confusion. In some cases, less is more.
Project Management (6)
51.66666666666667%
5.2
Task Management
50%
5.0
Gantt Charts
50%
5.0
Scheduling
40%
4.0
Workflow Automation
70%
7.0
Mobile Access
50%
5.0
Search
50%
5.0
Communication (4)
42.5%
4.3
Chat
10%
1.0
Notifications
60%
6.0
Discussions
50%
5.0
Internal knowledgebase
50%
5.0
File Sharing & Management (6)
51.66666666666667%
5.2
Versioning
30%
3.0
Audio files
70%
7.0
Document collaboration
50%
5.0
Access control
50%
5.0
Advanced security features
60%
6.0
Device sync
50%
5.0
  • It has allowed for mostly smooth communication from department to department/office to office.
  • It allows for saved phone # / last contact to appear quickly.
  • It has allowed for safety warnings/announcements to emerge all across every office so that everyone within the organization is on the same page about events when they occur.
  • Cisco 6000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 6000)
It worked much the way that Cisco Business Edition 7000 works. I cannot say what the differences are.
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