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EnglishWhat IT Services Does Activated Communications, Inc. Offer Beyond Cisco and Meraki Networking?
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Activated Communications, Inc. describes itself as a full-stack IT solutions provider, not just a networking reseller. Beyond its Cisco and Meraki networking work, the company lists software and hardware procurement, discovery assessments, strategic planning, deployment, data center optimization, IT asset management, and cloud computing among its services. It positions these as custom-built IT solutions for customers worldwide, serving enterprise, government agency, educational, and SMB markets. If your project needs sourcing, planning, deployment, or lifecycle management alongside network infrastructure, these are the service areas to evaluate.
Software and Hardware Procurement
Activated states that it handles procurement from software and hardware through to delivery of a solution. In practice, this means a customer can source the products needed for a project through the same provider handling design and deployment, rather than splitting purchasing across separate vendors.
This matters most when a project mixes licensing, appliances, endpoints, and infrastructure components that need to arrive and be configured together. Procurement is listed as one stage in a longer chain that runs from assessment to deployment, so it is best understood as part of an integrated engagement rather than a standalone resale service.
Discovery Assessments and Strategic Planning
Two of the listed services sit before any equipment is deployed:
- Discovery assessments — evaluating the current environment to establish what exists and what needs to change.
- Strategic planning — translating that assessment into a technology roadmap tied to business goals.
The company frames this planning work around its customers' "strategic business goals," which suggests the output is intended to guide multi-phase technology decisions rather than a single purchase. For organizations that already know what they want to buy, this stage may be unnecessary; for those replacing aging infrastructure or consolidating systems, it is the step that determines scope.
Deployment and Data Center Optimization
Deployment and data center optimization are listed as distinct capabilities. Deployment covers putting the planned solution into production. Data center optimization addresses the performance and efficiency of existing data center environments.
These are relevant to different situations: deployment for new rollouts or migrations, and optimization for organizations whose data center footprint has grown without a corresponding review of how it performs. Both are described as part of the company's custom-built approach rather than fixed packages.
IT Asset Management and Cloud Computing
The remaining two service areas address what happens after deployment:
| Service | What it covers |
|---|---|
| IT asset management | Tracking and managing technology assets over their lifecycle |
| Cloud computing | Cloud-based solutions as part of the customer's IT environment |
Cloud computing is also reflected in the company's service catalog through a Cloud PBX phone system offering, which has its own pricing page. That is a concrete example of how the cloud service line extends beyond infrastructure into communications.
How to Decide If These Services Fit Your Project
Activated's own description of its customer base is broad — enterprise, government agency, educational, and SMB markets — and its stated experience spans 15 years as a Cisco partner with a privately held structure founded in 2004. That breadth means the useful question is not whether the company serves your category, but whether your project matches the service chain it describes.
A project is a good fit if it needs more than one of these stages: assessment, planning, procurement, deployment, optimization, asset management, or cloud. A project that only needs network hardware configured is a narrower engagement than what the company presents as its core offering.
Because pricing is only published for the Cloud PBX phone system, budget expectations for the other services require a direct conversation. Start by defining which stages your project actually needs, then confirm scope and cost for those specific stages rather than assuming a bundled engagement.