Cloud-Managed Networking

Sam Cooper
Cloud Networking Group

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 Time Option 1 Option 2
Take your Cyber Defense on the Offensive with Building the Next Generation Intelligent
11:00 Cisco Sourcefire AMP WAN
Mark Burke Tammy Getschel
Lunch
Good Security by Design Ronnie Scott
Keynote
IoT in Action: The latest use cases in
Flow Analysis – The Missing Link in your Security Digital Manufacturing, Digital
1:00 Architecture Transportation, Digital Energy & Digital
Rob Bleeker Workspaces
Dave Jirku
Cisco HyperFlex – Next Generation
Multi-Gigabit Access
2:00 Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Matt McColl
Patrick LeMaistre
ACI – Software Defined Networks for
Understanding the Cisco Collaboration Cloud
3:00 the Rest of Us
Cesar Barrero
Ronnie Scott

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Agenda
• Industry trends & Meraki
• Advantages of Cloud Networking
• How it works
• Meraki Access Points
• Demo
• Where do you go from here?

• But first … some trivia

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 • Over 500M Apple iOS devices
shipped
• Doesn’t matter if Apple shipped
quirky software – our job is to
make sure the network simply
works

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 Meraki MR Meraki MS Meraki MX Meraki SM
Wireless LAN Ethernet Switches Security Mobile Device
Appliances Management

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 1 billion iOS & HD video and New business
Android devices rich media opportunities

Integrated Layer 7 Analytics

mobile device application and user
management shaping engagement

A complete solution out of the-box:

No extra hardware, software, or complexity

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World is transitioning to cloud, ease of use

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• Customers change their mind about what’s
important
New applications, devices, etc.
Budgetary environments

• Important to have no technology religion –

constantly reinvent ourselves to maximize
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transitions
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Meraki: Full platform, not just wireless

Meraki MR Meraki MS Meraki MX Meraki SM

Wireless LAN Ethernet Switches Security Mobile Device
Appliances Management
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Feature velocity across product families

Meraki SM
2011
Mobile Device
Management

Meraki MR
Wireless LAN
2006

Meraki MX
Security 2011
Appliances

Meraki MS
Ethernet
Switches
2012

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Post-acquisition: Accelerating innovation

Since acquisition:
• Over 20 new hardware models

• 40+ major feature updates

• 10k+ wishes

Platform built for feature velocity

• Software-centric: Continually ship new features

• Engineers can measure their work in the field

• “Make a wish”: direct customer feedback

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A simple, all-in-one solution
A Meraki solution includes a 1:1 ratio of hardware and licenses

Licensing is required and includes:

Centralized management and network-wide
+ visibility and control
Seamless firmware and security updates
Phone support and lifetime warranty
hardware license (except outdoor APs)

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Out of band cloud management in every product
Scalable
Unlimited throughput, no bottlenecks
Add devices or sites in minutes

Reliable

Management
Highly available cloud with multiple datacenters
data (1 kb/s)
WAN Network functions even if connection to cloud is interrupted

Secure
No user traffic passes through cloud
Fully HIPAA / PCI compliant (level 1 certified)
3rd party security audits, daily penetration testing

Future-proof
New features pushed through firmware, guided by customer feedback
Automatic firmware and security updates (user-scheduled)
Reliability and security information at meraki.cisco.com/trust
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 MR Wireless Access Points: Models

Indoor NEW
APs
MR18 MR26 MR32 MR34
2 Stream Triple-Radio 3 Stream Triple-Radio 2 Stream Triple-Radio 3 Stream Triple-Radio
802.11n 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ac
600 Mbit/s 900 Mbit/s 1.2 Gbit/s 1.75 Gbit/s

Outdoor
APs
NEW

MR62 MR66 MR72

Single-Radio Dual-Radio 2 Stream Triple-Radio
802.11n 802.11n 802.11ac
300 Mbit/s 600 Mbit/s 1.2 Gbit/s

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3rd radio tames hostile RF environments
Technology from the flagship MR34 brought to the rest of the Meraki family

Radio dedicated to scanning and protecting RF environment

- Instantly detects and mitigates interference, vulnerabilities, and attacks on
all channels
- 3rd radio enables full-time scanning with full-performance client access on
2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios

Deeply-integrated with cloud-based software solutions:

Air Marshal (security), Auto RF (performance)

No added cost or complexity

- Typical deployments: radio operates in background (zero-config)
- Power users: rich tools available for security and RF management
- No added cost: no extra hardware, software, or licenses
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Bluetooth Low Energy enables location-based applications

Operates on the 2.4GHz ISM band

Gaining traction as an opt-in alternative to WiFi-based location services

Location Engagement Asset Tracking

Provide better consumer experience with Track beacon-tagged assets with Bluetooth
opt-in mobile app integration scanning and location estimation

Included in the MR32 and MR72

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Demo

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Where is Meraki headed?

Hardware and Software Business Relevant APIs and integration with

to support larger, more features and tools enterprise tools
complex network

Continued build out of “Meraki as a Platform”

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Documentation & Links
Resource URL
Knowledge Base documentation.meraki.com
Product Documentation docs.meraki.com
Whitepapers meraki.com/library
Blog meraki.com/blog
YouTube Videos youtube.com/user/milesmeraki

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Try it for yourself
Resource URL
Free AP meraki.com/freeap
Free MDM meraki.com/sm

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Thank you.