Is your network delivering everything your users need – and more?
We live in a digital-ready world where IT decision-makers are focused on achieving digital agility to keep pace with the multi-cloud, app-focused environment. Simultaneously, users’ expectations of how fast, how secure and how flexible their experience should be are growing as fast as the expanding threat environment.
You can help your customers’ networks meet – and exceed – these demands.
Outdated and traditional networks will not cope with today’s digital-ready world. Smart customers are taking this opportunity to migrate from the Catalyst 2000 family of switches to Cisco’s alternative switch families;
- Cisco Catalyst 9000 family
- The Meraki MS Series
- Cisco Catalyst 1000 high-end models
Which switch is right for your customers?
Use our flow chart below to work out which of Cisco’s latest switch family will suit your customers, best.
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Features and benefits
Catalyst 1000 Family
Most suitable for:
Simple – The C1000 family is easy to configure and manage with Bluetooth, so ideal for small and mid-sized businesses that don’t have dedicated IT professionals.
Flexible – The C1000 family fit a host of use cases and offers a greater PoE budget, so your customers can run more devices per port.
Secure and reliable – 60% of small businesses fail within 18 months of being hacked, the C1000 family runs on one of the most hardened networking OSs ever released.
Catalyst 9000 Family
Most suitable for:
Automate and simplify – The C9000 family is purpose-built for full fabric control with Cisco DNA and SD-Access.
Optimised mobility – With converged network security services across security segmentation, policy and ETA for multiple devices.
Cloud-ready – With our dev-ops tool kit you can simplify, secure and transform your cloud environment.
Meraki
Most suitable for:
Simple – Meraki delivers cloud-driven dashboards with the power of enterprise-level hardware.
Easy to manage – Meraki switches offer zero-touch provisioning and can be configured entirely from a web browser.
Powerful – Meraki switches provide the essentials for building high-performance networks that can help maintain seamless network service.
Recommended resources
Cisco C1000 brochure
Everything you need to know why the C1000 is right for your customers.
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