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Cisco Meraki Simplifies Security and Expands Platform

Cisco Meraki has announced an expansion Cisco Meraki Security Innovations: managing one site or one hundred sites,
of its portfolio along with additional Cisco Meraki is introducing new security we aim to provide our customers with the
integration of Cisco networking and features, as well as further multi-domain most powerful and most simple option.”
security innovation into its solutions. New, integrations with Cisco’s industry-leading For partners, Cisco Meraki’s approach
cloud-managed networking and security security portfolio. This includes the to networking has provided immense
offerings will simplify the customer introduction of Meraki Trusted Access, growth opportunities. By simplifying
journey to secure, next-generation which provides device authentication the implementation of networking and
networking technology. The new solutions without the need for an MDM solution. security, Cisco Meraki partners are able
also enable customers to further realize Other innovations include DNS traffic to spend less time building networks for
Cisco Meraki’s overarching mission to protection and content filtering on the customers, getting customers up and
make a digital business as simple to run as Meraki MR powered by Umbrella, and running sooner. In addition, Cisco Meraki’s
possible without sacrificing performance enhanced Security Appliance Firewall network is open and extensible, enabling
or security. In today’s world, employees rules. partners to integrate and build value-added
work from anywhere around the world and Meraki Gateway (MG): A new product line applications and services on top of Cisco
are using an ever-increasing number of for Cisco Meraki, Meraki Gateway (MG) Meraki’s platform. With today’s news,
devices that need to be managed, but many is a wireless WAN cellular gateway that Cisco Meraki is continuing its commitment
businesses cannot afford to run networks unlocks the power of cellular connectivity to partners by extending its portfolio and
that were not built for these new digital while offering simple provisioning and expanding partners’ addressable market.
demands. Those with lean IT teams should management. “The new Meraki MS390 combines the
not have to choose between innovation “Our goal has always been to empower simplicity of deployment and management
and security, so Cisco Meraki offers an our customers to do what’s best for their of Meraki with the power of Cisco
intent-based architecture that provides business by providing a network solution switching innovation,” said Brian Ortbals,
the secure foundation businesses need that allows them to focus on what is Vice President, Advanced Technology
and equips an IT organization of any size most important,” said Todd Nightingale, at World Wide Technology. “The MS390
with the capabilities to grow and innovate SVP/GM, Cisco Meraki. “LTE, Wi-Fi 6, creates a scalable way to aggregate high-
with confidence. The new innovations IoT and the other countless networking density Wi-Fi deployments while providing
introduced today build on Cisco’s legacy of innovations available today can seem the ultimate user experience. In addition
industry-leading networking and security daunting, but with the right architecture to scale, the MS390 offers extensibility for
solutions, and allow for IT to easily extend and the right security in place, IT can be new feature development, including new
management across network domains. adapted to meet the needs of the business security policy that organizations will want
The new Cisco Meraki solutions include: at any scale. So, whether it is someone to take immediate advantage of.”
MS390: A next-generation access switch
that combines the simplicity of Meraki with
the power of Cisco switching innovations.
Building on Cisco Meraki’s intent-based
networking solution, this is the first Meraki
switch built with Cisco Catalyst hardware
innovations combined with Cisco Meraki
software innovations.
Adaptive Policy: Cisco Meraki Adaptive
Policy allows organizations to group users,
applications and devices to easily apply
the right policies. Adaptive Policy is a part
of Cisco’s Zero Trust Security initiative,
and will enable advanced multi-domain
policy support between Meraki and a SD-
Access fabric deployment.

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