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Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN service, with include: remaining agile.
the signature simplicity they have come • Simplicity, ease-of-use – A co- • Change management – To make
to expect from Cisco Meraki.” Reshmi developed toolkit seamlessly automates changes to branch locations, such
Yandapalli, Principal Product Manager, the process of securely connecting as a change in ISP provider, or adding
Microsoft Corp. said, “Organizations are Cisco Meraki MX appliances at branch additional resources in Azure, zero
increasingly looking to adopt Microsoft’s locations directly to the Azure Virtual configuration will be required on the
Azure Virtual WAN service as a way to WAN service, at scale, delivering days of Cisco Meraki MX appliances, saving
connect their branch SD-WAN appliances time savings. time and resources at the branch.
to our global network for optimal access • Security – With secure connectivity Existing customers using Cisco SD-
to Azure resources. With Cisco SD-WAN embedded into the automation WAN powered by Cisco Meraki can take
powered by Cisco Meraki, we can make workflow, IT teams no longer need to advantage of the automation to Azure
connectivity a seamless experience for our consider how tasks are executed, which Virtual WAN immediately with no additional
customers.” Benefits of the collaboration allows them to optimize security while cost.

Cisco Helps Businesses Simplify Data Visibility and Increase Safety and
Efficiency with New IoT Sensor Solutions

Cisco announced two new cloud-managed offering enhanced security and scale: efficiencies but to also effectively manage
sensor solutions that help businesses • Meraki MT sensors monitor indoor the post-COVID industrial environment,”
simplify asset and facility monitoring environments and IT infrastructure. said Kevin Prouty, Group Vice President for
across their organizations, from indoor IT Three models of cloud-managed IDC Energy and Manufacturing Insights.
closets to outdoor Operation Technology devices - MT10, MT12 and MT20 “Remote monitoring solutions that are fast
(OT) spaces at scale. Many businesses - provide real-time data on indoor and simple to deploy across the enterprise
today operate in commercial buildings temperature, humidity, water leaks and from IT to OT provide clear business value.
with limited capacity and are supporting property/room access. Cisco’s new Industrial Asset Vision and
a growing mobile workforce. It is critical • Industrial Asset Vision sensors monitor Cisco Meraki MT solutions potentially
for business operators to have actionable OT assets and facilities in outdoor simplify deployments and move towards
data from their office space and assets and industrial indoor spaces. Bundled unifying the data needed for resilient
to better manage network equipment in a new cloud-based management decision-making. Industrial companies
performance and maintenance. Remote dashboard that fosters actionable need their data to be managed across silos
monitoring using IoT sensors offers a list visibility from the sensors to the network, and to be secure from endpoint to insights.”
of benefits to help improve efficiencies the IP65 and IP67 rated sensors are Customers across a range of industries
including employee safety by preventing pre-integrated with Cisco LoRaWAN including utilities, oil and gas, education,
unnecessary site visits and equipment IoT Gateway and provide insight for healthcare, manufacturing and retail
checks, reducing network outages equipment and facilities temperature, have already deployed these solutions to
and downtime and reducing costs for humidity, vibration monitoring and improve their day-to-day operations and
premature equipment failure. Cisco is lighting levels. mitigate business disruptions and costly
introducing two innovative IoT sensor “Remote visibility and operation has downtime. “Expanding the simplicity of
solutions designed to simplify installs, become increasingly important not just for Cisco Meraki into our asset management
and physical security has immediately
improved our ability to keep our
systems functioning and support school
operations,” said CR Hiestand, Network &
Systems Administrator, Reading School
District. “Before deploying Meraki MT, we
weren’t able to keep track of data trends
that would allow us to take preventative
action when an incident like a faulty air
conditioning unit occurs. Now, we’re
alerted as soon as temperature rises above
a specific threshold and can immediately
address the HVAC equipment failure to
ensure there’s no network interruption for
any of our 20,000 students and staff.” “For
many businesses and their IT teams, real-
time visibility into critical infrastructures is

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