The document discusses Cisco Meraki's cloud-managed networking solutions. It provides an overview of Meraki's products and cloud-based management platform, highlighting benefits like simplified administration, scalability, and cost savings. Example customer use cases demonstrate how Meraki can be used to configure SD-WAN networks and securely enable new applications across wired and wireless networks.

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Simply Powerful
Networking with
Cisco Meraki
Ryan LaTorre
Systems Engineer
May 29, 2018
Colin Boland
Systems Engineer
Cisco
Connect

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Quiz #1
Meraki’s Original Logo Was…
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Quiz #2
Meraki’s Newest Product Is…
1. Wireless LAN
2. Enterprise Mobility
Management (EMM)
3. Switching
5. Security
Appliances
6. Security
Cameras
4. Application
Performance
Monitoring

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Simplifying across IT with Cloud Management
A complete cloud managed IT solution
Wireless, switching, security, SD-WAN, intelligent
network insights, Unified Endpoint Management
(UEM), and security cameras
Integrated hardware, software, and cloud services
Leader in cloud-managed IT
Among Cisco’s fastest growing portfolios
250k+
Unique customers
3.8M+
Meraki devices
online
5.5M+
Active Meraki
dashboard users
Trusted by thousands of Canadian customers:

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Technology that simply works
Simplifying powerful technology
to free passionate people to focus on their mission.

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MR
Access
Points
MS
Switches
MX
SD-WAN &
Security Appliances
SM
EMM
MV
Security
Cameras
MI
Insight
How do we do it? With Dashboard.

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Ok, but how?

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1910s – Model T Speedster 1940s – Ford Super Deluxe
Another kind of Dashboard…

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The jump forward
1960s – Mercury Monterey 1980s – Chevrolet Camaro

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The descent into madness
2011 – Honda Civic2010 – Honda Insight

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The future
We’re doomed.

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The future – for real this time
Telsa Model 3

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Benefits of Cloud Networking

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The Cloud Increases IT Efficiency
M A N A G E A B I L I T Y
S C A L A B I L I T Y
C O S T S AV I N G S
Turnkey installation and management
Secure out-of-bound management—no user traffic flows through the
cloud
Scales from small branches to large networks
Reduces operational costs

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SaaS model delivers rapid feature velocity
User/device fingerprinting
Application firewall
Content filtering
Location Analytics
Mobile application deployment
Wireless Health, RF Profiles,
RX-SOP

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Dashboard Demo

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Industry Analysis

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Gartner’s 2017 Strategic Roadmap for Networking
Trends
• Bandwidth requirements going up due to cloud services and IoT
• New applications coming on to the network with many having real-time performance
requirements
• IT skills are changing and staffing pool is shrinking
• IT budgets are flat (surprise!)
Key Findings
• Expectations for on-demand services and flexibility are not well aligned with traditional networks
• Reducing complexity is a key prerequisite for building a reliable and cost-effective network
platform.
• Incremental adjustments aren’t sufficient to satisfy new requirements
• A significant culture shift will be needed
http://www.gartner.com/reprints/cisco-v6-us1?id=1-3YQCDRO&ct=170425

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Gartner’s 2017 Strategic Roadmap for Networking
Future State
• SDWAN use will grow from 2% mid-2017 to 40% by YE18
• Dedicated Internet at the branch will go from 30% today to 60% by YE20
• Network architects with broad IT understanding will leverage analytics and
automation
• Command Line Interface (CLI) use will shrink from 85% today to 30% by YE20
Requirements
• Invest in people with a broad technical skill set (since you’ll have fewer on staff)
• Create a culture that rewards innovation and flexibility
• Challenge all incremental product/service-level decisions and consider future
requirements
• Take advantage of programmability and APIs to integrate the network
• Make the network simpler, more agile and more automated

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Case Studies

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Customer Use Case 1
Integrated Branch Deployment
1. SD-WAN Configuration:
Hybrid WAN with policy based routing
L7 application profiles
Dynamic path selection
2. Configuration of branch security:
Advanced malware protection
ISE integration
Identity based device aware security
3. Deploy full stack branch configuration at scale using templates

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Today’s Demo
Data Centre &
Cloud Service Providers
Winnipeg
Test Lab
Branches
MPLS
INET

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Customer Use Case 2
End to End Application Enablement
1. Configure SD-WAN for new IoT application:
Custom L7 performance thresholds
Custom uplink statistics
L3 traffic shaping and QoS tagging
2. LAN configuration for new application:
Create new VLAN
Add L3 firewall rule using templates
Enable wireless ISE profiling
Deploy VLAN across wired LAN

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Customer Use Case - In Action
Delivering the optimal user experience
1. What happens to network flows when a WAN link fails?
2. What happens to a user’s VoIP flow during network impairment?

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Today’s Demo
Data Centre &
Cloud Service Providers
Winnipeg
Test Lab
Branches
MPLS
INET

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Summary

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Let the network work for you

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Let the network work for you

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Where do you go from here?
Risk-free evaluation
meraki.cisco.com/eval
Check out our website & blog
meraki.cisco.com/blog
Contact your Meraki rep
meraki.cisco.com/contact

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