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Top 3 Benefits of Meraki Switches: Why Your Business Needs Them
As companies grow in size and complexity, so do their networking needs. Switches are foundational devices to an organization’s network, and upgrading them often comes with a significant technological and financial commitment. If your current switches cannot grow with...
Top 3 Meraki Firewall Benefits: Why You Should Deploy the Meraki MX
Many IT professionals are running up against the same problem—standard host- and port-based security options no longer meet their needs. The narrative is the same whether you’re trying to find a solution for a small business or a global enterprise. The rise of modern...
What Is Cisco Meraki and What Does It Offer That Other Brands Don’t?
Meraki (meh·RAH·kee) is a modern Greek word that is not directly translatable to English but describes “doing something with soul, creativity, or love—when you put ‘something of yourself’ into what you’re doing, whatever it may be.” It’s a charming (albeit dramatic)...
What Is SASE? Pros, Cons, and Best Use Case Scenarios
Evolving and emerging enterprises depend less and less on private data centers, instead opting for all the cloud has to offer. Why? Because its inherent remote control grants IT professionals overlord status of their networks. But there are some problems to this...
How to Set Up Mesh WiFi: A Complete Mesh Wireless Guide
No matter who you are, slow internet speeds are maddening. Slow equals missed opportunities, unproductive work time, and a drop in revenue. Let’s get to the root of the issue—why is your internet so slow in the first place? Traditional routers can only reach so far....
Why Your Business Needs Cloud Managed Security Cameras
Security cameras are a simple but significant way for businesses to increase the safety of their inventory, their employees, and their customers. However, the landscape of security has grown tenfold since the days of CCTV cameras. While giving business owners peace of...
How to Make the Most of Your Meraki Dashboard
The Meraki dashboard, included with the Cisco Meraki wireless access points and switches, allows you to manage all of your security, switching, wireless, cameras, and IoT devices through the cloud. Meraki's products make network management processes more efficient and...
Cisco Meraki Licenses: When & Why You Need One
If your organization uses any Cisco Meraki products, it needs a valid license to operate. Assigning, transferring, and renewing Meraki licenses can be tricky, but authorized Meraki partners like us can make the process easy. Meraki currently offers two licensing...
Understanding Business Mobility
Also known as enterprise mobility, business mobility at its most basic is the ability to work remotely, which has become an increasingly critical part of running a modern business. The onset of the COVID-19 crisis accelerated the move toward allowing more remote and...
How Stratus Enabled Matternet to Build Drone Delivery Platforms for Critical Medical Supplies
In March 2017, Matternet became the first company in the world to be authorized for urban drone delivery operations in Switzerland. The following year, the company was selected to participate in the FAA’s Drone Integration Pilot Program in North Carolina and San...
Enterprise Networking 101
Enterprise networking, simply put, is the physical and virtual structure of a network and how the various software, hardware, and protocols work together to connect users and share data. Every organization has varying needs when it comes to customizing its enterprise...
Why Use a Meraki Reseller?
It’s simple: using a Meraki reseller enables your company to utilize secure and scalable networks that can be managed from anywhere. Cisco Meraki is the gold standard for cloud-managed network needs, including increased security and mobile use. A Meraki reseller makes...
Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6: What’s the Difference?
Wi-Fi 6, dubbed "the next generation of Wi-Fi," began its arrival in 2019, and throughout 2020 more devices became capable of supporting Wi-Fi 6. The question for many business owners is, well, what’s the difference in Wi-Fi 5 vs Wi-Fi 6? Technically, Wi-Fi 6 is the...
What is Enterprise Mobility Management?
Enterprise mobility management (EMM), also known as Mobile Device Management (MDM), simply put, is the combination of processes, technologies, and people that allow their IT department to monitor devices, track performance, enforce network security, and generally...
Choosing the Right Meraki Router
Choosing a new Meraki router, or any router for that matter, may seem like a complicated process at first; but in reality, there are two main factors you should consider to help simplify the process: the size of the router (to accommodate device usage) and any...
Enterprise Mesh WiFi Explained
For medium to large-size enterprise businesses, wireless connectivity demands can quickly outpace solutions that work fine for smaller businesses. Running cords to every single corner of the business can be expensive, impractical, or even impossible, necessitating a...
Meraki Switches: Are They Right for Your Business?
Switches work as connection hubs, one-stop sources for connected real-time data across a company network. When working specifically with Meraki switches, there is an added layer of control: instead of monitoring the efficacy of singular protocols, all of them are...
Switch vs Router? How to Decide What Your Business Needs
Switch vs. Router: Does Your Business Need One, the Other, or Both? While network switches and routers are essential and similar-looking pieces of network equipment, they perform different functions. To further complicate matters, many network specialists use the...
How Meraki’s New Trusted Access Promotes Better Endpoint Security
Cisco reports that mobile data traffic grew 17 times in the five years between 2012 and 2017, and is projected to rise another seven times between 2017 and 2022. This great influx of mobile devices in the workplace can be a liability and a burden to IT managers...
4 Ways Cisco Meraki Simplifies IT Security Management
In the IT world, complexity is a dirty word. And that’s for good reason. Complexity creates longer workflows, less reliable systems, and more preventable mistakes. Simplicity drives the development of Cisco Meraki’s network infrastructure and security services, which...
How Cisco Meraki Adaptive Policy Enforces Security
As much as technological growth has expanded productivity and business potential, a great increase in the number of devices operating on the average network has made managing IT more complex. Historically, this has introduced a...
Combining Cisco Umbrella with the New MR License for More Effective Security
Recently, Meraki introduced the ability to integrate Cisco Umbrella’s DNS-level security solution with Meraki access points (MR series products) under an Advanced or Upgrade license. With this integration, organizations can manage DNS security – including viewing...
An Overview of Meraki’s New Firewall Object Group Security Feature
As devices in the workplace continue to multiply, managing network traffic is becoming an increasingly complex job. In particular, access control lists pose a challenge to modern IT departments. Used to manage traffic and permissions for access to applications, web...
Meraki Brings Cloud Simplicity to LTE Cellular Gateways
Whether you’re looking to add cellular connectivity to your network infrastructure as a primary or failover solution, the new Cisco Meraki MG21 LTE cellular gateway provides a sleek, secure solution that can be easily managed in the cloud. Businesses of all sizes can...
How to Get a Free Meraki License for One Year
Cisco Meraki brings advanced security features and industry-leading network speeds, all managed from a centralized web-interface called the Meraki Dashboard. This cloud networking solution allows admins to deliver enterprise-grade performance to their network, with...
Meraki Product Spotlight: How the MS390 Compares to the MS Switch Family
Cisco Meraki continues to advance its portfolio of MS Series of switches with more speed and functionality. The new Meraki MS390 stands out with the most powerful switching hardware combined with the simplicity of the Meraki dashboard. Depending on the size of your...