Cisco ONE Provides Single License Hardware, Software

Cisco is tempting companies to use their network, computing and software up your cluster hardware designed for specific purposes and are sold under a single company license.The Tuesday introduced its Cisco ONE (Open Network Environment) suite software. The all-in-one cover half dozen use cases into three categories of network, data center, the wide area network (WAN) and wireless.In addition, Cisco has expanded its portfolio to build private clouds and hybrid expanding the capabilities of the technology
resulting from the acquisition of $ 1.2 billion in 2012 Meraki.

Price advantages and disadvantages:

ONE Cisco products are sold through a perpetual license or subscription. A company can continue to buy the software offers a la carte, if not fit client suites needs.Cisco supports ONE packages are 20% to 30% less than buying the components separately, Fratto said. The final price of a product depends on the amount of ONE software and other components of the beam.

The disadvantage of the pricing model is that if a company needs to increase the capacity of the Cisco a package due to an unexpected increase in demand, so the customer could end up paying more than if you had bought the individual components, Fratto said.
If you exceed the capacity of access (for the Cisco ONE package), you'll have to pay more for everything, Fratto said. You can not only raise one hand. You buy the rights to everything.With Meraki, Cisco announced it has expanded its portfolio focused on the original software to include Wi-Fi wireless access points, Ethernet switches, security devices and applications mobility management.

Cisco bought Meraki to integrate its technology platform for managing Cisco cloud networks.Over last six to 12 months, Cisco Meraki has grown to serve medium-sized enterprises companies with branches spread, the seller said. Large customers are Penn Mutual insurance company, the Ledcor construction, laboratory supplier VWR International and ESCOs Sanjel.