JKS Collaboration Solutions – Cloud-Managed Communications
JKS is a Premier Cisco Partner.
Meraki Formula
Why has Meraki’s model been
so much simpler than anything else available? A cloud-based dashboard that
provides IT managers with a “single-pane-of-glass” to manage Meraki
devices across the enterprise. But the Meraki dashboard isn’t just an overlay.
The true magic of the Meraki formula comes from a seamless blending of
hardware, software and cloud technologies. Meraki devices are designed from the
ground up to work seamlessly with our cloud, providing users with a single
simple dashboard to manage their entire site.
All of this technology is
really just a means to an end, and that’s where simplicity comes in. Instead of
sending someone to a branch office to configure a network or change a security
setting, an IT manager can simply log in to the Meraki dashboard and make the
changes remotely. Need to troubleshoot a network remotely? No problem. Need to
set up a new branch office? Easy. Trouble with remote security posture? Piece
of cake.
Introducing
Cloud-Managed Communications
A rapidly growing number of
IT teams depend on the Meraki Dashboard to manage their infrastructure. More
and more of them have been asking if we could do the same thing to simplify
their voice networks. Meraki users can be incredibly persuasive.
The result is the new phone,
the
Meraki MC. As you’d expect, it’s
designed to deliver the same simplicity and ease-of-management Meraki customers
have come to expect. Here are four things you need to know about the Meraki
phone:
- Single-Pane-of-Glass:
It’s managed from the same “single-pane-of-glass” dashboard as the rest of the
Meraki portfolio, including wireless, security, switching and mobile device
management.
- Three Elements:
The platform is built on a SIP-based architecture and the solution is comprised
of the endpoint, cloud license and SIP service from designated service
providers.
- Availability: It’s available immediately
in the United States, with other countries coming on board over time. (We’re in
the process of partnering with service providers around the world to deliver
the SIP capabilities that underpin the solution. Once that happens we’ll
announce local availability.)
- Integration: The Cisco Meraki team is
working on integrating with Cisco Collaboration solutions like Cisco Spark to
enable a complete mobile collaboration solution. Cisco Meraki is also working
on integration with other leading IT tools and platforms.
Focus
on Users
In this industry, it’s easy
to focus on the newest technology, or aggressive competitors, analysts or the
media. We believe that a maniacal focus on users is our true north. What do we
hear?
- Simplicity – less is better: Functionality
no one can turn-on might as well not exist. Every IT dollar spent on complexity
that can’t be leveraged is wasted.
- Do more with less: IT
groups have fewer resources and need to do more with less. Specifically, they
need fewer systems that do more, less hardware on-site, and just enough
complexity to get the job done.
- Technology for the future: Technology
teams are investing in cloud systems, modern collaboration and high performing
connectivity to make their infrastructure simple. This simplicity frees them to
focus on the digitization of their businesses, schools and organizations.
Expanding
the Stack
This phone release is so
special because these devices are managed exactly the same way and in the same
Dashboard as the rest of the Meraki IT stack. This converges networking,
security, enterprise mobility management and now voice onto one IT platform.
With that in mind, we’re also
adding new wireless access points and Ethernet switches to our product lines. The two
new indoor access points will be the
highest-end, highest density APs we’ve ever built. They provide higher
capacity, connect more devices and support more voice and video streams than
ever before…So much, they won’t be able to reach their full potential on a
single gigabit link, so we’re also releasing a new
Multi-gigabit
Ethernet switch and two new 10Gbps fiber switches.
Managing more with fewer
systems will free IT groups to focus on what really matters to them instead of
another cumbersome management platform.
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