With the growing influx of new mobile devices, connected things, bandwidth intensive applications and more data, the network is more relevant to business success than ever before. Back in June of 2012, Cisco saw that we needed to move away from multiple network systems loosely linked together to an agile and simple infrastructure, streamlined policy and centralized management would be needed to support new business demands. We called it Cisco Unified Access and we aligned the solution to three pillars: One Network, One Policy and One Management.
For the last few years, we have focused on delivering new products and functionality under this Unified Access model. Below is a timeline of products released as part of the Unified Access framework. Cisco lead the way in delivering gigabit 802.11ac Wi-Fi., converged wireless control in access switches and through the acquisition of Meraki -a complete cloud-managed network solution.
The timeline above doesn't represent every feature and function we have delivered, but it shows Cisco's commitment to this Unified Access model, both from a cloud-managed and on-premise solution perspective.
Today, Cisco is announcing a number of new products and new functionality to existing products that will help mobilize the workforce, secure the business and increase IT agility. The announcement includes the following:
One Network:Mobilize the workforce with an expanded indoor and outdoor gigabit Wi-Fi portfolio
One Policy:Protect the business with secure, streamlined guest, BYOD and VPN access
One Management:Making IT more Agile with better visibility and control
Cloud-Managed:Increased management and control of mobile devices
These new products and additional functionality are designed to meet the needs of today's fast IT by simplifying the network while increasing performance, easing how access policy is deployed and providing granular visibility into the network, the applications and user devices. For more on the Unified Access solution, visit www.cisco.com/go/unifiedaccess.
For more on the latest launched at Interop New York 2014: