The networking giant unveils new networking software, Wave 2 access points and a wirelesses controller targeting the SMB market.
Cisco Systems launched a slew of new networking products Wednesday targeting the SMB market, including new Wave 2 access points, a wireless controller and revamped software.
“We’ve changed our strategy, knowing that there’s a lot more customer and partner demand for the lower-end space,” said Prashanth Shenoy, Cisco’s vice president of product marketing, during Cisco’s Partner Connection Week in Miami. “We wanted to learn a lot of best practices from our enterprise customers and see how we can apply it to the lower end of the segment which, frankly, we haven’t had a lot of success with in the last 10 [to] 15 years. Now that we have the best practices and have our partners to really scale into that market, we are bringing all of that capability at the right price point. ”
San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco said it is bringing enterprise-class networking functionality into indoor and outdoor environments for SMBs with the new wireless access points (APs) along with the revamped Mobility Express management software.
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The enhanced Mobility Express now supports up to 100 access points and 2,000 clients with zero-touch deployment. The software also comes with Cisco’s Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) Connect, which is a Software-as-a-Service subscription.
