Made-for-Midmarket Network

Midsize organizations are under pressure to deliver differentiated value to their customers in order to stay competitive. The business network architecture is now the catalyst to help make this happen, whether it's deploying services and solutions quickly or providing pervasive yet secure connectivity for employees and customers. At the same time, the midsize business must create a network that works with its own IT culture and budget.

Some key considerations regarding what a network can consist of include:

• Network infrastructure: Balancing the breadth, depth, and scope of the infrastructure with the breadth, depth, and scope of the IT department
• Application agility: Freeing the midsize business from WAN tethers to use less expensive WAN transport options without affecting performance, security, or reliability

With limited IT staff wearing multiple hats, midsize business IT values a consolidated network infrastructure. At the basic level, midsize IT teams need to have a single bird's-eye view of the entire network infrastructure (wired, wireless, and VPN) as well as manage its performance: One Management. IT also needs to have a single policy enforcement system that spans the entire network, to help ensure information security: One Policy. In addition, the core network infrastructure depends on which direction the IT department plans to embrace:

• A network that supports advanced features and dynamic service rollouts, enabling the technical experts in the IT department to focus on making the network work hard to differentiate the business, can benefit from the Cisco® BYOD Smart Solution with Cisco Unified Access™: One Network, One Policy, One Management.
• Or a network that is reliable and secure, with easy-to-use cloud-based management that allows a lean IT department to focus on business relevance and not get bogged down with network operations, is best served by the Cisco Meraki Smart Solution.

Midsize business IT needs to balance limited budget cycles with network freedom. Now IT organizations can right-size their branch office connections using less expensive WAN transport options without affecting performance, security, or reliability. With Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN), traffic is dynamically routed based on application, endpoint, and network conditions to deliver the best-quality experience. IT has granular visibility and control at the application level and can confidently roll out critical business services without overwhelming the WAN. It's the right solution for the midsize business.

We hope you find the right match for your business with Cisco Midsize Business Solutions. Your network made simple, your business made competitive.

Sincerely,
Inbar Lasser-Raab
Vice President Product Marketing, Enterprise Networks
Cisco