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Integrators build solutions that solve business problems using their unique expertise.
Provider
Providers deliver as-a-service and managed solutions with flexible consumption options, powered by Cisco.
Developer
Developers build unique solutions and applications on Cisco platforms to deliver customer-specific business outcomes.
Advisor
Advisors provide expert market and business consulting services.
Learning
Learning partners enable end-user success through training and education.
Consultants
Consultants provides business and technology consulting capabilities well before the systems integration phase.
Digital solutions integrators
DSIs are niche consulting companies with specialized focus on workflows for industries/critical business processes. They specialize in making digital business transformation a reality. They help integrate digital capabilities across all business operations and are experts at driving those conversations with customers in new buying centers and line-of-business.
Global industry partners
GIPs lead Cisco’s market penetration into industry verticals through their RTM by integrating Cisco technologies into their operational technology solution platforms.
Independent hardware vendors
IHVs specialize in hardware-based solutions. The hardware might be combined with Cisco platforms to provide customers with integrated systems or appliance stack. Typically, this is a meet-in-the-channel model.
Independent software vendors
ISVs specialize in developing and selling software solutions. The software might be integrated with Cisco platforms to enable more capabilities for customers, or it could be that Cisco features are part of the ISV application modernization and re-architecting roadmap. Some ISVs are on the Cisco GPL, but most meet in the channel.
IT resellers
IT resellers partner with a resale contract agreement with Cisco to resell Cisco technology and services.
Service providers
SPs specialize in large-scale deployment of communications and technology solutions built on Cisco platforms.
Systems integrators
SIs create complex information systems that may include designing or building a customized architecture or application, integrating it with new or existing hardware, packaged and custom software, and communications.
Cisco portfolio for smart buildings: What can we help you solve today?
Accelerate net zero journey
Digitize real estate
Attract and retain talent
Support health and wellness
Related industries
- Explore the use cases
- Explore the architectures
- __________
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Accelerate net zero journey
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Digitize real estate
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Attract and retain talent
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Support health and wellness
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Related industries
Technology is the 4th utility
Connect systems and services—such as lighting systems, building systems, elevators, fire, and alarms—to support sustainability and a converged network infrastructure that will yield new value to owners and tenants.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Support buildings to become more sustainable
- Need for more agile workspaces
- Reduce and optimize the ongoing cost and operations of buildings
- Building as an asset, not a liability
- Differentiation of the space; market value
- Data-driven approach to global real estate space
- Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building certification
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Business needs
- Lower upfront construction cost for cabling, installation, and configuration
- Shorter construction time
- Simpler, more secure, converged network design
- Energy management
- Multi-system integration
- Self diagnostics/healing
- IT and operations technology (OT) analytics
- Flexibility of space and operation
- Fault detection and diagnostics
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Pervasive 90W PoE throughout the building with multiple families of switches
- Enable migration from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) microgrid
- Multicloud enablement and interoperability with single-pane-of-glass management for converged networks
- Identity-based security with auto-provisioning for all wired and wireless connections
- Zero-touch provisioning and profiling; plug and play (PnP)
- Wi-Fi 6, BLE, ZigBee, 5G, and edge compute for all wireless needs
- Connectivity for outside electric vehicle (EV) charging
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Business outcomes
- Enhanced building security
- Lower operational costs and improved efficiency
- Reduced construction labor and materials
- Competitive differentiation through building design
- Increased floor plate utilization with moves, adds, and changes to floor placement
- Increased workplace agility
- Support sustainability goals related to energy consumption, water usage, and waste
- Balance energy needs by integrating on-site renewable energy
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Stakeholders
- Chief sustainability officer
- Facilities manager
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- General contractors
- Architecture and engineering firms
- Government agencies
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
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Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Decarbonization and sustainability
Energy-efficient building designs can reduce energy loss, unwanted thermal leakage, and carbon dioxide emissions through the use of low-carbon power sources, achieving a lower output of greenhouse gas emissions.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Stakeholder sustainability goals
- Regulatory compliance
- Public funding supporting sustainability
- Commitment to reduction of raw materials
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Reduce unnecessary energy consumption
- Regulatory compliance
- Reduce energy costs
- Identify energy being used in unoccupied spaces
- Support more sustainable business practices
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Capabilities
- Sub-metering of energy consumption on a port-by-port basis
- Distribute 90 watts of DC power up to 100 meters
- More efficient power conversion and distribution
- Solar films on the interior of windows
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Business outcomes
- Considerable energy reduction per floor plate
- Reduce unwanted thermal leakage
- Ability to integrate sustainable energy sources
- Reduced carbon footprint
- Regulatory compliance
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Stakeholders
- Building owners
- Building operators
- Chief sustainability officers
- Sustainability teams
- Facilities teams
- Real estate teams
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
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Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Regulatory measurement and validation
Monitor building performance and system utilization--quantitatively--to lower costs, increase revenue, and align with the expectations of various regulatory/certification bodies.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Green certifications like NetZero and LEEDs
- Carbon tax legislation
- C40 Cities initiatives
- Sustainability and net zero buildings
- ESCO (energy services company) programs, including DC power delivery and peak demand savings (through energy storage and peak/off-peak energy usage)
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Business needs
- Network as a Sensor for greater control, visibility, and quantification of:
- Energy consumption of assets and occupants
- Environmental conditions
- Extend compliance investment to ROI
- Ease of deploying sensors and systems, as well as establishing network connectivity
- Operational compliance with regulators and standards
- Performance-based contracting (leasing)
- Network as a Sensor for greater control, visibility, and quantification of:
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Capabilities
- Multicloud enablement and interoperability with single-pane-of-glass management for converged networks
- Zero-touch provisioning and profiling; plug and play (PnP)
- Secure sensor enablement
- OT application profiling for security
- Visibility for converged network traffic compliance
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Business outcomes
- Tax benefits/credits
- Reduced commissioning labor cost
- Increase market revenue per square foot
- Attract new tenants
- Lower cost resource burden for compliance
- Lower CapEx cost with speed of connection and lower first install cost
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Stakeholders
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- Architecture and engineering firms
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
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Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Building systems cybersecurity
Keep your data safe, your assets secure, and your OT systems compliant by optimizing your building systems to detect and block unauthorized access attempts into the building's network.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Environmental controls and building automation systems are mission critical for facilities with higher security concerns (e.g., healthcare, aviation, labs, data centers, production/manufacturing, and energy/power)
- New buildings under construction or major renovation
- Major upgrades of building automation and/or security systems
- Organizations looking to mitigate risk by modernizing and securing legacy building system components or networks
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Business needs
- Increase network and system security
- Detect suspicious device/user behavior
- Enhance network visibility and management
- Data compliancy with global and country standards
- Device visibility
- Intent-based policy
- Standards-based
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Capabilities
- Automated discovery, profiling, and authentication on the Manufacturer Usage Descriptions (MUD) RFC 8520 standard
- Analyze and act on traffic patterns that deviate from normal and identify network intrusions
- Secure the network perimeter, malware detection, and secure remote access technologies
- Standards-based on SNORT, DNS, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.1X, IEEE 802.1AR, EAP, and ANIMA BRSKI
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Business outcomes
- Reduce construction and build costs with a ready-to-deploy solution
- Lower cybersecurity insurance rates
- Deliver a more secure environment with assurance of compliant OT systems and facility uptime
- Reduces threat surface of exploding number of devices
- Almost no additional CapEx
- Eases and scales access management decisions
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Stakeholders
- CIO/CTO/CSO
- IT managers
- Facilities directors
- Building/property owners
- Consulting engineers
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
|
Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
|
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Environmental monitoring, control, and optimization
- Overview
- Business overview
- Technical overview
- __________
Reduce costs and improve occupant satisfaction with network-based monitoring and control of temperature, lighting, carbon monoxide, smoke, air quality, and other ambient characteristics of physical spaces. Apply artificial intelligence (AI) and preference-based automation to deliver better outcomes for owners and managers, and a better experience for tenants.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Stakeholder sustainability goals
- High/variable energy costs
- Data complexity and interoperability across siloed systems
- Noise
- Facility cleanliness and maintenance
- WELL standards for safe and healthy workplaces
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- WELL and/or LEED certifications
- Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Reduce labor involvement
- Optimize new building energy efficiency
- Reduce life cycle costing
- Ease of management, especially with a limited number of skilled personnel
- People heat mapping
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Capabilities
- Centralized and automated environmental controls (using AI, software applications, and a single pane of glass)
- Automated, personalized environments
- Data-driven equipment optimization
- Monitor water, temperatures, and opened/closed doors for IT closets and carpeted locations (not replacing existing environment sensors)
- Monitor air quality with Webex Room Navigator
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Business outcomes
- Improved environment and air quality
- Increased occupant satisfaction
- Employee retention
- Reduction of equipment mean time to failure (MTTF), downtime, and energy usage
- Overall reduction in resource utilization
- Support sustainability goals related to energy consumption, water usage, and waste
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Stakeholders
- Chief sustainability officers
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- Leasing agents
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
|
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
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Collaboration Special offers above |
Cisco Room Series Webex Room Navigator Webex Control Hub |
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Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Space utilization
Understand time-of-use patterns for office settings, meeting rooms, and shared workspaces—using data from network devices and applications—to manage supply and demand.
The Future of Sustainable, Hybrid Offices
See how Cisco's PoE solutions help enable a safe hybrid environment.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Continuously re-evaluate and right-size the amount of owned and leased space
- Create and optimize shared workspaces (e.g., LiquidSpace) based on tenant usage patterns
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Business needs
- Create a productive, intuitive, and inviting workspace
- Stay cost effective
- Continuously monitor how space and assets are consumed by end users
- Report on frequency of use of all spaces
- Room occupancy versus capacity statistics
- Location and zone-based insights on real-time common space utilization
- Real-time meeting room utilization
- Space and room usage reporting/analytics
- Remote login patterns
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Capabilities
- Device-level tracking (“linked” to a person) via Wi-Fi and BLE
- Location-based context
- Counting and recognition of occupants and visitors via cameras, Wi-Fi, and Webex endpoints
- Insights into on-premises versus off-site work patterns
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Business outcomes
- Minimize real estate costs
- Optimize space configuration
- Understand and influence asset utilization patterns
- Retain talent with welcoming spaces that foster productivity
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Stakeholders
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- Property developers
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
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Collaboration Special offers above |
Cisco Room Series Webex Room Navigator Webex Control Hub |
|
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Asset management
Manage, monitor, and optimize assets, connected devices, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, alerting systems, and operational workflows.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Reduce and optimize the ongoing cost and operation of buildings
- Management-centric building transformation
- Operational and cyber risk protection
- Future expandability of digital services to building management and tenants
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Business needs
- Develop properties that can meet current and future efficiency expectations of buyers and tenants
- Reduces installation costs and timelines
- Improve operations cost and experiences through continuous development and faster deployment
- Improve scalability as demand grows
- Ensure evolving business capabilities do not expose buildings to greater cyber/operational risk
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Capabilities
- Manage a wide range of devices, tags, and sensors, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), RFID, and environmental monitors
- Global, onboard, policy-based automation
- Network telemetry and analytics that provide actionable insights
- Connect, manage, monitor, and generate reports on all assets for optimal business workflows
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Business outcomes
- Optimize energy levels and efficiencies
- Enhance agility and regulatory compliance
- Lower operational costs and improve efficiency
- Innovate with greater speed
- Improve profitability
- Maintain uptime
- Reduce time and resources required to provision/manage network
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Stakeholders
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- COO/CTO/CISO
- CIO of infrastructure
- SVP of IT operational risk
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
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Wireless |
|
|
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Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
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SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
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Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
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Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
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Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
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Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
|
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Future of workspaces
Help address rising expectations of tenants and guests with smart spaces that can support great user experiences, collaboration, building's capacity optimization, and sustainability.
The Future of Sustainable, Hybrid Offices
See how Cisco's PoE solutions help enable a safe hybrid environment.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Attract higher-paying tenants
- Attract top talent
- Stakeholders’ sustainability goals
- Keeping on trend with people's needs and expectations in an ever-digital, smart world
- Driving up brand experience and affinity leads to higher market value
- Emergence of next-generation technologies (AI, machine learning, etc.)
- Develop solutions that can support sustainability goals
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Business needs
- Create a productive, intuitive, and inviting workspace
- Offer the latest technology to employees and guests
- Staying cost effective
- Technology lifecycle management and refresh
- Flexibility to leverage latest technology developments
- Agile workspace configurations
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Capabilities
- Support both wired and wireless connectivity--reliably and securely
- Context-aware collaboration room automation and availability
- Smart work environment and sustainability: the building reports usage and enables optimization capabilities and ongoing management
- Automation based on user needs and preferences
- Self-optimization based upon user needs, availability of resources, real-time energy costs, weather, etc.
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Business outcomes
- Attractive user experience
- Satisfied end users and retained talent
- Building capacity optimization
- Increased revenue per square foot
- Operational workflow improvement
- Space usage optimization
- Support sustainability goals related to energy consumption, water usage, and waste
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Stakeholders
- Chief sustainability officers
- Building/property owners
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- General contractors
- Consulting engineers
- Property developers
- Verticalized stakeholders (groups that can see improvements in their business, such as surgery center management in a hospital and terminal operations in an airport)
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
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Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
|
Wireless |
|
|
|
Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
|
|
SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
|
Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
|
|
Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
|
|
Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
|
|
Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
|
|
Collaboration Special offers above |
Cisco Room Series Webex Room Navigator Webex Control Hub |
|
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
Workplace health and safety
Providing personal protection and peace of mind for occupants of buildings and their communities where they live, learn, work, and play.
The Future of Sustainable, Hybrid Offices
See how Cisco's PoE solutions help enable a safe hybrid environment.
Business overview
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Industry drivers
- Revive and sustain global economic activity
- Strategic importance of business continuity
- Campus safety incidents and crimes make everyone feel unsafe
- Secure the building and spaces
- Protect people from risks
- Protect brand value and physical assets
- Need for code-enforced life safety
- Budget constraints on additional security staffing
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Business needs
- Safeguards delivering health safety assurance and reporting
- Utilization of all available space to prevent overcrowding
- Real-time notification of social distancing violations and remediation suggestions
- Retrace the steps and locations of all occupants and visitors to a space at the floor plate level
- Provide forensic-level analysis of meeting rooms and identify people in high-risk, confined spaces
- Recommend alternative locations based on real-time utilization
- Enable sense of openness, safety, and security across campus
- Enhanced fire, electrical, and mechanical emergency management
- Access control and intruder detection
- Monitor outdoor spaces and parking lots
- Protect individual rights for consent-based monitoring
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Capabilities
- Device-level tracking (“linked” to a person) via Wi-Fi and BLE
- Location-based services
- Counting and recognition of occupants and visitors via cameras, Wi-Fi, and Webex endpoints
- Automated temperature readings of occupants and visitors via connected and secure thermal cameras
- People movement, contact tracing, and social distance monitoring with Wi-Fi, collaboration endpoints, and reporting
- Locate and identify video evidence on demand
- Broadcast emergency information on digital signage and collaboration endpoints
- Integrate live communication with local law enforcement and health agencies using collaboration and AI/ML
- Virtual trip wires with video and Wi-Fi/BLE
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Business outcomes
- Contact tracing
- Enable business continuity with safe back-to-work initiatives
- Instill confidence in the cleanliness of your facilities
- Instill confidence in the safety and security of your workplace with your employees
- Reduce OpEx for deep cleaning of spaces with intelligent building disinfection
- Business continuity planning and management
- Increased confidence in the safety of the workplace
- Automation of increased security capability with a more focused security staff
- More responsive and effective internal/external emergency communications
- Increased evidence for criminal prosecution
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Stakeholders
- Building/property management
- Tenants
- Employers
- Building/property owners
- Authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
Technical overview
Free trials and special offers
Use case architecture
Cisco products
| Component | Cisco | Meraki |
|---|---|---|
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Routing |
|
|
|
Switching (UPOE/UPOE+) |
Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Catalyst 9300 Series Switches |
Meraki MS390 Series Switches Meraki MS355 Series Switches |
|
Wireless |
|
|
|
Cameras |
Meraki MV Smart Cameras |
|
|
SD-WAN |
Catalyst SD-WAN |
Meraki SD-WAN |
|
Security Special offers above |
AI Endpoint Analytics Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service Identity Services Engine (ISE) Secure Endpoint Secure Network Analytics |
|
|
Location-based services |
Cisco Spaces |
|
|
Compute |
Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platform Docker containers in switches and access points |
|
|
Developer and application ecosystem |
Cisco Spaces IoT Device Marketplace DevNet |
|
|
Collaboration Special offers above |
Cisco Room Series Webex Room Navigator Webex Control Hub |
|
Where you purchase matters
Equipment purchased through Cisco partners—whether it's new or Cisco Certified Refurbished—entitles you to Cisco service support, upgrades, replacement guarantees, a valid software license, and a full warranty.
Partnerships overview
Find and engage partners
Cisco partners can complement and enhance this use case by providing capabilities such as consulting, designing, implementing, and operating solutions.
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