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Cisco Meraki Simplifies Security and Expands Platform, Accelerating Partner Opportunities
5 Nov, 2019

News Summary:
- Cisco Meraki expands its portfolio, giving IT teams a simple, secure, and intelligent platform for building and managing the network for their digital business.
- To help customers address an increasingly complex security landscape, Cisco Meraki further integrates with Cisco security solutions.
- Cisco Meraki enables lean IT teams to embrace innovation
- With new offerings from Cisco Meraki, partners are able to address a broader market and increase engagement with customers.
- MS390: A next-generation access switch that combines the simplicity of Meraki with the power of Cisco switching innovations. Building on Cisco Meraki’s intent-based networking solution, this is the first Meraki switch built with Cisco Catalyst hardware innovations combined with Cisco Meraki software innovations.
- Adaptive Policy: Cisco Meraki Adaptive Policy allows organizations to group users, applications and devices to easily apply the right policies. Adaptive Policy is a part of Cisco’s Zero Trust Security initiative, and will enable advanced multi-domain policy support between Meraki and a SD-Access fabric deployment.
- Cisco Meraki Security Innovations: Cisco Meraki is introducing new security features, as well as further multi-domain integrations with Cisco’s industry-leading security portfolio. This includes the introduction of Meraki Trusted Access, which provides device authentication without the need for an MDM solution. Other innovations include DNS traffic protection and content filtering on the Meraki MR powered by Umbrella, and enhanced Security Appliance Firewall rules.
- Meraki Gateway (MG): A new product line for Cisco Meraki, Meraki Gateway (MG) is a wireless WAN cellular gateway that unlocks the power of cellular connectivity while offering simple provisioning and management.
- The MS390 and MG21/21E will be orderable in Cisco’s second fiscal quarter
- Trusted Access, Enhanced Security Appliance Firewall rules, and Umbrella licensing and Integration will be available in Cisco’s second fiscal quarter.