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1. Cisco Unified Access: From Vision to Reality
When we look back on the last year, we found that Cisco has released a lot of
innovations focused on optimizing how IT defines and enforces policy; how they gain
visibility of users, applications and devices; and how they simplify the network
infrastructure. Cisco Unified Access, from vision to reality, what are its highlights? Here
let’s have a look.
Cisco Access: Highlights Throughout 2012 to 2013:
July 2012, Cisco Live
Cisco Live! San Diego was the launching pad of Cisco Unified Access One Policy, One
Management, One Network vision that was focused on changing how IT enabled
intelligent network platforms designed to enable new connected experiences and deliver
operational efficiencies.
As the industry looks towards connecting people, clouds and thing, or what is commonly
known as the Internet of Things, it was clear that the traditional approach of having
separate Wired, Wireless and VPN networks, multiple disjointed access policies and
multiple management systems would not scale to meet the performance and security
demands.
This is why Cisco looked to deliver a model with:
Centralized policy definition for consistent, network-wide security distribution and
enforcement
A single system for comprehensive lifecycle management and visibility
Converged wired and wireless networks for a unified infrastructure
October 2012
At Interop New York 2012 Cisco unveiled the first two components of the Cisco Unified
Access Solution, One Policy and One Management.
The Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE)simplifies the design and implementation of policy
and security with One Policy across the wired, wireless and VPN infrastructure allowing
for consistent enforcement of context-aware policies and control that includes user,
device, location, time and application information. With ISE at the heart of security policy
IT can assure compliance and improved user experience with self-service on-boarding
and guest handling. Integration of ISE industry-leading MDM ecosystem partners mean
IT can extend compliance and control to the end-user device.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure (PI) enables One Management with comprehensive unified
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2. access lifecycle management for easy deployment and management of Cisco devices
and services, which in turn reduces operational overhead and cost. It also brings in
unsurpassed visibility to users, devices and applications, which improves the end-user
experience and speed problem remediation.
November 2012
Cisco introduced Cisco Connected Experience (CMX) as a way for organizations to
transform location data associated with devices seen on the wireless LAN (WLAN) into
valuable business knowledge. CMX uses the Cisco Unified Access infrastructure as the
foundation to do more than provide Internet access to mobile users. The massive
amounts of information made available to these organizations provide new insight to the
people using the network. This data is an actionable resource for marketing, operations
and security to help fully understand how users interact within their environment and
influence change.
January 2013
Cisco Live! London allowed Cisco to complete the One Policy, One Management, One
Network vision by introducing the first Cisco stackable switch to deliver both wired and
wireless control in a single infrastructure device. With the Unified Access Data Place
(UADP) ASIC at the heart of the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switch, organizations gain a
level of consistency between for both wired and wireless access. The Cisco 5760 WLAN
Controller, which shares the Same UADP ASIC, enables consistent functionality for larger
network deployments. By bringing wireless control closer to the end user, organization
benefit from:
Consistent granular QoS for both wired and wireless
Optimized rich media experiences
Deep application visibility and control
This convergence of wired and wireless delivers vast operational improvements by
simplifying the network infrastructure, meaning that less time is required to manage the
devices freeing IT to focus on strategic business projects.
The UADP ASIC has become the foundation for all converged wired and wireless
switches in the unified access portfolio and is fundamental to delivering programmability
within the Cisco ONE Networks Architecture
June 2013
Cisco expanded converged access to the Industry’s most widely deployed modular
platform the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches by introducing the Supervisor 8-E. This
allows a number of organizations who have deployed the 4500E switches to benefit from
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3. Cisco Unified Access with minimal cost and impact to the network infrastructure.
What innovations will Cisco launch in the coming year of 2014? We are looking forward
to it.
Reference news from http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/a-year-in-review-cisco-unifiedaccess-infographic/
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