Cisco Meraki MX

Single Pane of Glass

Managing multiple devices and operating systems from the same portal.

Device Management and Security

The ability to deploy security and management settings on different devices including Windows, Mac, Mobile, etc.

Expense Management

The ability to track the cellular usage of each device, to generate reporting based on usage, and to disconnect.

Manage All Endpoints

The ability to manage all endpoints across multiple devices

Application Management

The ability to deploy applications to any managed device, and then to containerize those applications and manage the data within.

Location Services

Ability to selectively apply policies or to distribute applications based on the device’s location.

Content Management

The solution provides integrated content management capabilities for creating and deploying e-commerce sites.

Integration with ITSM and ITAM Tools

The ability to integrate with ITSM tools for incident management, service request management, asset management, and patch management.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.