Cisco has again been recognised as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Enterprise Wireless LAN – with Cisco “helping organisations rise to this moment by delivering smarter, more secure networks in this era of AI”.
For any of us who work closely with Cisco technologies or who are involved in infrastrcuture deployments, I’m sure you’ll agree that this recognition isn’t surprising. Whilst Cisco did have a spate where the pace of innovation was questioned, they certainly appear to have their mojo back, are driving innovation across their collective product and service portfolio. To me, the acknowledgement is well deserved and validates the breadth, depth, and innovation that Cisco continues to bring to networking space.
From SMBs to the largest global enterprises, Cisco’s wireless portfolio is built on years of trust, excellance and market agity – designed to scale, adapt, and secure the smallest to the latest of organisation.
The IDC report highlights Cisco’s strengths across:
- Heritage and innovation: shouting about their decades of leadership in enterprise networking, from WLAN to switching and routing.
- Breadth of portfolio: wired and wireless LAN, SD-WAN, datacentre networking, security, visibility, and assurance and finally brining together the management of Meraki and Catalyst.
- Choice of management: SaaS-delivered Meraki, or Catalyst management on-premises or via IaaS to meet customer needs across sector and geography.
- Unified approach: integration of Meraki and Catalyst portfolios, with unified hardware and licensing.
- Channel strength: a robust partner ecosystem (like us at Cisilion) that ensures customers get the right solution for their industry and size with a trusted partner network full of industry experts and CCIEs.
- Future Reasy: the report focused on how Cisco are adapting and helping their customer around what matter most : navigating hybrid work, IoT growth, and the ever-present security landscape.
My take as a Cisco Partner
Wireless LAN is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s the connective tissue of the modern enterprise. Whether it’s enabling hybrid work, supporting mission-critical IoT, or ensuring secure guest access, WLAN is the foundation.
The Leaders space is filled with the expected vendors in this space, HPE, Juniper, Extreme and of course Cisco. As a Cisco Solution Provider and Managed Service provider, this recognition cements our senior partner investment and alignment with Cisco, our investment in skills and people across pre-sales, engineering and support and to our customer base.
Being a Cisco partner isn’t just about reselling their technology—it’s about co-creating outcomes with our customers using the technologies best positoned to power their digitial and AI trasnformation, ease of management, sustainable IT and platform integration.
Cisco’s recognition in the IDC MarketScape reinforces the confidence we have when recommending wireless solutions. For me, it’s about trust: customers know that when we consult as a partner, and bring Cisco to the table, our clients are not just investing in Cisco networking technology, they are investing in suite of integrated and connected products and services, that’s proven, secure, and future-ready.