We’ve been examining the benefits of Intent-Based Networking and seeing how organizations are using Cisco’s programmable network platform to improve application performance and transform rigid business processes into flexible digital workflows. Wireless access, in particular, plays a significant role in the process of digital transformation, making it possible for employees to work anywhere, anytime with instant access to applications and data sources in the data center, branch, or cloud.
Wireless networking controllers and access points (APs) are integral to Cisco’s Intent-Based Networking. Organizations are connecting thousands of APs to tens of thousands of distributed endpoints and managing them all through Cisco DNA Center. Now, with IoT projects gaining momentum, organizations are adding thousands of additional wireless connections to a wide variety of device types with varying transmission requirements. Healthcare organizations, for example, are connecting staff with mobile tablets, tracking medical equipment with location beacons, and monitoring patients’ vital signs through wireless networks.
The Cisco Catalyst 9800 family of controllers is the next generation wireless architecture designed and engineered to support Intent-Based Networks with enhanced always-on Wi-Fi access points, integrated security, and the ability to deploy controllers and access points anywhere. Powered by IOS XE, a modular, open, and programmable network operating system, the Catalyst 9800 controller provides new features built on three principles:
• Always on Wi-Fi that accommodates seamless software upgrades across sites, the addition of new AP models, and application of PSIRT security updates enabled by hot patching, resulting in no downtime or restarts.
• Security designed in with advanced threat detection enabled by Encrypted Traffic Analytics and automated segmentation with SD-Access. • Deploy anywhere in the infrastructure you need to run your business: public and private cloud IaaS platforms, Gov Cloud, on-premise in branches, or integrated with Catalyst 9000 switches in the data center.
Source: Blogs.cisco
