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2022
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What is Cisco DNA Center?
Cisco DNA Center is the network management system, foundational controller, and analytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. DNA Center addresses the demands of digitization, cloud, IoT, and mobility by eliminating IT complexity and facilitating alignment with business intent,…
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What is Cisco DNA Center?
Cisco DNA Center is the network management system, foundational controller, and analytics platform at the heart of Cisco’s intent-based network. DNA Center addresses the demands of digitization, cloud, IoT, and mobility by eliminating IT complexity and facilitating alignment with business intent, unifying policy, automation, and assurance with integrated security.
Cisco states that they have 30 years of experience and an end-to-end portfolio provided to help customers manage technology transitions, with embedded security detects threats in mere hours instead of in months.
Cisco now offers a two-question, two-minute interactive tool to identify the Cisco products and services that can help users solve up to five network challenges.
Cisco states that they have 30 years of experience and an end-to-end portfolio provided to help customers manage technology transitions, with embedded security detects threats in mere hours instead of in months.
Cisco now offers a two-question, two-minute interactive tool to identify the Cisco products and services that can help users solve up to five network challenges.
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- ROI is difficult to answer as we are providing this to customers. We have certainly had more opportunities staying on top of this emerging technology.
- Our business objective to be a value-add partner has had a strain, as Cisco Sales has often times cut us at the knees as we try to push the product to customers.
- DNA Center has been a great "toy" to play with, but until Cisco let's the partners do the work, we are severely hindered.
June 21, 2022
The right product for your Cisco environment.
- It simplifies management.
- Shortens time to repair for wired and wireless issues.
- Keep an active inventory.
June 15, 2022
DNA Center - good product, but needs to mature
- So far not much, since we‘re still running in a pilot phase. Once we have WiFi users in it, its impact will get bigger.
June 14, 2022
Cisco DNA Center
- The single pane of glass to view all networks
- Can run security vulnerability checks
- Maps and geo tagging
January 04, 2022
Cisco DNA Software
- Automated networks
- Easy scalability of network
- Able to do network management effectively
November 09, 2021
Cisco DNA Center - The future of network manageability
- Initial hands-off approach.
- Assurance, one view.
- Automatic software updates, ease of use.
October 23, 2021
Cisco DNA Center Review from an end-user/tester perspective
- Positive overall
October 19, 2021
Cisco DNA Center Takes Automation To A New Level
- Optimum resource allocation and better network availability, as well as the ability to spot network exceptions with ease.
- The central management of networks is simplified and automated installation saves us a lot of time.
- Automated and rapid deployment, low overall costs, and strong services expertise all in one package.
October 14, 2021
A complete package for all the requirements
- Business growth
- Better internal processes
- Good correlation
October 13, 2021
Best activity monitoring tool for Cisco devices
- Upgrade the firmware
- Monitor all the activities and troubleshoot devices
- End-to-end visibility
- Scaling the network
- Ease of use
- Monitoring traffic
August 24, 2021
Cisco DNA Center: A complete network solution
- In the initial run, ROI is maybe not as good as we expect but the one-time deployment cost is at the higher side for DNA, but in the long run, it will definitely get the better ROI.
May 03, 2021
Cisco DNA Center Review
- Well managed and maintained network that boost[s] the overall organization metrics.
- We save time thanks to its flow defining feature.
- Frees up time for your network team.
- Allows certain functions to be automated.
- Allows deep visibility into your network.
April 11, 2021
DNA Center experience
- Less loss due to higher service availability.
- Better use of network resources.
- Less time investment in the deployment of new functionalities to the network.
- Initial cost is pricy, but management needs to understand the value this provides so make them aware
- Reporting could be improved in more detail in our opinion, but it gives a great overview of your environment. High level overview for managers would be greatly appreciated with as little or much detail as needed for certain Cisco gear.
- Does not work as well with some older Cisco equipment because they want you to buy new, again the cost impact comes into play.
- Time saving.
- Less head count to manage a lot of networking devices.
- Minimize errors during the configuration and installation process
- Better response time to the business.
- Better availability in your network.
February 10, 2021
Cisco DNA - Best choice for enterprise network architectures
- The new subscription approach simplify costs forecasts.
- DNA bring standardization on branch offices also in terms of network equipment.
December 17, 2020
One device to rule them all!
- More centralization for time saving.
- Increased end-point visibility on the network for more security.
December 17, 2020
A star in creating all in one solution for network management
- Overall ROI sounds good since we started to implement this.
- We gain more customer focus.
December 15, 2020
Great for centralized management and monitoring of Cisco-centric network infrastructure
- Lower maintenance effort through centralized monitoring and management.
- Improved uptime due to proactive monitoring efforts.
- Lower downtime and maintenance due to quick incident visibility and identification.
December 15, 2020
Does the job and makes life much easier
- Generally, over time, we save lots of time and effort by sticking with Cisco gear.
- We generally have less headaches by using a centralized DNA system.
- More time has to be initially spent training support staff.
December 10, 2020
Cisco DNA Center Review
- We were able to use this solution to give us more visibility into our network, and the management mode helps to troubleshoot and fix problems.
- This solution is really stable and scalable.
- If there are a very large number of switches or visitor access points then I recommend DNA.
December 07, 2020
Another Successful Product By Cisco
- I am more technical but it improved security monitoring, which did save a lot of money.
- Brought down the cost for monitoring & false-positive troubleshooting by reducing on-call resources.