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What is Cisco Spaces?

Cisco Spaces is a cloud platform that connects people and things with spaces to transform buildings into smart spaces. Using Cisco devices as sensors (Catalyst, Meraki, Webex) and the Spaces ecosystem, the aim is to make buildings safe, smart, sustainable, and seamless. Currently the platform has digitized 193,781+ buildings, 72,836+ devices and has over 8,000+ global enterprise customers.

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Who Buys & Uses Cisco Spaces

Cisco Spaces Reviews

What users are saying about Cisco Spaces.
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Pros

  • Provides robust real-time location tracking and visualization of people and assets
  • Offers strong analytics for occupancy optimization and Wi-Fi troubleshooting
  • Enables effective asset tracking and identification of valuable equipment

Cons

  • Interface complexity and setup challenges for new administrators, especially in large deployments
  • Insufficient documentation and implementation guidance, particularly for API integration
  • Limitations in integration and compatibility with third-party systems and sensors

Cisco Spaces in Higher Education

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David PiferView profile
Network Engineering Services Assistant Director in Information Technology at Indiana State University (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our primary use case for Cisco Spaces it correlate information for problems in our environment. Giving us location and density information for our users in a location that helps paint a better diagnostic picture of the location. Seeing an access point with 50 users associated with it and then seeing it on a map. Often times realizing that we add another AP in a space that users are actually in (filling the gaps) allows a visual feed back to the situation beyond the data and what the users are telling us (If anything).

Pros

  • User Density and usage
  • Finding lost or missing devices.
  • Visualization of where users are using our network.

Cons

  • Depending on the size of your deployment it could be quite daunting for LARGE organizations during initial setup.

Return on Investment

  • Positive impact on physical security and location of problem devices.
  • Negative that on our scale with a small staff it is hard to really leverage all the features.

Other Software Used

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Firepower 2100 Series, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)

Making Workspaces Smarter and More Efficient with Cisco Spaces

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Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have deployed Cisco Spaces on top of our existing Cisco Catalyst wireless infrastructure, Meraki sensors, and Webex collaboration infrastructure. We use it to deliver smart workspaces use case - display room level occupancy, environmental metrics, floor level occupancy, all combined on a digital signage. It hels use increase employee in-office experience on one hand, and improve operations efficiency on the other hand.

Pros

  • Integration with Webex for workplace analytics
  • Interactive map visualization
  • RTLS - great real-time locastion services with existing wireless infrastructure

Cons

  • Roadmap clarity and feature availability
  • Documentation and support quality
  • Licensing model complexity

Return on Investment

  • Improved employee experience in the office (finding available meeting rooms)
  • Operational efficiency (real-time occupancy helped facilities team optimize office space)
  • Data-driven decisions (better planning of future workplace initiatives)

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco Meraki Dashboard and Cisco Catalyst Center

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Cisco Spaces the futures of smart building

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Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In healthcare and other environments, Cisco Spaces can be very useful to locate devices, check availability of a meeting room and track the amount of people in a room. Asset tracking is mandatory with today’s medical equipment since they’re being moved and used by different people. But also in other type of use cases.

Pros

  • Asset tracking
  • Visuals
  • User friendly

Cons

  • More options in essentials
  • Always welcome to add more
  • Nothing else to mention!

Return on Investment

  • Visibility
  • Securing assets
  • Collecting metrics

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Cisco Spaces Review

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Verified User
Analyst in Sales (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Spaces Webcam and mic for thé meeting room.

Pros

  • In my opinion, the Camera is done well in Cisco Spaces
  • In my experience, the Sound is done well in Cisco Spaces

Cons

  • I think that there is room for improvement in Cisco Spaces for Webex

Alternatives Considered

(EOL) Cisco CloudCenter

Good product opportunity to add more use cases.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Spaces is used for asset tracking use case and it helps to solve the capital asset management problem.

Pros

  • Pinpointing the location of the physical asset on a floor.
  • Helps to keep track of the history of the asset location.
  • Helps to manage it based on group or profile.

Cons

  • Better GUI like the continuity from one section to another and back instead of going from the home screen.

Return on Investment

  • Just deployed the solution for a single use-case, will have to work on the ROI.

Alternatives Considered

Appspace

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic SL1