Item: Cisco Catalyst Switches
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cisco Catalyst Switches across our entire campus enterprise. They provide network connectivity to all of our corporate users, global partnerships, internet event circuits to clients, as well as vendor and third party services. They have been fantastic in providing resiliency and dependability as it pertains to network appliances.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Fast convergence
Reliability
Network Troubleshooting Options

Cons

Cost

Return on Investment

Overall, Cisco Catalyst Switches have had a significant positive impact on our business. They've done a fantastic job at providing high availability, high uptimes, dependability, and flexibility with troubleshooting options. This has been especially important since we're in the event business and stability and uptimes are of utmost importance.
Cisco TAC (Technical Assistance Center) is second to none. While don't leverage TAC that often, when we've had the need, their level of expertise has been excellent.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Catalyst Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Switches again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Netbox, PRTG Network Monitor

Likelihood to Recommend

They are well suited for any medium to large scale enterprise use cases. Due to their purchasing and licensing costs, they may be harder to justify for smaller businesses. However, throughout my years of using them, they are bulletproof and Cisco's OSes provide a plethora of deployment and troubleshooting options.

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Cisco Catalyst Switches Are Fantastic

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