Item: Cisco Catalyst Switches
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we utilize Catalyst switches throughout our network for all of our physical locations. They’re in climate controlled areas. We currently have over 150 Catalyst switches and cores to employed in our environment,

Pros and Cons

Pros

Layer 3 connectivity
Lability and expand ability
Ease of management
Layer 3 functionality and services

Cons

Price point
Ordering and building of SKU

Return on Investment

Easy to learn new models
Ease of migrating most configurations without rewriting configurations.

Cisco Products Used for Hybrid Work

Cisco AnyConnect
Cisco Secure Endpoint

Organizational Challenges Faced

Deployment and activation of applications on devices that where not originally domain joined devices was a hurdle to overcome.

Impact on Organizational Challenges

We have been able to streamline training for hybrid workers to ensure and provide a user experience that has been welcomed by end users

Hybrid Work Experience

We have experienced fewer complaints and issues since moving our VPN applications to Cisco Secure AnyConnect.

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

Likelihood to Recommend

We have explored other avenues and for the cost and flexibility the product provides we can not find a valid reason to make a change to other manufacturers.

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Catalyst switching for the win

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