Cisco Meraki
American cloud-managed IT company
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Cisco Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides wireless, enterprise mobility management (EMM) and security cameras, all centrally managed from the web. Meraki was acquired by Cisco Systems in December 2012.[1]
- Sanjit Biswas
- John Bicket
- Hans Robertson
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| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Networking, IT |
| Founded | 2006 in Mountain View, California, U.S. |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Key people | Lawrence Huang (SVP, GM) |
| Parent | Cisco Systems |
| Website | meraki |
History
Meraki was founded by Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket[2], along with Hans Robertson.[citation needed] The company was based in part on the MIT Roofnet project, an experimental 802.11b/g mesh network developed by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[citation needed]
Meraki was funded by Google and Sequoia Capital.[citation needed] The organization started in Mountain View, California, in 2006, before relocating to San Francisco.[citation needed] Meraki employed people who worked on the MIT Roofnet project.[3][4][5]
On November 18, 2012, Cisco Systems announced it would acquire Meraki for an estimated $1.2 billion.[1]
Customer data loss incident
On August 3, 2017, the engineering team made changes to the North American object storage service; the change caused some deletion of customer data. Cisco stated that the change was due to the application of "an erroneous policy". The data loss mostly affected media files uploaded by customers. Lost data included:
- Systems Manager – Custom enterprise apps and contact images.
- Meraki Communications – IVR audio files, hold music, contact images and VM greetings.
- Wireless Device Dashboard – Custom floor plans, device placement photos, custom logos used for interface branding and reports and custom splash themes.
On August 7 Meraki announced that some data on the cache service could be recovered. On August 9 customers were informed that recovery efforts were still underway but that they "do not expect to be able to recover most assets".[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Products
Switches (MS)
| Series[12] | Deployment type | Interfaces | Uplinks | PoE capabilities | Power configuration | Stacking capabilities | Routing capabilities | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS225 | Branch & small campus | 24 / 48 x 1GbE RJ45 | 4 x SFP+
Fixed |
370W (LP model)
740W (FP model) |
Internal | Yes, 80G physical + virtual | DHCP Relay | MS225-24-HW
MS225-24P-HW MS225-48-HW MS225-48LP-HW MS225-48FP-HW |
| MS450 | 10G fiber aggregation | 12x 40GbE QSFP+ | 2 x 100GbE QSFP28 | N/A | Modular
Redundant PSU optional (sold separately) |
Front-port 160G + virtual | Static + Dynamic
DHCP Server + Relay Warm spare (VRRP) |
MS450-12-HW |
Security Appliances (MX)
| Model | Wifi Model | Interfaces | Stateful Firewall Throughput | Architecture | CPU Speed | End of Sale | End of support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z1[13] | Yes | 5 x GbE | 50 Mbit/s | ||||
| Z3[14] | Yes | 5 x GbE | 100 Mbit/s | ||||
| Z4[15] | Yes | WAN: 1 x GbE RJ45
LAN: 4 x GbE RJ45 (1 x PoE) |
500 Mbit/s | ||||
| MX60[16] | MX60W | 5 x GbE | 100 Mbit/s | ||||
| MX64[17] | MX64W | WAN: 1 x GbE RJ45
LAN: 4 x GbE RJ45 |
250 Mbit/s | July 26, 2022 | July 26, 2027 |