Life Gallery Athens, Cisco Meraki Implementation / SiEBEN Vasilis Barbas IT Manager 19 May 2015 Cisco Meraki Transform your IT now with Cisco Meraki Cloud Solutions Fast Business Outcomes!
Aug 07, 2015
Life Gallery Athens, Cisco Meraki Implementation / SiEBEN
Vasilis Barbas
IT Manager
19 May 2015
Cisco Meraki
Transform your IT now with Cisco Meraki Cloud Solutions Fast Business Outcomes!
o bluegr hotels & resorts, is a private family-owned company, founded in 1985, by its CEO, Gina Mamidakis
o The hotel and tourism company owns and operates:
In Crete:
-The "Minos Beach Art Hotel", member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World
-The "Minos Palace hotel & suites“
-The "Candia Park Village", a family hotel
In Athens:
-The city design hotel "Athens Life Gallery“
It also:
-Owns the "Miramare Park suites & villas" in Rhodes
-Is main shareholder of The Harmony Cruises that owns and operates the Luxury Mega Yacht and the Harmony
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bluegr hotels & resorts
Past / Previous WiFi schema Risk / Challenge
Old-not enterprise architecture
Old-not enterprise equipment
Not “smart” managed
Out of warranty / not supported by vendor
22 internal access points
Connectivity issues
Consultant / Collaborators
Vendor selection
Internet access solution (Only WiFi)
Support / warranty
Innovation vs “Classical”
Cost
Implementation time
Cisco Meraki
Flexibility
Manageability
Security
Warranty / Support
Innovation
Business value
Past / Previous WiFi schema Risk / Challenge
Signal coverage / low signal
Users limitation / AP
Unsteady signal
Not PoE equipment
No remotely management
Zero flexibility
Upgrade limitation
Zero reporting
No business value
User bad experience / complaints
Cisco Meraki Implementation by SiEBEN
Cloud or no Cloud controller?
Network (LAN) schema
Internet feed
Load balancer ?
Security?
Filtering?
Reporting?
Business value?
Social WiFi?
Social channels integration ?
Stress of failure
User experience
Aesthetic / Appearence
Cloud controller
Network (LAN) upgrade
Internet feed flexibility
No use of load balancer
Security protocols
Filtering solution
Social WiFi (Facebook)
Splash page
(+)
Signal coverage & strength
Implementation time
Bandwidth limitation
Layer 3 & 7 firewall rules
Remote management
Signal constancy
Reporting
Warranty (per year time period)
Cost
Business value & loyalty
Reliable solution
Dual band operation
Content filtering
Analytics
MDM
Life Gallery Athens – Cisco & Cisco Meraki Implementation
(-)
• Repeated cost (cloud)
• No local (GR) Cisco Meraki support
Cisco & Cisco Meraki
13 Int. Access Point (MR12)
3 Int. Access Point (MR18)
2 Ext. Access Point (MR 62)
1 Cisco PoE 24 port
1 Cisco Catalyst 48 port
1 Cisco router
1 Cisco ASA
SSID schedule improvement
Life Gallery Athens – Cisco & Cisco Meraki Implementation
Cisco & Cisco Meraki
13 Int. Access Point (MR12)
3 Int. Access Point (MR18)
2 Ext. Access Point (MR 62)
1 Cisco PoE 24 port
1 Cisco Catalyst 48 port
1 Cisco router
1 Cisco ASA
Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki Access Points @ Crete hotels
bluegr hotels & resorts - Cisco Meraki Implementation & SiEBEN solutions
SiEBEN Marera
Marera implementation