SolarWinds,
a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software,
today announced an expansion of their monitoring capabilities within the
Cisco Meraki Marketplace, which is now able to integrate the Cisco Meraki Dashboard API with SolarWinds N-central. Through this expanded integration, MSPs will be able to more easily discover and monitor Cisco Meraki devices
from within their N-central dashboards. Today's announcement further
underscores the SolarWinds commitment to fuel partner success and help
MSPs create a more connected and efficient ecosystem.
The
integration will include routers, switches, and access points as part
of the portfolio of Cisco Meraki cloud-managed solutions. By integrating
these devices with the N-central platform, SolarWinds MSP partners can
see the status of Cisco Meraki customers' devices right in their
monitoring and management dashboard, enable notifications and alerts,
and monitor connectivity and traffic-as well as conduct license warranty
reporting. This streamlines the efficiencies for MSPs by allowing them
to keep tabs on the health of their Cisco Meraki devices (as part of the
continuing buildout of a fully integrated ecosystem), while leveraging
the power of N-central to control, customize, and help secure complex
environments.
"Cisco
Meraki offers a comprehensive set of cloud solutions that give IT
providers the opportunity to streamline and simplify the digital
workplace, a goal that has never been more paramount as the definition
of the workplace is in flux. Daily shifts from work from home and
returning to the office require an elastic office space and IT
infrastructure," said Mav Turner, group vice president of products for
SolarWinds MSP. "This goal is fully aligned with SolarWinds MSP, as we
work to empower MSPs to more easily fulfill a market need that has
spiked almost overnight. As MSP customers seek their help more than
ever, we believe the integration with Cisco Meraki and N-central will
play another important role in supporting them."
"SolarWinds
N-central is known for its power as a remote monitoring and management
solution that centralizes the ability for an MSP to see and manage
everything from one easy-to-use dashboard," said Marc Inderhees,
Cisco-as-a-Service Sales Acceleration Leader, Cisco Systems. "We are
excited about the new integration of Cisco Meraki with N-central to give
SolarWinds MSP partners a direct path for discovering and monitoring
Cisco Meraki devices in their SolarWinds dashboard, so they can focus
more of their time and energy on taking care of the businesses they
support. Working with SolarWinds and its MSP partners will provide our
mutual customers with even more opportunities to thrive and succeed."
"Like
most IT service providers, we're more hyper-focused than ever right
now, making sure the businesses we serve are up and running and secure,"
stated Jeffrey Bowles, IT Lead/Partner, Act360 Web & IT Inc. "To do
that effectively, we have to be able to work as efficiently as
possible. Having more visibility and direct monitoring of our Cisco
Meraki devices from within our SolarWinds N-central dashboard is a key
piece of the efficiency puzzle, and we're excited to have this new
capability."
The
Cisco Meraki integration expands on the growing list of
industry-leading technology providers seeking an alliance with
SolarWinds MSP to streamline and improve customer access to centralized
monitoring, management, and security capabilities.