Full disclosure, I work for a VAR that sells Cisco gear. Having said that, Jake is spot on. If you're doing an Apples to Oranges cost comparison (WLC AP licenses vs Cisco One), the numbers don't work out. If you use (or are planning to use) Prime Infrastructure, MSE, WLC, and ISE, the cost between buying all of these things a la carte vs Cisco One is basically a wash. The return on your investment is when you buy your next WLC, you pay for the hardware only and it becomes very attractive at that point. Your VAR should be able to help you navigate those different costing comparisons. HTH! -Sam
On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Jake Snyder <jsnyde...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are cost savings to be had. There is currently a promo when moving > to new 5520 or 8540 hardware that is very compelling. > > That said, brownfield where you are just migrating from standard licensing > to C1 on the existing hardware doesn't make a lot of sense unless you want > to add features. ISE, MSE/CMX, Prime Assurance... > > Ultimately it's going to depend on where you are in the lifecycle > process. You should totally ping your Cisco Partner and have them run the > numbers for you, so you can see what the right thing to do is. > > Thanks > Jake Snyder > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 6, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Tom Klimek <tkli...@nd.edu <tkli...@nd.edu>> > wrote: > > I've recently been asked if we could benefit from Cisco One for wireless > licensing. I am not very familiar with the product so I thought I would ask > the Educause community for any input and see if it is very widely used and > valued. > > One scenario I was presented with is that perpetual licensing would save > us from re-purchasing Access Point licensing when we upgrade to newer > (hardware) controllers. When we upgraded from 5508's to 8510's we managed > to negotiate a transfer of our existing licenses at no cost but that is not > a guarantee for the next upgrade. > > Appreciate any feedback. > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
