Many organizations seeking to scale and innovate digitally still operate with fragmented, manual, and non-scalable networks, making IT management more complex, increasing operational costs, and limiting growth.
These legacy environments often offer limited visibility, slow incident response, and a high operational burden.
Cisco Meraki, a cloud-managed solution powered by automation and artificial intelligence, helps reduce operational costs, enhance security, and simplify the management of wireless networks, IoT devices, and security, all from a unified dashboard.
Gartner estimates that 80% of the total cost of IT occurs after the initial purchase, meaning the greatest savings potential lies in operational expenses.
A study conducted by Forrester Consulting on the Total Economic Impact™ of Cisco Meraki revealed that organizations implementing this solution can achieve significant financial and operational benefits.
The analysis, based on a composite organization, showed that over a three-year period, $7.3 million in benefits were achieved versus $3.9 million in costs, resulting in a Net Present Value (NPV) of $3.4 million and a Return on Investment (ROI) of 89%.
Key findings include:
Main cost savings Cisco Meraki brings to your business
| Benefit | Estimated reduction | Estimated total savings |
| Operational downtime | ↓ 40% | $1.7 million USD |
| Firmware update time | ↓ 90% | $838,000 USD saved thanks to automatic updates from the dashboard |
| Network and security configuration time | ↓ 90% | $1.5 million USD saved by automating network and security changes |
| Support ticket | ↓ 80% | $1.4 million USD saved through remote diagnostics and fewer on-site visits |
| End-user productivity | ↑ availability | $1.7 million USD in recovered productivity by avoiding service interruptions |
According to Cisco, Victra, a Verizon authorized retailer in the United States, successfully transformed its in-store network by implementing Cisco Meraki, achieving significant benefits in cost savings, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Challenge: Victra needed a scalable and easy-to-manage solution to modernize connectivity, security, and network management across its retail locations, without relying on traditional, expensive, and hard-to-maintain infrastructure.
| Metric | Result with Cisco Meraki |
| Store activation | 6 stores can be activated with Merakti at the cost of 1 store using traditional technology |
| Operational expense savings (OPEX) | 97% less |
| Total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction | 83% less |
One of Cisco Meraki’s major advantages is its ease of deployment, even across organizations with multiple locations. Thanks to its cloud-based architecture:
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Cisco Meraki is designed to be compatible and easily integrate with mixed or hybrid network environments. This allows you to build a more robust infrastructure:
Many organizations have eliminated redundant tools such as VPNs, local controllers, backup software, and monitoring tools—reducing both operational and licensing costs.
This cloud-based solution provides enterprise-grade security architecture, with key features such as:
All of this enables consistent policy enforcement across all locations, avoids insecure manual configurations, and speeds up response to vulnerabilities.
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