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Life Gallery Athens, Cisco Meraki Implementation / SiEBEN
Vasilis Barbas
IT Manager
19 May 2015
Cisco Meraki
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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