Cisco C9610R Series Smart Switch

Miercom observed the performance of the Cisco C9610R Series Smart Switch and awards the Miercom Performance Verified certification in recognition of its proven performance demonstrating
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switch

Miercom observed the performance of the Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches and awards the Miercom Performance Verified certification in recognition of its demonstrated line-rate forwarding and scalable architecture. Testing confirmed
Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers

The Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers earn the Performance Verified Certification in recognition of the strong capabilities of an integrated platform for security the enterprise WAN edge.
Cisco Catalyst 9100 Wi-Fi 6 Access Points & Cisco DNA Center Competitive Assessment- Miercom Performance Verified

High-density networks only stand to benefit from the speed, scalability, and reliability brought by Wi-Fi 6. Changing network products and their connections from old to new standards is a daunting task that administrators strive to justify since it can incur downtime that lowers productivity. Using the Enterprise wireless APs products in the industry, we aimed […]
Cisco MDS DIRL SAN Congestion Software Performance Validation – Miercom Performance Verified

Storage Area Networks (SAN) are dedicated high-speed networks that allow devices to access large amounts of data. As high-performance all-flash and NVMe storage arrays are connected to Fibre Channel SANs, the issue of congestion and slow drain is becoming a bigger problem, resulting in the need for enhanced techniques to identify, correct and prevent SAN […]
Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Competitive Performance – Miercom Performance Verified

Business networks are a hybrid of local, remote and mobile networks that each introduce their own range of threats and vulnerabilities. Administrators need to ensure the organization, and all its users, can safely access critical resources without affecting productivity, speed or security. Palo Alto Networks engaged Miercom to perform independent validation testing of PA-5450 NGFW […]
Smart Buildings with Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches Certified Green Testing – Miercom Certified Green

As a PoE industry leader, Cisco engaged Miercom to test new capabilities and features that its Catalyst 9000 Series switches offer for Smart Building Deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 and Catalyst 9400 series switches both support Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet Plus (UPOE+) and are IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 and Type 4 compliant. Cisco knows […]
Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) Competitive Performance Assessment – Miercom Performance Verified

Business networks are a hybrid of local, remote and mobile networks that each introduce their own range of threats and vulnerabilities. Administrators need to ensure the organization, and all of its users, can safely access critical resources without affecting productivity, speed or security. These new additions to Palo Alto Networks’ NGFW portfolio allow customers to […]
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Performance Validation – Miercom Performance Verified

Campus networks connect multiple local area networks (LANs) and require designs that readily accommodate density, scale, redundancy and security for guaranteed, reliable communications. Integral to this architecture are the aggregating and routing technologies – or, high-density switches. Cisco Catalyst 9600 switches simplify, optimize and boost networking performance by leveraging intelligence and automation; offering 9.6 Tbps […]
Cisco SD-WAN with Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Competitive Independent Solution Assessment

Cisco SASE connects cloud applications with users and devices anywhere in the network. Miercom independently assessed the functionality, performance and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Cisco’s SD-WAN with Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution finding it offered significant benefits for the modern branch network and remote worker solution. This was seen in terms of […]