Cisco APIC-EM Platform License
This Cisco platform license unlocks advanced network management capabilities for your business, ensuring optimized performance and compliance.
- License Term: Subscription-based access to Cisco APIC-EM features.
- Key Capability: Enables intelligent network automation and policy enforcement.
- Value: Streamline network operations and improve visibility across your infrastructure.
- Compliance: Ensures your network management tools meet vendor support and feature requirements.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Enterprise Management subscription license provides access to the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) software. It enables advanced capabilities for network automation, policy deployment, and application visibility, ensuring your network infrastructure operates efficiently and securely.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize APIC-EM to gain granular control over network traffic, enforce application-aware policies, and simplify complex network configurations. This license is essential for businesses looking to enhance their network's performance and responsiveness.
- Automated Policy Deployment: Push network policies and configurations across your infrastructure with ease.
- Application Visibility: Gain deep insights into application performance and network usage patterns.
- Network Segmentation: Implement granular network segmentation for enhanced security and compliance.
- Simplified Management: Centralize control and reduce the complexity of managing distributed networks.
- Subscription Access: Continuous access to the latest features and software updates.
This Cisco license is the ideal solution for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to modernize their network management without enterprise-level overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Application-Aware Network Policies
Enable teams to define and enforce network policies based on application requirements. Streamline the deployment of Quality of Service (QoS) and security policies across diverse network segments.
businesses with critical application performance needs, organizations managing hybrid cloud environments, teams requiring granular traffic control
Automate Network Configuration and Compliance
Automate the provisioning and configuration of network devices to ensure consistency and reduce manual errors. Maintain compliance with internal standards and external regulations through standardized deployments.
organizations with distributed network footprints, businesses undergoing digital transformation, IT departments focused on operational efficiency
Enhance Network Visibility and Troubleshooting
Streamline network monitoring by providing deep visibility into application traffic and user experience. Improve troubleshooting speed and accuracy by identifying network bottlenecks and performance issues.
teams managing complex network infrastructures, businesses prioritizing end-user experience, IT departments seeking proactive issue resolution
Key Features
Application Visibility and Analytics
Gain deep insights into application performance and network usage to identify and resolve issues proactively.
Policy-Based Automation
Automate the deployment of network policies, QoS, and security settings to ensure consistency and reduce manual effort.
Network Segmentation
Implement granular network segmentation to enhance security posture and isolate critical resources.
Centralized Management
Simplify network operations by managing policies and configurations from a single, unified platform.
Subscription Licensing
Access the latest software features and updates through a flexible, subscription-based model.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and high availability to meet strict regulatory compliance standards and ensure uninterrupted service for critical transactions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain secure, reliable networks to protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and ensure continuous operation of medical devices and systems, often under HIPAA compliance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments demand predictable network performance and security for operational technology (OT) systems, where downtime can lead to significant production losses and safety risks.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large, diverse user bases and require efficient network management to provide reliable access to resources and ensure data security across campus networks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco APIC-EM?
Cisco APIC-EM (Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module) is a software solution that enables intelligent network automation and application visibility. It allows for application-aware network policies and simplified management.
What does this license enable?
This platform license enables the use of Cisco APIC-EM software, unlocking its advanced features for network management, policy deployment, and application visibility. It is a subscription-based entitlement.
Who is the target user for this license?
This license is intended for IT professionals and IT managers within small to mid-market businesses that use IT for their own operations. It is not for resellers or other IT service providers.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.