Cisco BW Connected Home Package
The Cisco BW Connected Home Package provides essential platform licensing for your network infrastructure, ensuring continued operation and feature access for your business.
- Platform Access: Unlock critical software capabilities and features for your Cisco network devices.
- Subscription Billing: Manage costs effectively with a predictable, recurring subscription model.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain software licensing compliance and avoid operational disruptions.
- Feature Entitlement: Gain access to necessary software functionalities required for your network operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license subscription for Cisco networking equipment. It grants entitlement to specific software features and capabilities, ensuring your network operates within compliance and with access to necessary functionalities. The subscription model provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates.
This license is designed for businesses that own and operate their own IT infrastructure, including SMBs and mid-market companies. It fits into environments where Cisco networking hardware is deployed, providing the software foundation for network services and management.
- Software Entitlement: Grants access to specific Cisco software features and functionalities.
- Subscription Term: Provided on a recurring subscription basis for ongoing access.
- Platform Compatibility: Applies to specific Cisco hardware platforms as indicated by the MPN.
- Compliance Management: Helps maintain software licensing compliance for your network devices.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your network has the necessary software to function correctly.
This Cisco software license is an ideal solution for SMB and mid-market organizations seeking to ensure their network infrastructure is properly licensed and fully functional.
What This Enables
Enable Network Feature Access
Enable teams to utilize advanced software features and functionalities on their Cisco network devices. This ensures that the full capabilities of the hardware are accessible for optimizing network performance and services.
on-premises network infrastructure, business continuity planning, IT resource optimization, network service delivery
Maintain Software Compliance
Streamline the process of maintaining software license compliance for your Cisco network equipment. This avoids potential legal issues and operational interruptions caused by using unlicensed or outdated software versions.
regulatory adherence, IT asset management, risk mitigation, operational stability
Ensure Operational Continuity
Automate the process of securing ongoing access to critical software updates and support for your Cisco network. This protects against unexpected downtime and ensures your network remains operational and secure.
business-critical systems, IT infrastructure lifecycle management, proactive maintenance
Key Features
Platform Software License
Grants access to essential software features required for your Cisco network devices to function correctly.
Subscription Billing
Provides a predictable, recurring cost model for easier budgeting and financial planning.
Cisco Brand Assurance
Ensures you are using legitimate Cisco software, maintaining supportability and compliance.
Feature Entitlement
Unlocks specific capabilities needed for your network's operational requirements.
Compliance Management
Helps your organization stay compliant with software licensing regulations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network security and compliance, making licensed and supported Cisco software essential for their operations and regulatory adherence.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations handle sensitive patient data and must maintain high network uptime and compliance with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating properly licensed and supported infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on stable and secure network connectivity for operational technology and production lines, where licensed software ensures reliability and prevents disruptions.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large networks with diverse user needs and require licensed software to ensure security, performance, and compliance across campus-wide systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Cisco BW CONNECTED HOME PACKAGE?
This is a platform software license subscription from Cisco. It provides entitlement to specific software features and capabilities for compatible Cisco networking hardware, ensuring compliance and operational continuity.
What does this license enable?
This license enables access to specific software features and functionalities on your Cisco network devices. It ensures your hardware is properly licensed for continued operation and compliance.
How is this license billed?
This license is provided on a subscription basis, meaning it is billed on a recurring schedule, typically monthly or annually, for ongoing access to the software features.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.