Cisco BW Premium Enterprise Upgrade from Standard Enterprise
Upgrade your Cisco BW Standard Enterprise license to Premium Enterprise, unlocking advanced features and expanded capabilities for your business network infrastructure.
- Enhanced Features: Access to premium functionalities and advanced tools not available in the Standard Enterprise edition.
- Expanded Capabilities: Unlock greater capacity and more sophisticated operational controls for your network.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain up-to-date licensing for regulatory adherence and optimal system performance.
- Continued Operation: Ensure uninterrupted access to critical network services and support through this essential upgrade.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a platform software license upgrade for Cisco's Business Wireless (BW) solution, specifically moving from the Standard Enterprise edition to the Premium Enterprise edition. It enables a higher tier of features, management capabilities, and potentially capacity, ensuring your business network operates at its peak with the latest Cisco software functionalities.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations that utilize Cisco Business Wireless for their internal network operations. It fits into environments requiring more advanced network control, security features, or scalability than what the Standard edition provides, ensuring their business-critical wireless infrastructure is fully optimized.
- Feature Unlock: Grants access to advanced functionalities and premium tools within the Cisco BW platform.
- Capacity Expansion: Enables increased performance and scalability for growing business demands.
- Management Sophistication: Provides deeper insights and more granular control over network operations.
- Software Compliance: Ensures your organization is properly licensed for all enabled premium features.
- Operational Continuity: Supports the ongoing, reliable performance of your business wireless network.
This upgrade is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maximize their Cisco Business Wireless investment with advanced features and performance.
What This Enables
Unlock Advanced Network Management Features
Enable teams to gain deeper insights and more granular control over their wireless network operations. Streamline complex configurations and policy enforcement for enhanced security and performance.
businesses with dedicated IT staff, organizations managing multiple sites, companies requiring advanced network segmentation, environments with strict security policies
Expand Wireless Network Capacity and Performance
Support a growing number of users and devices by increasing the capacity and optimizing the performance of your wireless infrastructure. Automate resource allocation to ensure a consistent user experience during peak times.
growing businesses, organizations with seasonal demand fluctuations, companies deploying new wireless-dependent applications, environments with high device density
Enhance Security Posture with Premium Tools
Strengthen your organization's security by enabling advanced threat detection and mitigation capabilities. Automate security policy updates and gain better visibility into potential network vulnerabilities.
businesses handling sensitive data, organizations subject to compliance audits, companies with remote or hybrid workforces, networks requiring advanced intrusion prevention
Key Features
Premium Feature Set
Gain access to advanced functionalities that provide greater control and deeper insights into your network.
Increased Capacity
Support a larger number of users and devices, ensuring scalability as your business grows.
Enhanced Management Tools
Utilize sophisticated tools for streamlined configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Improved Security Capabilities
Benefit from advanced security features to better protect your business network.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Enjoy predictable costs and continuous access to the latest software features and updates.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust, secure, and highly available wireless networks to support critical operations and sensitive data, making advanced management and security features essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers rely on reliable wireless connectivity for patient care systems and data management, necessitating advanced features for security, performance, and compliance with regulations like HIPAA.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors often have high user and device density, requiring scalable wireless solutions that can manage guest access, point-of-sale systems, and inventory management efficiently and securely.
Education & Research
Educational institutions need to support a large and diverse user base with varying access needs, demanding advanced features for network segmentation, security, and capacity management across campus environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Standard and Premium Enterprise licenses for Cisco BW?
The Premium Enterprise license unlocks advanced features, greater capacity, and more sophisticated management tools compared to the Standard Enterprise license. This upgrade provides enhanced capabilities for security, performance, and operational control.
Does this upgrade require new hardware?
This is a software license upgrade and typically does not require new hardware. It enhances the capabilities of your existing compatible Cisco Business Wireless platform.
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription-based license. The specific term duration will be defined at the time of purchase, providing continuous access to the premium features for the agreed period.
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.