Cisco OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Premium Subscription
This Cisco OpenShift Kubernetes Engine Premium Subscription provides essential licensing and support for your containerized applications over a 3-year term, ensuring operational continuity and access to advanced features.
- Subscription Term: 3-year access to premium features and software updates.
- Core Entitlement: Covers 1-2 CPUs with up to 128 cores for your OpenShift deployments.
- Feature Access: Unlocks advanced capabilities for container orchestration and management.
- Compliance & Support: Ensures software is licensed correctly and provides access to Cisco support.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering is a premium, 3-year subscription license for Cisco OpenShift Kubernetes Engine, designed to provide advanced capabilities for managing containerized applications. It includes entitlement for 1-2 CPUs totaling up to 128 cores, ensuring sufficient capacity for demanding workloads and enabling critical features for modern application development and deployment.
Businesses utilizing containerization for their own IT operations, such as development teams, operations staff, and IT managers in mid-market companies, will find this license essential. It fits within environments that require robust orchestration, automated deployments, and consistent management of microservices and applications across hybrid cloud infrastructures.
- Premium Feature Unlock: Gain access to advanced functionalities within OpenShift for enhanced container management.
- Capacity Entitlement: License covers deployments up to 128 cores across 1-2 CPUs.
- Subscription Term: A 3-year commitment provides predictable costs and continuous access.
- Software Compliance: Ensures your organization is properly licensed for OpenShift usage.
- Operational Stability: Facilitates reliable operation of containerized applications.
This Cisco OpenShift license is ideal for mid-market organizations seeking enterprise-grade container management without the associated overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Container Orchestration
Enable teams to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with advanced features. Streamline the development lifecycle from code to production with enhanced automation and orchestration capabilities.
cloud-native development, microservices architecture, hybrid cloud deployments, CI/CD pipelines
Ensure Software Compliance and Licensing
Maintain full compliance with Cisco's licensing requirements for OpenShift Kubernetes Engine. Avoid potential penalties and ensure your organization has the correct entitlement for its deployed capacity.
IT asset management, regulatory adherence, capacity planning, software audits
Automate Application Deployment and Management
Automate the provisioning and management of Kubernetes clusters and applications. Streamline operational tasks, reduce manual intervention, and improve the consistency of your deployments.
DevOps workflows, infrastructure as code, automated scaling, continuous delivery
Key Features
Premium Subscription License
Provides access to advanced OpenShift features and ongoing software updates for enhanced container management.
3-Year Term
Offers predictable budgeting and continuous access to licensed software and features for an extended period.
Capacity Entitlement (1-2 CPU, 128 Cores)
Ensures sufficient licensing for your current and near-future container deployment needs up to the specified core count.
Kubernetes Orchestration
Simplifies the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications, improving operational efficiency.
Software Compliance
Guarantees that your organization is properly licensed, mitigating risks associated with software audits and non-compliance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust, secure, and compliant platforms for managing sensitive data and applications, making OpenShift's advanced features and management capabilities highly valuable for their internal IT operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers increasingly use containerization for IoT applications, edge computing, and modernizing factory floor operations, benefiting from OpenShift's scalability and management for their own IT infrastructure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need secure and reliable platforms to manage patient data and critical applications, aligning with OpenShift's focus on security, compliance, and operational stability for their internal systems.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups leverage containerization for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing applications, requiring a scalable and manageable platform like OpenShift for their own IT needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco OpenShift Kubernetes Engine?
Cisco OpenShift Kubernetes Engine is a platform that provides enterprise-grade Kubernetes for building and deploying containerized applications. It offers enhanced features for management, security, and automation.
What does a premium subscription include?
A premium subscription typically unlocks advanced features, enhanced support options, and access to the latest software updates and patches for the OpenShift platform.
Who is this license intended for?
This license is for businesses that use IT for their own operations and require a robust platform for managing containerized applications. It is suitable for SMB and mid-market companies looking for enterprise capabilities.
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.