Cisco WAE Additional Instance License, 3-Year Subscription
Secure an additional instance license for Cisco WAE with a 3-year subscription to enhance your network application acceleration and optimization capabilities.
- License Term: Enjoy 3 years of access to expanded Cisco WAE functionality.
- Instance Expansion: Unlock the ability to deploy additional instances of the WAE platform.
- Feature Access: Gain entitlement to advanced application acceleration and optimization features.
- Operational Continuity: Ensure your network performance tools remain current and compliant.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides a 3-year subscription license for an additional instance of Cisco Wide Area Application Engine (WAE). It enables businesses to expand their deployment of WAE, a powerful solution designed for accelerating and optimizing application performance across wide area networks.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations utilize this license to scale their network optimization efforts. It integrates into existing Cisco WAAS or SD-WAN environments, providing granular control over application traffic and enhancing user experience for critical business applications.
- Scalable Deployment: Add more instances of Cisco WAE to support growing network demands.
- Performance Optimization: Accelerate critical business applications across your WAN.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from a 3-year license term for predictable budgeting.
- Feature Enablement: Unlock advanced WAN optimization and application acceleration features.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain licensing compliance for your Cisco network infrastructure.
This Cisco WAE license is ideal for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to scale their network performance solutions without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Expand WAN Optimization Capacity
Enable teams to deploy additional instances of Cisco WAE to support growing user bases and increased application traffic across wider geographical areas. Streamline network performance by extending acceleration capabilities to new sites or departments.
growing network infrastructure, multi-site operations, distributed workforce, increasing application demand
Enhance Application Acceleration
Automate the acceleration of critical business applications, ensuring faster data transfer and improved user experience for employees accessing resources remotely or across different locations. Support business continuity by maintaining high performance for essential services.
cloud application access, remote user connectivity, data-intensive workflows, business-critical applications
Scale Network Performance Tools
Organizations deploying Cisco WAE can scale their network performance management capabilities by adding instances to cover more network segments or specific application flows. Streamline IT operations by ensuring optimal performance for all users.
existing Cisco WAAS environments, SD-WAN integration, performance monitoring needs, network segmentation
Key Features
Additional WAE Instance
Allows for expanded deployment of WAN optimization capabilities to new locations or increased capacity for existing sites.
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and ensures continued access to software features and potential updates for three years.
Application Acceleration
Improves the performance of critical business applications over the WAN, leading to increased productivity and better user experience.
WAN Optimization
Reduces bandwidth consumption and latency for data transfers, optimizing network resource utilization.
Cisco Licensing
Ensures compliance with vendor requirements and provides access to Cisco's support ecosystem.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require high-speed, reliable access to applications and data across distributed branches and trading floors, making WAN optimization critical for performance and compliance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers often have multiple production sites and distribution centers that rely on timely data exchange and application performance for operations, supply chain management, and IoT data processing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations need to ensure rapid and secure access to patient records and medical applications across clinics and hospitals, where WAN performance directly impacts patient care delivery.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail chains and hospitality groups with numerous locations depend on consistent application performance for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and customer-facing applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco WAE?
Cisco Wide Area Application Engine (WAE) is a solution designed to accelerate and optimize application performance across wide area networks. It helps improve user experience for applications accessed over the WAN.
What does an 'additional instance' license mean?
An additional instance license allows you to deploy and operate one more separate instance of the Cisco WAE software. This is typically used to expand coverage to more locations or increase capacity.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription license with a 3-year term. It provides access to the software for the duration of the subscription period.
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.