Cisco WOM Essentials License - 5 Year Subscription
This Cisco WOM Essentials license provides a 5-year subscription to essential platform capabilities, ensuring your business network operates efficiently and compliantly.
- License Term: Enjoy 5 years of continuous access to essential Cisco WOM features and support.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based licensing offers predictable operational expenses.
- VM Entitlement: Provides licensing for virtual machine deployments, offering flexibility.
- Feature Access: Unlocks core functionalities required for effective network management and security.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco WOM Essentials license is a 5-year subscription providing essential software capabilities for your virtualized network environment. It ensures you have access to the core features needed for managing and securing your operations, with a predictable subscription billing model.
Designed for businesses that utilize IT for their own operations, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies. It integrates into your existing virtual infrastructure, providing a foundational layer of Cisco's platform functionality without requiring dedicated hardware for licensing.
- Essential Features: Grants access to core Cisco WOM functionalities crucial for network operations.
- Subscription Term: A 5-year subscription ensures long-term access and predictable budgeting.
- Virtual Machine Licensing: Specifically licensed for deployment on virtual machines, offering deployment flexibility.
- Compliance and Security: Helps maintain compliance and access necessary security features for your business.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures continued access to vital platform features for uninterrupted business operations.
This 5-year subscription license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams needing essential Cisco platform capabilities for their virtualized environments.
What This Enables
Enable Core Network Management Features
Enable teams to access and utilize essential Cisco WOM functionalities for day-to-day network operations. Streamline management tasks and ensure your network infrastructure performs optimally.
virtualized environments, on-premises infrastructure, hybrid cloud deployments, business continuity planning
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Maintain up-to-date licensing for critical Cisco platform software, avoiding potential compliance gaps and associated risks. Guarantee that your virtual machine deployments are properly licensed for regulatory adherence.
audited environments, regulated industries, IT asset management, risk mitigation strategies
Support Virtual Machine Deployments
Provide necessary licensing for Cisco WOM Essentials specifically tailored for virtual machine environments. Offer flexibility in deployment and resource allocation for your network services.
server virtualization, private cloud infrastructure, VDI environments, resource optimization
Key Features
5-Year Subscription Term
Provides long-term access to essential features, ensuring operational continuity and simplifying budget management over a defined period.
Essentials Feature Set
Unlocks core functionalities required for effective network management and security, supporting critical business operations.
Per Virtual Machine Licensing
Offers flexible licensing that scales with your virtualized infrastructure, allowing for efficient resource utilization.
Subscription Billing
Enables predictable operational expenses, making it easier to budget for essential IT platform software.
Cisco Platform Access
Ensures your business has access to foundational capabilities from a leading technology vendor for network operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust network management and security features to ensure compliance with strict regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making essential platform licenses critical for operational integrity.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must maintain high levels of data security and system availability to comply with HIPAA and other patient privacy laws, necessitating reliable and properly licensed network infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial operations rely on stable and secure network connectivity for production lines and logistics, where downtime can be extremely costly, making essential platform licenses vital for operational continuity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle sensitive client data and require secure, compliant IT environments to protect confidential information and maintain client trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco WOM Essentials?
Cisco WOM Essentials is a software licensing tier that provides core functionalities for managing and operating network infrastructure, specifically designed for virtual machine deployments.
What does a 5-year subscription mean for my business?
A 5-year subscription guarantees your access to the licensed features for the entire duration, offering price predictability and avoiding the need for frequent renewals or potential price increases during that term.
Can this license be used on physical servers?
This specific SKU (C1-WOM-E-5Y) is licensed per virtual machine. For physical server deployments, a different licensing model or SKU would typically be required.
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.