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Cisco Prime [EOL]
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Cisco Prime [EOL] Pros review quotes
reviewer1074924
Networks Lead Engineer at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 5, 2020
It gives you the ability to upgrade switches remotely, schedule the upgrade time, perform backups, and monitor the health of all networks.
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reviewer1288968
Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Apr 20, 2020
The interfaces are a valuable feature.
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reviewer1309638
Wireless IT Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Oct 19, 2020
Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune.
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reviewer1348176
Network Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 23, 2021
Cisco Prime is helpful as it provides us with real-time monitoring. This allows us to be proactive in our environment.
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reviewer1329447
Network-Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 8, 2021
The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product.
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Erick Kahozi
Network Engineer Coordinator at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 30, 2022
Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible.
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AthumanJuma
Data Center Engineer at Emerging Communications Limited
May 3, 2022
I have found the solution to be scalable.
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Juan Pr
IT Professional at NTT Security
Jun 17, 2022
The installation is easy.
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Navee Srichaiyanont
IT manager at IRPC PCL
Jun 22, 2022
We use this solution to troubleshoot our wireless systems, specifically regarding signal strength.
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MuhittinAkar
Hardware and Networks Support Executive at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 18, 2022
The dashboard is a valuable feature. It's very clear, and the metrics make it easy to see the current network situation.
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Cisco Prime [EOL] Cons review quotes
reviewer1074924
Networks Lead Engineer at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 5, 2020
If you think about a centralized monitoring system, Cisco Prime is not good because it does not support third-party vendors like Palo Alto or FortiGate.
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reviewer1288968
Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Apr 20, 2020
Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool.
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reviewer1309638
Wireless IT Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Oct 19, 2020
The solution can be slow at times.
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reviewer1348176
Network Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 23, 2021
The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved.
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reviewer1329447
Network-Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 8, 2021
The solution is not easy to configure.
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Erick Kahozi
Network Engineer Coordinator at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 30, 2022
Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface.
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AJ
AthumanJuma
Data Center Engineer at Emerging Communications Limited
May 3, 2022
The user interface of Cisco Prime could be more user-friendly and increase its performance.
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Juan Pr
IT Professional at NTT Security
Jun 17, 2022
It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions.
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Navee Srichaiyanont
IT manager at IRPC PCL
Jun 22, 2022
This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes.
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MuhittinAkar
Hardware and Networks Support Executive at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Aug 18, 2022
Maybe it could be a little cheaper.
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