When it comes to implementation, it's just a matter of plug-in and start working. A branch could be up and running in half an hour, provided the necessary parameters are set and available.

We implemented this product in-house, with the help of the head of our IT team.

We implemented this solution. You only need one person to install and deploy this product.

Installation is done by the system integrators.

It was done with the help of a technical team.

We used an integrator. They helped us manage the initial setup.

The solution was implemented in-house.

We implemented the solution in-house.

We did it in-house.

We did not need help from the vendor or an installation team. I did it by myself.

As a one-person operation, I manage 15 or 16 locations.

We provide installation and implementation services. Most of our customers use the warranty for maintenance.

I handle the maintenance of these switches, including firmware updates.

We did not use a vendor team for the implementation, we did it ourselves.

I configured it myself, and I am not a real techie guy.

You need one person for its maintenance. I pretty much do it all myself.

You don't need a lot of technical staff to implement the switches. One engineer is capable of doing it alone and, in fact, most of the time it just takes a single team member to deploy. Naturally, this would be an individual who knows the product inside and out, to be able to deploy without anyone's help. You also need a few remote hands who can rack and stack the equipment, but as far as the configuration is concerned, only one engineer can do everything.

I had one scenario where I had 120 devices divided into three different models. Four of them were Layer 3 fiber switches which acted as the core switches and 16 of them were fiber switches for distribution, also with Layer 3 capability. Then we had almost a hundred devices acting as access switches, which is normally Layer 2 PoE-capable switches where we have a couple of SFP ports for the uplink. All of this a single person would be able to deploy in five working days, at eight hours a day.

When it comes to maintenance, it depends on the size of the infrastructure. In a retail mall, for example, you will have hardly 150 switches, compared to a big hotel or apartment building where you will have more than 200-300 switches. With those kinds of deployments, you will have to have multiple people to address the multiple issues with the guests.

Of course, as partners, we do our own implementations. Our clients often need assistance from our side or from integrators for the deployments. A lot of the time our position with clients is more advisory. The customers know what they know. What they don't know and understand is what they haven't seen before. Some customers like to just dive in and try and work it out for themselves. I've seen clients on the other end of the spectrum where they need help in terms of redoing IP addressing schemes. What they need is some assistance with regards to making sure that it is all configured correctly and doing testing as they are doing the migration from one type of switch to another type of switch. The depth of our involvement all depends on the customer's skills. But even being trained as a Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) doesn't necessarily mean you are going to be able to get straight to doing a Meraki installation.

We have about four or five people working with Meraki switches.

I normally deploy these switches myself.

We're an integrator; we implement the solution for our clients.

We have four people that are managing Meraki MS Switches.

We did it in-house.

Our deployment team consisted of three people. There was one person on-site, another in India, and one in the UK.

We are just about to do some configuration with these switches.

The implementation is completed in-house.

To implement this solution, I had the help of an integration company and I am not an end-user.

While I had assistance in the implementation, I didn't feel that I needed it.

I handled the implementation myself.

At first we had the assistance of an integrator, but afterwards, we handled the implementation by ourselves.