Cisco has announced the launch of a new cloud region, Cisco Meraki India Region. It is hosted on a cloud service provider, empanelled with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Meraki India Region will empower businesses across the nation to embrace a cloud-first transformation, while helping customers meet their local data storage and privacy needs. According to the company, it is doubling down on its commitment to India’s digitisation.
The company highlighted that Cisco Meraki is already trusted by over 8,10,000 customers globally and leads the charge as the premier cloud-managed IT platform. In addition, it accelerates cloud-first business transformation through simpler operations, secure networking, and an ecosystem that drives future growth and innovation. Meraki offers comprehensive networking (wired, wireless, software-defined wide area network), secure networking, and internet of things (IoT) (sensors) capabilities that empower customers with centralised visibility and control, unified management of wireless and wired networks, and reduced operational expenses.
This launch has been announced when the demand for data localisation and privacy is rising rapidly. According to Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark study, 97 per cent organisations in India believe that data is inherently safer when stored within their own country or region, and 94 per cent trust global providers to protect their data more effectively than local providers. For customers that prioritise local data storage such as public sector entities, government, education, financial institutions, healthcare, and professional services, the Meraki India Region offers a suite of benefits that align with their cloud transformation.
Commenting on the announcement, Lawrence Huang, senior vice president (SVP)/ general manager (GM), Meraki and Wireless, Cisco Networking, said, “Launching the Meraki India Region is a critical step to ensuring that customers can securely connect and scale their business with the simplicity they expect from Meraki. The Meraki India Region helps our customers meet their local data storage needs with advanced security features such as penetration testing and daily vulnerability scans, continuing the drive towards digital transformation across the country.”
Meanwhile, Daisy Chittilapilly, president, Cisco India and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), said, “As businesses continue to embrace a cloud-first environment, they are seeking a comprehensive networking platform that offers agility, flexibility, and secure access to drive operational efficiencies and succeed in an interconnected world. With the launch of the Meraki India Region, we aim to do just that.”
As India transforms into a digital-first nation, Cisco is committed to help drive digital transformation at scale and power a connected and inclusive future for all. With Meraki, Cisco will provide customers with more choice to access resilient and secure cloud infrastructure to develop innovative solutions, simplify network operations, create scalable networks that are easy to manage, unify secure IT experiences and address dynamic customer needs.
