Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
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Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#2Congratulations to the Meraki team. I was hoping to see them make more of a run on the wireless incumbents, but I can understand that 1.2b was too much to pass up (considering Aruba's market cap is only 2.1b).
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#3Well, looks like pg called it on this one.
"MAKE HARDWARE WITH NON-SUCKY SOFTWARE."
"okay"
"Here, have a billion."
Obviously, I am omitting all of the actual work for entertainment value. Edit: isn't a YC company, I don't want to confuse things.
http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html
"27. Hardware/software hybrids. Most hackers find hardware projects alarming. You have to deal with messy, expensive physical stuff. But Meraki shows what you can do if you're willing to venture even a little way into hardware. There's a lot of low-hanging fruit in hardware; you can often do dramatically new things by making comparatively small tweaks to existing stuff."
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#4Well, looks like pg called it on this one. "MAKE HARDWARE WITH NON-SUCKY SOFTWARE." "okay" "Here, have a billion." Obviously, I am omitting all of the actual work for entertainment value. Edit: isn't a YC company, I don't want to confuse things. http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html "27. Hardware/software hybrids. Most hackers find hardware projects alarming. You have to deal with messy, expensive physical stuff. But Mer…
Calling their solution "non-sucky" is an understatement.
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#5How fortunate in the short term, and unfortunate in the long term.
(funny story, Cisco's workplace resources group's bonuses are based on (total revenue) / headcount+workplace costs. Instead of incentives based on retention and growth, the group gets a bigger bonus every time a group is downsized, or they close an office.)
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#6I think Meraki was the 4th startup that I ever invested in (first was Wufoo).
When we visited their office in Mountain View, it was full of "Meraki Minis" (their first batch of hardware). I asked how much money they had raised so far, and their response was, "none". They were so scrappy that they had managed to build the first batch (which was partially pre-sold) for practically nothing. And they somehow got the office space for free.
Very impressive team. Glad I invested :)
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#7I gotta ask, I was looking for some access points for a small company. How does meraki compare to the super cheap
http://www.open-mesh.com/
which seems to have some nice software as well. Is Meraki really aimed towards enterprise who can justify $1000 access points?
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#8One of the things mentioned in the acquisition FAQ was that one of the key differentiators was the Meraki business model.
Can anyone shed more light on exactly what is different?
EDIT: Also, since I have never priced any of their gear before, any idea on ballpark costs (list) would be nice.
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#9I gotta ask, I was looking for some access points for a small company. How does meraki compare to the super cheap http://www.open-mesh.com/ which seems to have some nice software as well. Is Meraki really aimed towards enterprise who can justify $1000 access points?
They have some pretty amazing stuff. I recently attended one of their webinarsa and received a free AP + License. I used to push Ruckus because I was really familiar with them. Meraki is hands down a much better product.
Re: Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash
#10Interesting, never realized they offer a free MDM (MAM) solution.