Seamless Rollout: How Cisco IT Deployed Wi-Fi 7 with Speed and Ease

The arrival of Wi-Fi 7 has brought unprecedented speeds and capacity to wireless networking. Cisco IT, however, was well-prepared for this revolution, thanks to its native and deeply integrated stack.

With 90,000 employees and hundreds of facilities spread across the globe, a monumental infrastructure upgrade was needed. But instead of months of planning and potential downtime, Cisco IT executed a seamless rollout across global offices in record time.

The company had been laying bold foundations for Wi-Fi 7 by maximizing every capability of the Cisco Networking portfolio. This included strengthening its security posture with certificate-based authentication, deploying Meraki access points, using AI-enhanced Radio Resource Management (AI RRM), and having a clear view of wireless performance across every site.

With the power of the Cisco portfolio, IT engineers were able to streamline the rollout, deploying Wi-Fi 7 with speed and ease. The Cisco Wireless CW9178I access points transformed the experience for everyone connected to the network, providing drastic increases in data rates, enhanced reliability and decreased latency, greater protection from attacks, and reduced time spent detecting and remediating problems.