Q&A: Logicalis' Vince DeLuca On IoT Sales And Cisco Meraki Growth

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How big was your Cisco Meraki business in 2016?

Meraki was either our number one or number two fastest growing segments that we had with Cisco. It was quite strong. Although the base is not as big as some of the core components of their traditional business, we're seeing a lot of traction with [Meraki].

If you look at people and what they use, there's one common element that trumps everything else in terms of repeat use and its simplicity. You can have the best thing in the world, but if it's really difficult to use, chances are you're not going to use it again. Meraki brings a simplified and streamlined approach to work deployment, ease of use and manageability that's very easy to use and it's in the cloud. All of those elements stacked up pretty high with regards to what is important to our customers. Meraki fit their equation quite well.