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For Victra, the total costs associated with managing existing and upcoming stores with their previous solution was more than 95% higher compared to Meraki. As Table 4 summarizes, managing a single store with Meraki is just a fraction of the cost, in time and money, with a traditional solution, especially when looking at the 1,200 stores in a for managing a Meraki network versus the previous one Victra had previous "For the most part," explained Rivera-Santiago "you see exactly what you need to see [with the Dashboard], which helps for quickly solving issues." The Dashboard provides visibility that wasn't available, and some of the the IT team's favorite features are often the simplest ones. behavior patterns in graphical representations. This is particularly useful for sharing with non-technical employees, like store managers, who want to see usage patterns of their employees, or high-level executives who are paying the bills. "Honestly, the word 'troubleshoot' wouldn't describe what I had to do before Meraki," explained Rivera-Santiago. "If there was a problem, I spent on a single issue. Assumed hourly cost for Network Engineer: $150 ESTIMATED OCCURENCES MERAKI PREVIOUS TROUBLESHOOTING PER YEAR TIME (HRS) COST/ YR TIME (HRS) COST/ YR 2 0.25 $75 6 $1,800 Hardware installation per store 1 0.25 $38 6 $900 MAINTENANCE (ONCE PER QUARTER) QTY AP Firmware Updates 1 4 0 - 0 - Switch Firmware Updates 1 4 0 - 0 - Security Firmware Updates 1 4 0 - 2 $1,200 TABLE 5 - DETAIL OF COST OF MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT TABLE 4 - TOTAL COST OF MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OVER 3 YEARS Ongoing maintenance costs are more than 95% lower with Meraki MERAKI PREVIOUS Existing 670 stores over 3 years $226,125 $7,839,000 Future 500 stores over 3 years $168,750 $5,850,000 Per store over 3 years $338 $11,700 Cisco Systems, Inc. | 500 Terry A. Francois Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94158 | (415) 432-1000 | sales@meraki.com 4