Cisco
Enterprise network technology, scalable securityCisco Systems is one of the world’s most well-known and versatile manufacturers of network devices, having offered reliable, stable, and innovative solutions to the enterprise and service provider sectors for decades. Cisco’s product range covers the entire network infrastructure lifecycle: switches, routers, firewalls, wireless networks, network management, and cloud integration—all in one place, within a unified system. Cisco offers not just hardware, but an integrated technology ecosystem that enables modern organizations to operate in a secure, flexible, and sustainable manner. Today, Cisco technologies are not merely parts of classic network infrastructures but are also active elements of corporate digital transformation. Cisco’s solutions play a key role in the network architectures designed by Unicorn, whether for operating local, multi-site, or cloud-based systems.
Cisco’s solutions and products
The Cisco portfolio offers a wide range of functionality in the following main areas:
- Switches and routers: High-availability network devices with Layer 2/3 functions that ensure fast, stable, and regulated data transmission in a corporate environment.
- SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN): An intelligent, centrally controlled network that provides cost-effective, dynamically optimized connectivity across multiple service providers, especially for multi-site organizations.
- Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW): Application-level traffic filtering, management of encrypted connections, and Secure Service Edge (SSE) integration.
- Cisco Wireless: Scalable wireless network solutions for separating guest networks, BYOD environments (an IT approach allowing employees to use their own devices like laptops and smartphones to connect to the corporate network), and administrative systems.
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): Comprehensive access control, authentication, and device recognition on a central platform.
- Cisco DNA Center: A centralized network management system with real-time performance measurement, automated fault detection, and configuration tracking.
The common characteristics of all these technologies are a high level of security, scalability, and ease of integration, thus ensuring reliable operation at all levels for Unicorn’s partners.
How Unicorn uses Cisco solutions
1. Building on-premises and multi-site networks
Unicorn builds its clients' physical and logical network structures on Cisco's network devices—primarily routers, switches, and SD-WAN systems. Cisco SD-WAN enables intelligent routing, load balancing, and automatic connection recovery, even when using multiple service providers or technologies (e.g., leased line, LTE, 5G) simultaneously. This is crucial for continuous operation in environments where critical systems run across multiple locations.
2. Network separation and security segmentation
By applying Cisco's Layer 2/3 switching solutions, VLANs, and ACLs, Unicorn can create customized segmentation that separates business functions from each other (e.g., ERP, IP telephony, printing, IoT, guest network). Thanks to Cisco's NGFW devices and integrated policy management functions, this separation is effective not only logically but also from a security standpoint.
3. Network access control and management of BYOD environments
Unicorn uses the Cisco ISE system for clients where centralized, policy-based control of network access is a fundamental requirement. ISE can automatically identify devices connecting to the network and determine their permissions based on user or device type, thereby preventing unauthorized access and ensuring proper data protection.
4. Real-time network monitoring and performance supervision
With Cisco DNA Center and Prime Infrastructure systems, Unicorn provides clients with real-time visibility into their networks. This solution is suitable not only for diagnostics but also for capacity planning, SLA tracking, and automated fault remediation. A load spike in a critical segment, a link failure, or an irregular traffic pattern is detected immediately and can be managed without intervention.
5. Cloud integration and hybrid model support
Cisco's SD-WAN and NGFW solutions natively support secure access to cloud services (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS). Unicorn applies these solutions for clients where the on-premises infrastructure is supplemented by a cloud-based system, ensuring the connection remains encrypted, secure, and scalable, even in a hybrid environment.
Scalable foundations, future-proof infrastructure
Cisco technologies allow the designed network environment to not only meet current needs but also to flexibly adapt to business growth, the integration of new locations, or the expansion of applied technologies. Unicorn treats this flexibility and future-proofing as a key priority in all its projects—which is why Cisco solutions are present in almost all of our service areas.
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