Cisco Meraki Fundamentals: Cloud-Managed Operations

你準備好挑戰你一直以來對網絡的處理方式了嗎？IT世界已經經歷了一次轉型，快速解決方案已經不再足夠快速。基於平台的方法和自動化數據處理不再是未來的夢想，而是現在的要求。

在《Cisco Meraki基礎知識》中，你將學習如何以平台思維：端到端的控制、管理和操作的可見性，所有這些都更加簡單。當你擁抱這種思維時，你將能夠在現在和未來產生優化的解決方案，這只是你想像力的限制。

《Cisco Meraki基礎知識》提供了一切你需要開始打造以平台為中心的旅程所需的知識。從雲架構的基礎知識和建立儀表板，到自動化、最佳實踐以及Meraki管理員體驗的介紹，《Cisco Meraki基礎知識》為你打下了一個強大的基礎，以便為未來的數字運營鋪平道路。

學習Cisco Meraki雲管理平台的起源，從創始概念到哲學和目標
學習如何管理日常運營產生的數據，以更快地達到目標
了解雲管理的Meraki網絡與傳統網絡之間的區別
瞭解使用Meraki儀表板管理網絡的基礎知識
了解Meraki特定最佳實踐的示例，以及如何與非Meraki工具和服務集成和自動化
瞭解雲平台如何更容易地識別和解決潛在問題
瞭解基於Meraki平台的管理員的日常工作，包括Meraki雲平台的用例

Arun Paul serves as a technical solutions architect at Cisco Meraki, focusing on supporting public sector - SLED customers in the Midwest states. With more than a decade of experience in the technology industry, Arun has held diverse roles ranging from engineering to technical sales.

Arun's tech journey began as a software engineer at the Cisco Catalyst 6500 BU, where he played a pivotal role as a point of contact for Catalyst design recommendations and escalations. Arun showcased his innovative spirit by proposing Cisco innovation ideas and process improvements.

Beyond corporate roles, Arun co-founded a security consulting and training business, gaining valuable entrepreneurial experience. This venture provided insights into customer challenges in the modern technology landscape. Arun holds an MS in Information Security from George Mason University, graduating with a Distinguished Achievement Award.

Arun has consistently demonstrated dedication to excellence, innovation, and customer success throughout his career, earning accolades and awards for his noteworthy contributions to the field.

Mike Woolley is a support product specialist at Cisco Meraki with more than eight years of experience dedicated to supporting Meraki products and solutions. Starting in 2016 after receiving a BT in Network Administration from Alfred State College, Mike began as an intern within Meraki Support in San Francisco and rose through to the highest tiers of the technical support structure. Through this experience Mike has worked directly with customers and deployments of all types and sizes. From independent small businesses to massive international corporations, Mike has developed a tried-and-true approach to working with Cisco Meraki solutions based on these experiences. During this time Mike has also written and contributed to core pieces of Meraki documentation and has since become a leading source of knowledge within his specialization of Meraki's cellular-enabled product lines.

Mike currently lives in western New York with his wife Sara and their dog Noki and enjoys occasional outdoor activities like dirt biking and snowmobiling when not helping on the family farm or playing tabletop games.

Medi Jaafari has more than two decades of industry experience in roles ranging from advanced engineering architectures to director of engineering for a startup ISP colocation specializing in LAN/WAN transport, IoT, SDWAN, SASE, ZTNA, XDR, and observability for multinational, multitenant environments. Medi was an early participant in SDN networking developments working with key tier-one U.S.-based universities while at Cisco and is currently a technical solutions architect for the Cisco Meraki business unit, with more than five years of experience working closely on product design with a focus on SW features, UI, and AI design.

Jeffry Handal is a principal solutions engineer at Cisco. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Louisiana State University (LSU) and has more than 18 years of experience in the area of information communication technology, with special interest in IPv6, cybersecurity, big data, and experimental networks. Before joining Cisco, Jeffry was a very active customer, always pushing the envelope designing and maintaining networks with new technologies, testing new protocols, and providing Cisco and others a large-scale testbed for new products, features, and functionality. Currently, he plays an active role in several Cisco groups (e.g., TACops, IPv6 Ambassadors, Security Technical Advisory Group, Meraki).

Outside of work, Jeffry is an active volunteer in organizations ranging from search and rescue operations with the Air Force to humanitarian technology groups such as NetHope. He sits on several boards within IEEE, actively promotes IPv6 adoption via different task forces, volunteers to teach networking classes in third-world countries, and promotes STEM for women and minorities. In addition, Jeffry serves the public through his participation in conferences and standards bodies (IETF, IEEE); speaking at local and international events (Internet2, CANS, IPv6 Summits, AI/ML Symposiums, IEEE events, WALC, Cisco Live); contributing to and reviewing publications; and appearing as a guest in podcasts like IPv6 Buzz and Meraki Unboxed. He is a big promoter of technological change for the betterment of humanity.

Arun Paul在Cisco Meraki擔任技術解決方案架構師，專注於支援中西部州的公共部門-SLED客戶。在科技行業擁有十多年的經驗，Arun擔任過從工程到技術銷售等多種不同的角色。

Arun的科技之旅始於Cisco Catalyst 6500 BU的軟體工程師，他在Catalyst設計建議和升級方面扮演了重要角色。Arun通過提出Cisco創新想法和流程改進展示了他的創新精神。

除了企業角色外，Arun還共同創辦了一家安全咨詢和培訓業務，獲得了寶貴的創業經驗。這個冒險為他提供了對現代技術環境中客戶挑戰的深入了解。Arun擁有喬治梅森大學的信息安全碩士學位，並以優異成就獲得畢業成就獎。

Arun在整個職業生涯中始終展示出對卓越、創新和客戶成功的奉獻精神，並因其在該領域的卓越貢獻而獲得了讚譽和獎項。

Mike Woolley是Cisco Meraki的支援產品專家，擁有超過八年的專注於支援Meraki產品和解決方案的經驗。在2016年從阿爾弗雷德州立學院獲得網絡管理學士學位後，Mike在舊金山的Meraki支援部門開始實習，並在技術支援結構的最高層次上升。通過這些經驗，Mike直接與各種類型和規模的客戶和部署合作。從獨立的小型企業到大型國際公司，Mike根據這些經驗開發了一種經過驗證的與Cisco Meraki解決方案合作的方法。在此期間，Mike還撰寫並貢獻了Meraki文檔的核心部分，並成為Meraki的基於蜂窩網絡的產品線專業知識的領先來源。

Mike目前與妻子Sara和他們的狗Noki一起居住在紐約西部，除了在家庭農場幫忙或玩桌上遊戲之外，他還喜歡偶爾參加戶外活動，如越野摩托和雪地摩托。

Medi Jaafari在行業中擁有超過二十年的經驗，從高級工程架構到一家專門從事LAN/WAN傳輸、物聯網、SDWAN、SASE、ZTNA、XDR和可觀察性的初創ISP colocation的工程總監。在Cisco期間，Medi是SDN網絡開發的早期參與者，並且目前是Cisco Meraki業務部門的技術解決方案架構師，擁有超過五年的與產品設計密切合作的經驗，專注於軟體功能、使用者界面和人工智慧設計。

Jeffry Handal是Cisco的首席解決方案工程師。他在路易斯安那州立大學（LSU）獲得電機工程學士和碩士學位，並在信息通信技術領域擁有超過18年的經驗，對IPv6、網絡安全、大數據和實驗性網絡特別感興趣。在加入Cisco之前，Jeffry是一位非常活躍的客戶，總是在設計和維護具有新技術的網絡，測試新協議，並為Cisco和其他公司提供大規模的新產品、功能和功能測試平台。目前，他在幾個Cisco小組中扮演著積極的角色（例如TACops、IPv6大使、安全技術諮詢小組、Meraki）。

在工作之外，Jeffry是一名積極的志願者，參與的組織包括與空軍的搜救行動和NetHope等人道主義技術團體。他在IEEE內擔任多個委員會的成員，通過不同的工作組積極推廣IPv6的採用。