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Medusa Systems vs. Cisco
Typical Business Center Network Environment
Network Role |
Description |
Cisco |
Pricing |
Medusa |
Pricing |
| Firewall | Provide public and private IP segmentation | 1 x Cisco Pix 515 or ASA 5510/5520 with DMZs |
$2200.00 | Included | $0.00 |
| Traffic Manager | Prevent abuse and charge for performance | 1 x Netequalizer or Packeteer | $4000.00 | Included | $0.00 |
| Reporting | View activity / reporting | 1 x Cisco Pix Device Manager | $450.00 | Included | $0.00 |
| Switches | Converged voice and data | 2 x Cisco 3750-48TS PoE Level 3 |
$12000.00 | 2 x AT 48 port PoE |
$2600.00 |
| Cisco WiFi Manager | Manages multiple access points | 1 x Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller |
$6900.00 | Included | $0.00 |
| WiFi Access Points | Provides wireless access | 2 x Cisco Aironet 1242 a/g + Antenna |
$1300.00 | 2 x Medusa AP 220 |
$798.00 |
| Server Platform | Medusa platform | 1 x Dell Server R300 | $1300.00 | Medusa Appliance | $1200.00 |
| Cisco | $28150.00 | Medusa | $4598.00 |
Medusa Cost Savings: $23,552.00
*Note that Installation costs for Cisco and Medusa are not included in the chart above.
Medusa Data also has the following features built-in:
- Interface to accounts system
- Hotdesk and Club
- Multiple WANS and Load Balancer
- Backup of Handsets (Voice)
- Voice Integration Support Services (e.g. DHCP scopes)
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