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With both Anењњonnect Plus and Apex continuing to add additional features and services, the value of Anењњonnect term-based offers has and will continue to increase over time. Existing Anењњonnect customers can think of Anењњonnect Apex as similar to the discontinued Anењњonnect Premium and Shared. In the 2H of CY 2015 with Anењњonnect 4.2MR1, Anењњonnect Apex added the Network Visibility Module, a new endpoint flow based capability that collects user and endpoint behavior on and off premises. The second offer is Anењњonenct Apex, which includes more advanced VPN services such as endpoint posture checks, next generation encryption (including Suite B), SAML authentication, and clientless Remote Access VPN as well as all the capabilities of Anењњonnect Plus.

Existing Anењњonnect customers can think of Anењњonnect Plus as similar to the discontinued Anењњonnect Essentials. In the 1H of CY 2015 with Anењњonnect 4.1, Anењњonnect Plus also added AMP for Endpoint distribution capabilities through the AMP Enabler. Anењњonnect Plus also includes other non-VPN services such as the Anењњonnect Network Access Manager 802.1X supplicant and the Cloud Web Security module. The first is Anењњonnect Plus, which includes basic VPN services such as device and per-app VPN (including 3rd party IKEv2 Remote Access VPN head-end support), always on, basic device context collection, and FIPS compliance. In terms of the actual offers, Anењњonnect 4.x collapsed the complex older Anењњonnect licensing model down into two simple tiers.

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Anењњonnect Apex investment for VPN services can be leverage along side ISE).Д¬isco Anењњonnect services continue to be competitively priced and very much in line with Cisco's other software pricing initiatives such as Cisco ONE. This model allows you to avoid additional license costs when the head end box is swapped out or additional capacity is added or when other services are added (e.g. Finally, creating a standalone bundled endpoint license separate from the headend gives you choice when selecting different headend platforms and services. Fourth, moving to a term-based model allows budget planning to shift from a bursty CAPEX and ongoing support budget exercise to a more smooth OPEX planning process. This is also more in line with general business trend of enterprises trying to make employees more productive and thus always connected.

Third, focusing on total users removes having to guess how many people need service and then having to buy pandemic licenses, which sit idle most of the time.

Second, focusing on user vs endpoint removes the variability that comes when the remote end-user has multiple devices connected simultaneously, a common issue with knowledge workers. This greatly simplified licensing calculation and consumption in a number of areas.ДЇirst, going with a total user count is very much in line with general trend towards enterprise license / seat count model which enterprises can track and manage much better than endpoints. To help address these issues, we moved Anењњonnect to a total unique user, term-based licensing model. Moreover, with the growing number of mobile devices needing VPN connections combined with older ASAs being refreshed to newer platforms there were also budget concerns with having to rebuy licenses. Based on feedback, we found that device based session capacity planning and per appliance license management was a constant guessing game and operational challenge. With Anењњonnect 4.x, Cisco introduced a new licensing model. Please see the Anењњonnect Ordering Guide for detailed licensing information. This document provides answers to frequently asked Anењњonnect licensing questions.

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