SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Cloud networking company Meraki announced a new MS series cloud managed switches.

Meraki also announced an expanded MX series cloud managed security appliances family, adding WAN optimization and introducing five new models.

Using Meraki wireless LAN, Gigabit switching and security appliances, it’s now possible to have unified, single pane-of-glass visibility and control of the entire cloud managed network, says the company in a release.

These enable enterprises to deploy cloud managed networks, adding visibility and control while eliminating the cost and complexity of traditional solutions, claims the company in the release.

“As iPads and web applications increase the demands placed on networks, organizations are increasingly turning to cloud managed solutions to streamline their infrastructure,” said Kiren Sekar, VP, marketing, Meraki.

Centrally managed over the web, Meraki MS switches offer plug and play deployment and unprecedented insight into the network.

Meraki MS cloud managed switches introduce 'Virtual Stacking', a technology that provides centralized management of up to thousands of switch ports. Unlike traditional stacking (which the MS also supports), virtually stacked switches can be in different physical locations, simplifying large scale and distributed environments, adds the release.