A Meraki switch(now bought by cisco) was dumped at my desk by my director to see if it can suit our new needs for a new network.
Meraki is a depature from what a network engineer is used to. Those cli ninja skills are not needed as it doesnt come with any console port or accessible OS.
Everything is done through th web browser. And to add more easy of management, it is accessed and managed through the cloud. It updates itself and comes with lifetime warrant.
Now this is a direct threat to network guys as anybody even without network training can plug it and make it work.
My boss is on my case asking what l think. Truely speaking, lm loving it. Bt it also means he can manage the network himself easily. It even shows you thru cloud if a port or switch goes down and you can link it to google map for location based.
The question is, should l recommend Cisco( thereby getting job security) or Meraki?