Cisco Meraki Fundamentals: Cloud-Managed Operations
暫譯: Cisco Meraki 基礎知識：雲端管理操作

您準備好挑戰您一直以來處理網路的方式了嗎？IT世界已經發生了變革，快速的解決方案已經不再足夠。基於平台的方法，透過自動化數據處理，已不再是未來的夢想——而是當前的需求。

在《Cisco Meraki 基礎知識》中，您將學習如何「思考」平台：端到端的控制、管理和操作的可見性，所有這些都以更少的複雜性來實現。隨著您接受這種思維，現在和未來產生優化解決方案的可能性僅僅取決於您的想像力。

《Cisco Meraki 基礎知識》提供了您開始打造以平台為中心的旅程所需的一切。從雲架構的基本概念和建立儀表板，到自動化、最佳實踐，以及對 Meraki 管理體驗的了解，《Cisco Meraki 基礎知識》為未來打造數位運營提供了強大的基礎。

- 了解 Cisco Meraki 雲管理平台的起源，從創立概念到哲學和目標
- 學習如何管理日常運營中產生的數據，以及如何更快地達成結果
- 理解雲管理的 Meraki 網路與更傳統網路之間的差異
- 了解使用 Meraki 儀表板管理網路的基本知識
- 查看 Meraki 特定最佳實踐的範例，以及如何與非 Meraki 工具和服務進行整合和自動化
- 概覽雲平台如何協助更輕鬆地識別和排除潛在問題
- 了解 Meraki 基於平台的管理員的一天，包括 Meraki 雲平台的使用案例

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.

阿倫·保羅擔任思科 Meraki 的技術解決方案架構師，專注於支持中西部州的公共部門 - SLED 客戶。阿倫在科技產業擁有超過十年的經驗，曾擔任多種角色，從工程師到技術銷售不等。

阿倫的科技之旅始於思科 Catalyst 6500 BU 的軟體工程師，擔任 Catalyst 設計建議和升級的聯絡人，發揮了關鍵作用。阿倫展現了他的創新精神，提出了思科的創新想法和流程改進建議。

除了企業角色外，阿倫還共同創辦了一家安全諮詢和培訓公司，獲得了寶貴的創業經驗。這項業務讓他深入了解現代科技環境中客戶所面臨的挑戰。阿倫擁有喬治梅森大學的資訊安全碩士學位，並以卓越成就獎畢業。

在他的職業生涯中，阿倫始終展現出對卓越、創新和客戶成功的奉獻精神，因其在該領域的顯著貢獻而獲得多項榮譽和獎項。

邁克·伍利是思科 Meraki 的支援產品專家，擁有超過八年的經驗，專注於支持 Meraki 產品和解決方案。邁克於 2016 年獲得阿爾弗雷德州立大學的網路管理學士學位後，開始在舊金山的 Meraki 支援部門實習，並逐步晉升至技術支援結構的最高層級。透過這段經歷，邁克直接與各類型和規模的客戶及部署合作，從獨立的小型企業到大型國際公司，邁克根據這些經驗發展出一套行之有效的與思科 Meraki 解決方案合作的方法。在此期間，邁克還撰寫並貢獻了 Meraki 文檔的核心內容，並成為其專業領域中 Meraki 行動產品線的知識來源。

邁克目前與妻子薩拉和他們的狗 Noki 住在紐約西部，並在不幫助家族農場或玩桌上遊戲的時候，享受偶爾的戶外活動，如越野摩托車和雪地摩托。

梅迪·賈法里在行業中擁有超過二十年的經驗，擔任過從高級工程架構師到初創 ISP 合作數據中心的工程總監等多種角色，專注於 LAN/WAN 傳輸、物聯網、SDWAN、SASE、ZTNA、XDR 和多國多租戶環境的可觀察性。梅迪在思科工作期間，早期參與了 SDN 網路的發展，與美國主要的一級大學合作，目前擔任思科 Meraki 業務單位的技術解決方案架構師，擁有超過五年的產品設計經驗，專注於軟體功能、用戶介面和人工智慧設計。

傑夫瑞·漢達爾是思科的首席解決方案工程師。他在路易斯安那州立大學（LSU）完成了電機工程的學士和碩士學位，並在資訊通信技術領域擁有超過 18 年的經驗，特別關注 IPv6、網路安全、大數據和實驗性網路。在加入思科之前，傑夫瑞是一位非常活躍的客戶，總是推動設計和維護使用新技術的網路，測試新協議，並為思科及其他公司提供新產品、功能和功能的大規模測試平台。目前，他在幾個思科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，傑夫瑞積極參與各種組織的志願服務，從空軍的搜索和救援行動到人道主義科技團體如 NetHope。他在 IEEE 的幾個委員會中任職，積極推廣 IPv6 的採用，通過不同的工作小組志願教授第三世界國家的網路課程，並推廣 STEM 給女性和少數族裔。此外，傑夫瑞通過參加會議和標準機構（IETF、IEEE）服務公眾；在地方和國際活動（Internet2、CANS、IPv6 峰會、AI/ML 研討會、IEEE 活動、WALC、Cisco Live）上發言；貢獻和審查出版物；以及在像 IPv6 Buzz 和 Meraki Unboxed 的播客中作為嘉賓出現。他是推動技術變革以改善人類生活的積極倡導者。