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Cisco to link all future products to its SaaS-y Cloud Control management tool
The Register · By Simon Sharwood ·
The Brief
- Cisco will no longer create products that do not integrate with its Cloud Control management platform
- Cloud Control is a SaaS-based tool meant to let network admins manage Cisco devices and much of its software portfolio from one place
- The source article was published 2026-11-10
Why it matters
Network teams standardising on Cisco hardware and software can expect future Cisco products to be managed through a SaaS platform, which may affect management workflows and cloud dependency decisions.
Who’s affected
- Network administrators running Cisco devices
- Teams evaluating Cisco management tooling
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Cisco will no longer create products that don’t integrate with Cloud Control, its SaaS-y management platform that offers netadmins a single tool to manage all of the networking giant’s devices and much of its software portfolio. The networking giant announced Cloud Control in…