As the bring-your-own-device trend and cloud-based applications clutter the enterprise network, Cisco Unified Access gives administrators a single set of network management tools and security policies across its wired, wireless and virtual private networks.

Cisco claims the new management portfolio will ease the pain associated with running multiple networks within an enterprise by bringing together a consistent set of network capabilities and allowing all networks to act as a single entity, said Inbar Lasser-Raab, senior director of enterprise networking marketing for Cisco.

"Complexities within IT are only growing, and every organization is really struggling to keep up with the