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Home [Get in Touch](https://iptel.com.au/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ## Free Cisco eBooks - Enterprise Wi-Fi and Catalyst Center Sept 25, 2025 If you like to keep yourself current within the realms of Enterprise Networking, I've got a treat for you. Cisco have published some great guides for enterprise Wi-Fi and Catalyst Center - and here's our exclusive run through! ![Free eBooks Enterprise Wireless and DNA Assurance](https://blog.iptel.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/eBooks%20and%20Downloads/Free%20Cisco%20eBooks%20-%20Enterprise%20Wi-Fi%20and%20Catalyst%20Center/Free%20eBooks%20Enterprise%20Wireless%20and%20DNA%20Assurance.gif?width=1680&height=945&name=Free%20eBooks%20Enterprise%20Wireless%20and%20DNA%20Assurance.gif) Factor in the ability to be able to undertake tasks and trigger outcomes and you have a pretty interesting product.  --- ## Catalyst Center Spaces: What does it do? The major question to get your head around with **Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces** is: what does it actually do? The answer is—a lot. The key point is that, with a range of vendor applications it can interconnect to or work alongside, there are numerous productivity use cases. Not to be confused with **Cisco Catalyst Center** (which is the network management application), **Catalyst Center Spaces**, while being part of the same family, offers completely different functionality. - **Hotspot Wi-Fi**: Originally, Wi-Fi was deployed as a hotspot technology, enabling laptops to be used away from the desk. - [**Increasing AP Density:**](https://blog.iptel.com.au/increasing-access-point-density) Over the years, deployments have been upgraded to support Wi-Fi voice, IoT devices, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) / Guest access, biomedical integration, and a host of other services. - [Location Awareness:](https://blog.iptel.com.au/ap-placement-location-grade)A newer capability—using Wi-Fi to essentially triangulate (or trilaterate) the location of a Wi-Fi transmitter. - **Hyperlocation**: We've deployed many Wi-Fi installations to location-grade standards, and with the addition of [Cisco Hyperlocation](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-hyperlocation), you can achieve location awareness within a range of 1–3 metres. How Does This Fit Into Catalyst Center Spaces? **Catalyst Center Spaces** leverages location information and displays it on a map, enabling organisations to utilise this data in a variety of ways. ASSOCIATED BLOGS: - [Cisco Catalyst Center](https://iptel.com.au/technologies/cisco-catalyst-center) - [Security and ISE](https://iptel.com.au/technologies/security-and-cisco-ise) - [Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance](https://blog.iptel.com.au/blog/cisco-dna-center-assurance) - [5 Ways Catalyst Center Solves your Challenges](https://info.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna) ## Catalyst Center Spaces: How to Connect Connecting **Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces** in your environment is straightforward. There are two primary ways to connect: - **Cisco CMX**: If you already have Cisco CMX installed, you can use it to connect to the cloud and **Catalyst Center Spaces**. - **Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces Connector**: If you don’t have CMX or prefer an alternative connection method, the **Catalyst Center Spaces Connector** provides a simple way to connect via a lightweight VMware installation. Either of these methods will connect you to the **Catalyst Center Spaces** cloud. **Catalyst Center Spaces** is licensed per Access Point (AP) and accessed through a standard web browser.   ASSOCIATED BLOG: - [Cisco Catalyst Center Beginners Guide](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna-center) --- ## Catalyst Center Spaces Accessibility With the ability to access via a standard web browser, once configured you have access to Catalyst Center Spaces from anywhere you need - or via any device - in your organisation. The Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces Dashboard is your entry point into the applications you can use. Clicking on each of the panel icons on the screen below takes you to the applications. You can update these via the [Catalyst Spaces marketplace](https://blog.iptel.com.au/free-cisco-ebooks-enterprises-wifi-and-catalyst-center#dna-marketplace): ![DNA Spaces Overview Screen](https://blog.iptel.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Cisco%20DNA%20Spaces/DNA%20Spaces%20Overview%20Screen.jpg?width=1294&name=DNA%20Spaces%20Overview%20Screen.jpg) There's an app for your phone to make life a little easier too, so you can have this installed as part of your standard corporate device MDM build. Staff can access the various applications that make up Catalyst Spaces from the app or via a browser. This means that nursing staff can be on the ward and access the app to locate an infusion pump while at the bedside, or a visiting patient can call up the wayfinding information to find their way to their appointment.  Let's take a look at some of the applications. ## Catalyst Center Spaces Applications One of the most powerful aspects of **Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces** is that it’s not just a single application. Cisco has a great blog on [Catalyst Spaces and Indoor IoT Services](https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/cisco-dna-spaces-indoor-iot-services-with-wi-fi-6-delivering-business-outcomes-at-scale) (I’ve included a couple of images below), which is worth a look for some background. **![DNA Spaces Market Place](https://blog.iptel.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Cisco%20DNA%20Spaces/DNA%20Spaces%20Market%20Place.jpg?width=336&height=225&name=DNA%20Spaces%20Market%20Place.jpg)Catalyst Center Spaces** includes a **marketplace**. Like many modern platforms that allow you to integrate third-party widgets and applications, **Catalyst Center Spaces** offers this capability as well. This is where the real business value comes in—you can take your existing location systems, integrate them into **Catalyst Center Spaces**, and utilise any existing location beacons and tags directly within the platform. This means you can leverage your **Cisco Location** data, the **Catalyst Center Spaces** front end, and a range of snap-in applications. There’s a broad selection available, with a few examples shown below: ## ![DNA Spaces Partner Applications](https://blog.iptel.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Cisco%20DNA%20Spaces/DNA%20Spaces%20Partner%20Applications.png?width=1421&name=DNA%20Spaces%20Partner%20Applications.png) Let's take a quick look at a couple of these (they need a blog in their own right, but a quick overview is hopefully useful): - **Real Time Location Services (RTLS):** Tracking of Wi-Fi devices and tags - **Wayfinding:** Application to guide you around a facility with wayfinding instructions on your device - **Temperature Monitoring:** Automated monitoring and reporting of fridges ASSOCIATED BLOGS: - [Cisco AI Analytics in operation](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-ai-analytics-in-operation) - [Cisco Machine Learning and AI](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-machine-learning-and-ai) --- ## Cisco Catalyst Center Spaces Summary [![Cisco Catalyst Spaces Applications Instagram](https://blog.iptel.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Cisco%20DNA%20Spaces%20Applications/Cisco%20Catalyst%20Spaces%20Applications%20Instagram.png?width=240&height=240&name=Cisco%20Catalyst%20Spaces%20Applications%20Instagram.png)](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna-spaces-applications)There's a lot more to explore in Catalyst Center Spaces than we have run through in this blog. The suite of applications takes your Wi-Fi network to the next level. With the use of location data, you can really start to get greater value from your Wi-Fi network, enabling time saving and efficient processes and procedures.     There are a couple of key aspects of Catalyst Center Spaces that are worth a look and will be a couple of future blogs: - **Asset Locator**: Formerly Operational Insights, this is a component to track your devices - anything with Wi-Fi built in, or you can attach a location tracking tag to - **Internal IoT Services:** Formerly BLE Manager, management for Bluetooth beacons ASSOCIATED BLOGS:  - [Cisco Catalyst Center Assurance](https://blog.iptel.com.au/blog/cisco-dna-center-assurance) - [Catalyst Center Enablement](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna-center-enablement) - [5 ways Catalyst Center solves your challenges](https://info.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna) - [Zero Trust Architecture](https://blog.iptel.com.au/zero-trust-architecture) - [Deploying Zero Trust Architecture](https://info.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna) #### Related Articles ###### [Cisco Spaces Introduction](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-introduction) Sept 21, 2026 ###### [Workspace Usage with Cisco Spaces](https://blog.iptel.com.au/workspace-usage-with-cisco-spaces) Sept 4, 2026 ###### [Cisco Spaces Applications](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-applications) Oct 2, 2026 Free tool ### How Many Wi-Fi Access Points Do You Need? 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