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Custom Design Solutions

What is Custom Design Solutions?

Custom Design Solutions from boxxe Labs is a consultative, automation‑first service that designs, develops and delivers tailored applications, integrations or new features for Cisco and Meraki platforms, connecting your existing IT services (e.g. ServiceNow, LogicMonitor, Splunk, Azure) to unlock more business value without new heavy investment.

Why choose Custom Design Solutions from boxxe Labs?

Outcomes over effort

Outcomes over effort

Vendor platforms don’t always address all your specific needs and wants. We close those gaps with bespoke problem-solving applications and integrations built around defined technical and business outcomes, not just processes.
Faster time-to-value

Faster time-to-value

Our automation first approach and proven delivery rhythm mean new solutions are typically scoped, built, and quality assured in two to four weeks—so you realise benefits sooner.
Automation that saves cost

Automation that saves cost

We automate complex, repetitive tasks to reduce engineering effort, cut OpEx, and right size engineering time across large campus and branch environments.
Integrations that fit your world

Integrations that fit your world

From ITSMs to observability platforms, we build seamless connections into the IT services you already run—driving efficiency and better user experiences without rip and replace.

Benefits of Custom Design Solutions

The UK corporate and public sectors rely on stable, secure networks and proven processes. Yet “out‑of‑the‑box” often falls short. boxxe Labs designs integrations that elevate what you have today—minimising disruption, accelerating adoption, improving ROI and driving down TCO.

We specialise in creating Cisco/Meraki API integrated solutions, adding process automation, assurance, and insight where they matter most, and aligning delivery to your outcomes and governance.

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Strategic speed — delivering change at scale

Shorten project cycles and reduce time to delivery of new technology with rapid, quality‑assured builds and deployments..

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Cost efficiency — do more with less

Automate repetitive work, lower migration costs, and optimise CapEx/OpEx across sites and devices.

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Seamless experiences — integrate what you use

Connect Cisco/Meraki with ServiceNow, LogicMonitor, Splunk, Azure, JIRA and other business or IT services for tighter workflows and better value realisation.

Why your organisation needs Custom Design Solutions from boxxe Labs

Today’s teams face pressure to deliver faster, safer, and cheaper—without disrupting services. Standard out-of-the-box solutions can’t always flex to unique policies, estates, and user needs. Custom Design Solutions reduces risk and friction by tailoring integrations to your environment and objectives.

Fragmented workflows 

Fragmented workflows 

Disconnected tools slow response and increase errors; we create joined‑up systems that fit your processes.

Slow deployment

Slow deployment

Manual tasks delay outcomes; automation accelerates adoption at scale.

Budget pressure

Budget pressure

New technology isn’t always necessary; integrate what you have to realise more value.

Risk & compliance

Risk & compliance

Large estates demand consistent QA, audit, and resilience to change.

Custom Design Solutions explained

Bespoke integrations for Cisco & Meraki, built around your outcomes

boxxe Labs provides a software development practice focused on designing, developing, and delivering professional, secure applications that tightly integrate with powerful Cisco API‑driven platforms such as Cisco Meraki. Where vendor capabilities end, our custom builds begin—addressing new and persistent challenges with an automation-first, consultative approach that starts with your problem statement and the outcomes you need.

Technology scope & typical cadence

While our core expertise is Cisco and Meraki, we extend into adjacent technology stacks as required and with our team of Developers that have worked with many of the leading IT solution providers in the market. Delivery of a new integration or application is typically completed and quality‑assured in two to four weeks, subject to scope, so you can move from idea to impact quickly.

Integrations that maximise existing investments

We connect your Cisco estate to platforms like ServiceNow, LogicMonitor, Splunk, Azure and other IT services—creating seamless experiences without major new spend. Our automation-first approach reduces time, cost, and resource while improving colleague productivity and operational efficiency.

Automation, assurance, and value realisation

By automating complex and repetitive processes, we can lower OpEx and enable CapEx savings by delivering better outcomes and ROI through deeper adoption of your Cisco technology investment.

Typical delivery process

  1. Discovery – Consultative workshops to understand the problem statement, gather the requirements and capture the success criteria.

  2. Design  Our team produce a high-level design and proposal with commercials for review and sign off.

  3. Build – Rapid development of the new capability or integration; typical delivery in 2–4 weeks.

  4. Assure – Quality assurance and cycle testing in our sandbox lab environment to prove out and further refine.

  5. Deploy – Promote to our production environment for handover, training and acceptance testing with you.

  6. Optimise – Iterate to enhance efficiency, engage in feedback and improve user experience.

  7. Operate – Provide ongoing DevOps support to deploy fixes as and when needed.

Summary

Deeper adoption: Rapid, quality‑assured builds deliver outcomes in weeks.

Lower cost: Automation reduces OpEx and enables CapEx savings.

Tighter integration: Connect Cisco/Meraki with IT services and solutions to streamline workflows and improve technical excellence.

Trusted industry-leading experts: The boxxe Labs innovation practice is a global multi-award winning team with proven experience that spans three decades.

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What you get

A tailored, outcome‑driven software development service that elevates your existing technology.

  • Consultative workshops to define requirements and success metrics.

  • Custom application/integration development for Cisco/Meraki platforms.

  • Automation of complex processes to cut effort, time and cost.

  • Quality‑assured delivery in weeks, not months.

  • Ongoing DevOps support to maintain and further enhance the development.

Customer testimonials

"Having worked at Co-op for 20 years, in all my time I have never completed a project in store operating hours.

Working with the boxxe Group we took this one stage further and removed the core connecting platform of the store whilst the store was trading, with a downtime of 45 seconds.

This is one of the most outstanding pieces of work I have ever seen delivered."

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Senior member of the Retail Team
Co-op

"One of the things we are finding out, and working with our partners with boxxe Group, is how we can leverage the information the platform gives us to better understand the estate that we have. It is the ingenuity of technology partners that enabled us to build the provisioning system, that we were able to provision a network for a secondary school, in a couple of hours."

Simon Billington
ICT & Infrastructure Manager
Wrexham County Borough Council

"We found boxxe Group were great to work with, we've stayed with them and have that relationship with them for this length of time and they're the partner that we go to when we've got a new project and when we need any kind of expertise."

Adam Cleaver
Director of Technology
Coleg Cambria

“This is fantastic work and achievement. In all the years I've been in networking, I've never seen a change of this significance rolled out in anywhere near that time.... more like months rather than minutes. Truly outstanding and supports the exact message we give to customers.”

Ken Hobbs
Enterprise SE
Cisco

Key partner

Our ecosystem matters. We design around leading platforms to ensure dependable outcomes and supportability.

boxxe is an approved ‘Cisco Meraki Strategic Technology Partner’ and is part of the Cisco Ecosystem that develops API integrated solutions in strong collaboration with colleagues and teams across Cisco. boxxe, since 2020, continues to be the only top-tier Cisco Preferred Partner globally that holds a ‘Strategic Technology Partner’ distinction and is a market-leading innovation specialist in Secure Networking technology.

Cisco
Cisco Meraki
Cisco Meraki

FAQs

Explore practical answers to help you proceed with confidence.

How much does a custom design software development cost?
Costs vary by scope and complexity. Our approach focuses on maximising existing investments and reducing OpEx through automation—so you achieve more value without wholesale replacement.

There are two approaches that can be taken, a fixed based outcome development and cost, which provides a quote for guaranteed delivery on a fully scoped / time estimated schedule and contract.

Alternatively, most prefer purchasing development hours on a T&M basis, that enables jumping straight into development which typically delivers value more quickly based on the prioritisation of certain objectives and tasks.

Some past proven outcomes of our software development practice that delivered new integrations and capabilities:

  • Saved over 500 configuration hours of adopting Cisco Umbrella at scale across 2,500 locations.

  • Developed a barcode automation capability to speed up the time to delivery and time to value by months during an 8,500 Wireless AP rollout.

  • Integrated with an ITSM platform to save time and effort in rolling out new infrastructure across 70 locations

  • Developed a new workflow for Cisco Catalyst Centre to reduce project waste in time and cost, saving 3+ months.

  • Pushed a change at scale across 2,600 locations in minutes, not months, and at a fraction of the engineering cost quoted by others.

  • Created a security firmware reporting capability to provide monthly guidance to stakeholders and the organisation's technical leaders.

  • Built a configuration compliance solution for Cisco to track noncompliance and configuration drift from a gold star standard across 900 locations.

  • Created a feature to batch upload up to 500 floorplans via the Cisco Meraki platform API to save significant time and effort from having to manually use a GUI.

A new application/integration is typically delivered and quality‑assured in 2–4 weeks, depending on scope and requirements. We prioritise speed to value with clear outcomes.

Yes. We frequently integrate Cisco/Meraki with platforms such as ServiceNow, LogicMonitor, Splunk, Azure, and other business and IT systems to create seamless workflows.

  • A well-documented and supported API as a means to integrate.

  • Public or Private Cloud based API accessibility, ideally with a testing/staging environment.

  • Primary contact with domain knowledge of the current setup and systems.

We embed QA and testing throughout delivery and aim to develop any new capability within our own sandbox lab environment before promoting it to production for handover.

Absolutely. You can book a free boxxe Labs demo to explore the full suite and discuss your bespoke requirements.

Unlock new outcomes with Custom Design Solutions

Let boxxe Labs turn complexity into clarity with bespoke integrations for Cisco & Meraki.

  • Rapid, quality‑assured software development delivery in weeks.

  • Automation that lowers cost, effort and risk.

  • Seamless integration with your business and IT system.

  • Built around your business outcomes—every time.

Book your free demo now.

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Read more about our services and solutions, and see how we transform technology into real success.

Custom Design Solutions from boxxe Labs

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The perfect fit doesn’t always happen right away. That’s why we design and develop professional applications specifically to meet your needs.

Co-op

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Our partnership with Co-op delivered a store 'platform' on which the whole business could bring about change at speed and scale, giving them the foundations to unleash their vast potential.

Domino's

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Transforming Domino's network infrastructure into an intelligent, sustainable, and highly efficient ecosystem.

Wrexham County Borough Council

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Creating a sustainable, cost-effective tech ecosystem to support modern digital learning whilst significantly reducing environmental impact and operational costs.

Coleg Cambria

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Transformational results across their entire digital infrastructure via seamless connectivity for thousands of students and staff, dramatically reducing deployment times and operational disruption.

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