Dive Brief:

• Two new startups — Italy-based Tanaza and UK-based Cucumber Tony — claim to have developed multi-vendor software that can manage Wi-Fi access points via the cloud.

• Businesses that thought they couldn’t afford a cloud-managed model may now have alternatives.

• The startups' solutions include enterprise-like features such as bandwidth management and content filtering.

Dive Insight:

Many SMBs run their wireless networks on consumer-grade hardware because the cloud-managed model is simply too costly. 

While the two startups must still prove the effectiveness of their solutions, both claim they have the potential to allow SMBs to benefit from enterprise-like features without the associated costs.