I think the main reason is the "Software Protection" aspect, but if Cisco and other providers are able to do it, it should be possible for meraki to release their appliance for it.   vMX for private Cloud would be a huge benefits for Cloud providers.   Meraki MX would make much more sense to deploy at branches, for customers in 100% Cloud mode.   For now, if you're a private cloud provider, you can only link on-premise Meraki MX to other Cisco/Sonicwall/Fortigate virtual appliances, loosing auto-vpn/SDWAN, plus-value.   You could use a physical MX cluster at the datacenter, but this use rack space, and you cannot use the potential of your high availability virtual infrastructure (especially for multi-tenant private cloud).   This is a really missing part for me, to be able to get the maximum value of the product and push it everywhere.       ... View more