Customer Testimonials

CASE STUDY

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Drives Performance, Reliability, and Security

The Solution Harvesting innovation to disrupt an industry

Cisco UCS Servers
Cisco Meraki
Cisco CMX
Cisco Branch Routers

The Challenges

Standing out in a crowded market of similar products
Appealing to new breed of digital-age consumers
Transforming the pizza-ordering experience, whichmakes up 60% of its business

Results

Captured savings and efficiencies by consolidating global operation on a common UCS platform
Digital ordering and richer in-store experience drive more sales
Fast flexing of resources turns Super Bowls from IT headache into “celebration”

“If you don’t have a world-class infrastructure, you can’t have aworld-class digital ordering site.”

Kevin VasconiCIO, Domino’s

CASE STUDY

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Powers Intelligent Port Operations

The Solution

Managing the growing influx and efflux of ships and containers at the largest port in the world

Cisco HyperFlex HX240 Nodes
Cisco UCS C240 and C220 Compute Nodes

The Challenges

Needed capacity to grow to handle the influx of global imports/exports
Wanted to digitally transform and needed an infrastructure that could run intelligent automation software

Results

Increased compute and storage infrastructure performance by 200%
Enabled performance levels required to improve automation of port intelligence data
Increased port cargo handling efficiency by 30%

“We chose Cisco HyperFlex because of its ease of deployment and management capabilities….and needed a data center infrastructure with rapid scalability and superb performance.”

Zhang ChuanjieIT Manager, Port of Shanghai

CASE STUDY

Cisco ACI Provides Centralized, Policy-Driven Management and Automation

The Solution

Software-defined network fabric secures widely used electronic health record (EHR) application

Cisco ACI
Cisco Nexus 9000
Cisco Firepower Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS)
Cisco Services

The Challenges

Creating a dedicated network for mission-critical applications
Building highly available and redundant data centers
Enhancing security and control to protect healthcare data

Results

Consistent, automated, and highly available data center network infrastructure
Better security and data protection with network isolation and segmentation
Streamlined infrastructure and change management with single paneof glass control

“Cisco ACI allowed us to stretch the network fabric seamlessly across both data centers. And it was the only solution that gave us single pane-of-glass management.”

Ben VickersDirector of IT, ProMedica

CASE STUDY

Cisco ACI, Tetration, and UCS Provide Global Data Center Connectivity

The Solution

Global leader in credit reporting services gains greater visibility and improves management

Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI Virtual Edge
Cisco Tetration
Cisco Nexus 9000
Cisco UCS

The Challenges

Standardizing network architecture and policies across dozens of data centers
Improving the visibility and control of infrastructure systems and traffic
Simplifying data center operations and management

“We wanted to standardize our network architecture and IT operations worldwide using policy-based automation so that changes could be made universally…with Cisco ACI, we can develop standardized scripts and policies and then push them to all of our sites.”

Robert AbnerSenior Network Engineer, Experian

Results

Implemented the network foundation for global data center connectivity
Aligned the visibility and control of physical and virtual environments
Improved security using microsegmentation

CASE STUDY

Cisco ACI, Tetration, and NAE Reduce Operational and Security Risks

The Solution

End-to-end visibility for the largest bank in South Africa

Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI Virtual Edge
Cisco Tetration
Cisco Network Assurance Engine (NAE)
Cisco Nexus 9000
Cisco UCS

The Challenges

Getting full visibility of their networks, applications, workloads, and processes
Minimizing outages when making network changes
Managing security risks across large attack surface

“We first deployed Tetration, then ACI, and will deploy NAE. That will give us security, visibility, and availability. We will soon be in a position where the data center will never be down again.”

Eugene PretoriusCIO, FNB

Results

Reduction in time spent identifying and troubleshooting issues which freed up time for IT to focus on innovation
Agile and automated process for faster, error-free implementation of changes
Continuous compliance with multilayered network segmentation