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Cisco Unified Computing Services April 2014 Unlock the Potential of Virtualization in Your Data Center
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Cisco Confidential2C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Considering Making the Leap to Cisco UCS and Virtualization? Unified Management Unified Computing Unified Fabric Automated Resource Management (Physical and Virtual) Highly Scalable Secure Network Fabric Modular Stateless Computing elements Cisco Unified Data Center: The Platform for Delivering IT as a Service Cisco Data Center Services Support for Integrated Solutions
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Cisco Confidential3C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Making the Right Choices How can we automateprovisioning of new services? How do we develop thebusiness case for moving toUCS? How do I keep a virtualizedsystem secure? How do I ensure myimplementation will bring thebenefits I've been promised? How do we build in the levelsof resilience we need? We don’t currently have the skills to plan and build a solution based on UCS ® Who can help us with the migration of our apps to Cisco ® UCS? How do we pilot and test before we go live? Do we need new tools or processes to be able to operate this new environment? How do we keep it all optimized over time?
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Cisco Confidential4C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Domain Ten Framework Abstraction Virtualization 2 IaaS Existing System Integrations Organization Governance Process 10 Security Compliance 9 Applications SaaS 8 Platform PaaS 7 Infrastructure Environmentals ComputeStorage Network Network 1 Automation Orchestration 3 Customer Interface 4 Service Catalog 5 Financials6
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Cisco Confidential5C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Create an agile infrastructure Develop a cost-effective strategy Prepare to support new solutions Speed time to value Reduce deployment costs and risks Maintain availability during deployment and migration Improve performance, availability, resiliency Increase efficiency and reduce costs Mitigate risk Services Based on a Lifecycle Approach So You Realize the Full Value of Your IT Investments Faster Services From Cisco Together With Our Partners
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Cisco Confidential6C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Lifecycle Services for Cisco UCS Discovery workshops Virtualization and architecture assessments Planning and design services Operations enablement planning services Pre-production pilots Accelerated deployment services Data center migration Application migration Implementation services Data center optimization service Day 2 services Technical services Services from Cisco Together with Cisco ® Channel Partners
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Cisco Confidential7C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. A Rich Portfolio of UCS-Focused ServicesServiceDescription UCS Architecture Assessment Provide optimal UCS ® deployment scenarios based on client requirements and pain points UCS Pre-Production Pilot Deploy UCS and servers, assist deployment of applications, lead migration of servers, develop and execute a test plan, implement use cases, provide best practice implementation methodology, and provide mentoring to client UCS Accelerated Deployment Provide planning, design, and implementation services for a standard UCS configuration Unified Computing – Data Center Onsite Consulting Provide technical assistance in the form of advice and guidance for a specific installation and initial configuration of UCS Cisco ® Data Center Optimization Services Optionally includes UCS architecture assessment, configuration and performance audit, disaster recovery review, leading practices audit, application dependency mapping, onsite consulting support, health check, operational enhancement assessment, system integration support, SAP HANA heath check and application workshop
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Cisco Confidential8C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. How Are Advanced Services for Cisco UCS Applied? And How Do They Benefit Real Customers? Offer a strategic approach to rolling out new services consistently Support smooth, on-time deployments Offer guidance to virtualize the application environment Ensure that network elements work together Test performance and reliability Improve management and troubleshooting to free up staff Find and mitigate issues—before they impact the business
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Cisco Confidential9C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Case Study: A Healthcare Company Plans Its Move to the Cloud ChallengeSolution Business growth limited by IT infrastructure Internal IT staff consumed by system administration and troubleshooting Multiple IT projects running in parallel Short timeframe to execute Cisco ® Data Center Plan, Design, Implementation Services VCE Vblock 2 for cloud and virtualization Cisco UCS ® hosts all company applications Cisco Unified Communications and TelePresence ® Provide thought leadership for virtualizing the application environment on Cisco Vblock, including UCS servers Develop custom orchestration software Better planning, faster rollout Staff can focus on medicine—not the network Value of Cisco Services
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Cisco Confidential10C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Services has been the cornerstone for planning and deployment of all our new technologies. We are continually changing our technology, and Cisco Services provides continuity to make sure we don’t have isolated solutions deployed in a fragmented manner. William Moore, EVP, CTO, CareCore National “ “
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Cisco Confidential11C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Services Help Freeport McMoRan Implement and Test New Data Center ChallengeSolution Help mining company implement a centralized, global approach to deliver applications and services Implement a new virtualized IT infrastructure together with SAP application Bring together and standardize global processes Cisco ® FlexPod solution, including Cisco UCS ®, NetApp storage, and VMware provides new architecture Cisco Services implements and tests the virtualized data center solution, as well as SAP Cisco Services: Helped ensure a smooth, on-time installation without impacting existing systems Verified that network element combinations worked together Tested for performance, reliability, and scalability Value of Cisco Services
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Cisco Confidential12C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. With a common reference architecture, we can provision services rapidly and have a single pane of glass for monitoring and management. It sets us up to be more proactive, strategic, and cost-effective when delivering services to our remote sites. Bert Odinet, CIO, Freeport-McMoRan “ “
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Cisco Confidential13C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cbeyond Optimizes New Infrastructure with Cisco Services ChallengeSolution Solve business needs of small businesses with enterprise-class, end-to-end cloud services Design, build, and deploy consolidated cloud infrastructure using a single provider Meet aggressive schedule for glitch-free launch of public and private cloud services Continue to optimize network for future needs Cisco Unified Computing System ™ (UCS ® ) integrates managed hosting and cloud services business Cisco ® solutions consolidated cloud and data center technologies Cisco Data Center Optimization Services and Cisco Assurance Services help increase performance Cisco Services helps with data center optimization to deliver the best possible performance Cisco Assurance Services help preempt issues Cisco Services verified that network element combinations worked together Cisco Services tested for reliability and scalability Value of Cisco Services
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Cisco Confidential14C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Having direct access to Cisco engineers as we build up and mature this platform has been incredibly beneficial. This kind of support is instrumental, not just in getting this endeavor rolled out, but in promoting our future growth as well. Tim Myers, Vice President, Cloud Technology, Cbeyond “ “
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Cisco Confidential15C97-731458-00 © 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Thought Leadership and Architectural Leadership, on a Global Basis Why Cisco Services? Increase the Value of Your Network and IT Investments Gives you access to more than 28 years’ networking innovation and leadership, combined with programming, applications, and operations expertise; best practices; methodologies; and tools Helps enable better visibility, information, and understanding to fuel performance, efficiency, and innovation The Cisco ® Services team combines application, networking, and development expertise to tailor innovative solutions that accelerate agility and programmability Customized services and holistic solutions can meet your needs through the combined expertise of Cisco and our global partner ecosystem Superior Expertise Smart Services Capabilities Innovative Solutions Collaborative Approach
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Cisco Confidential 16 © 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Next Steps [PRESENTER---PLEASE CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR OWN CALL TO ACTION]
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