The document discusses Cisco's vision for digitization, speed, and visibility in an application-centric world. It summarizes how applications are changing with big data, distributed apps, mobile, and cloud computing. It then outlines Cisco's hybrid cloud architecture and software-defined infrastructure solutions like ACI and UCS to provide policy-driven automation, security, and visibility across physical, virtual, and multi-cloud environments. The solutions aim to enhance IT agility while reducing costs and complexity.

1. In collaboration with
Joe Onisick | @jonisick
Director, Cisco Insieme Business Unit
May, 2016
A Path to Digitization, Speed and Visibility in an
Application-Centric World
Driving
Innovation

2. * Cisco Global IT Impact Survey
Applications Are Changing
Type
Consumption
Delivery
78% The network is even more critical to
delivering applications than a year ago*
Big Data,
Distributed
Apps, Mobile
Cloud–public,
Private,
Hybrid
Anywhere,
Anytime, Any
Device

3. Digitization Is Transforming Businesses
UPS My Choice
Delivery Control
Personalized Service
Customer Experience
Physical and Virtual
RFID Content
Stanley Operations
Virtual Warehouse and
Connected Factory
American Express
Personalized Service
Through Mobile
Workforce Efficiency
WIP Inventory and
Part Tracking

4. POLICY
DATA CENTER
Public Cloud
APPAPP APP
Edge
The Network Is the Best Place to Put Policy
Because It Touches Everything, the Network Never Lies

5. Security Everywhere9
Analytics Everywhere10
8 Policy Everywhere
Policy-Driven Integrated Infrastructure
Answers Customers’ Request
1
Modernize Infrastructure:
Open and Programmable
Network / L4-7
Compute
Storage
Security
Data Center
5
Move Data and
Workloads Securely
6
Self-Service Portal
(IT as a Service)
7
Extend Policy
Model
2
Automate
and Simplify
POLICY
3
Build Your
Hybrid Cloud
Private Cloud
Stack
Integrated Infrastructure
4
Choose any
Other Cloud
Managed
Public
Private

6. IT as a Service
IaaS | PaaS | SaaS | XaaS
Flexible Consumption Models
Foundational Challenges
Simplification
Drive Agility & Automation
Optimize Operations > TCO
Open & Programmable
Security to Meet Compliance
Segment with Multi-tenancy
Elastic Model
Develop Hybrid Cloud Model
Policy Driven Automation for a Cloud Model
Foundation
Orchestration
Self Service
ACI
Solves
Storage
Compute
PaaS

7. Enhancing Bi-Modal IT with ACI and UCS
Tenant 1 = Mode 1 Tenant 2 = Mode 2
Common Infrastructure, and Management With Secure, Stable Separation
Manufacturing IT
Department
Recently Acquired
Company
Marketing
Department

8. Enhancing Bi-Modal IT with ACI and CliQr
ACI, UCS,UCSD = Mode 1 Public Cloud = Mode 2
Stability With on Premises Model 1. Agility with Public Model 2.
Manufacturing IT Department Recent Acquired
Company
Marketing
Department

9. Bare Metal, Virtualized and
Containers
VM Density and
Converged/Hyperconverged Storage
10/25/40/50/100G Ethernet Transition
Hybrid-Cloud
Over 54% Enterprises Moving to Hybrid Cloud
Big Data and Analytics:
Foundational for Next Gen DC
25% CAGR IP Traffic Growth1
1. Cisco Global Cloud Index Forecast (2013-2017)

10. The New Normal
Open VisibilityInvestment
Protection
Automation Lowering
Opex
and TCO
Security

11. Latest Cisco Innovations
Cisco Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Next-Gen Data Center
Platforms
Software Defined
Infrastructure
Hybrid Cloud
Orchestration
Cisco Nexus 9k
with CloudScale
ACI Additions
on Nexus 7k
Cisco HyperFlex
Unified Computing
Systems
Unified Policy
Orchestration
Automating across
UCS, ACI and Storage
Across On-Premise and
Public Clouds
Bare-Metal/Virtualized/
Containers
Application Lifecycle
Management

12. Open Choice for SDN and Network Automation
Large Social
Networking Service
Programmable Network
Cisco ACI
Programmable FabricProgrammable Network
“Do It Yourself”
Modern NX-OS with
enhanced NX-APIs
Automation ecosystem
Common NX-API across
N2K-N9K
Cisco ACI
Policy Automation
Embedded security,
centralized management,
and scale
Broad and deep ecosystem
Programmable Fabric
Open Scalability
VxLAN-BGP EVPN
network virtualization
3rd party controller support

13. Foundation for Cisco SDN Solutions
Speed, Visibility, Security, Reliability, and Scale Built In
Industry First
36-port wire rate
40/50/100G
Investment
Protection
Use existing chassis for
new line cards
Same Hardware
For standalone and ACI
Industry’s Only
Native 25G
Consistent
NX-OS Image
Between Nexus 3K
and Nexus 9K
N3000 Fixed Series
N9K Fixed:
9200/9300 Series
Merchant Silicon
Cisco Cloud Scale Technology
Embedded NetFlow/Security | Enhanced Scale (Ports, Table Sizes)
N9K Modular: 9500 Series
Shipping
Now
Shipping
Now

14. Cloud Services:
Fabric Wide Troubleshooting
Granular Fabric-
Wide Flow
Monitoring
Real-time
Capabilities:
Debug, Monitor,
Analyze

15. Foundation of ACI
or Nexus 9000
SW Overlay Apps
Hypervisor and/or Container
Bare Metal
Orchestration/Automation
ACI

16. Automation and Programmability
Centralized Provisioning and Visibility
Simplification / Abstraction
App
Agility
ACI

17. Different Teams–Different Languages
Application
Language
Network
Language
Security – SLA – Dependency –
Performance – Compliance – Tenants –
Geo-dependency
VLAN – IP Addressing – Subnet – Firewalls
– QoS –ACL – Load Balancer

18. Service Profile
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Compute Policy
SIM Cards and Application Profiles
SIM Card
Identity for a Phone
Service Profile
Identity for Compute
Application Profile
Identity for the Network

19. Our Vision for ACI: Scale, Security and Full Visibility
Physical
Networking
Compute L4–L7
Services
StorageHypervisors
and Virtual
Networking
Multi DC
WAN and Cloud
Enabled By Physical and Virtual Integration
Tenant Application
Health Score
Latency
Drop Count
Visibility
78%
5 Microsecond(s)
25 Packets Dropped
16 VMs
8 Physical
Application Delivery
Controller
Firewall
Health Score
Latency
Drop Count
Visibility
96%
2 Microsecond(s)
0 Packets Dropped
16 VMs
8 Physical
Application Delivery
Controller
Firewall

20. App Based Automation
Automated L4-7 Stitching
Turn-key Network Automation
APP
ACI

21. Group Network Objects Based
on Business Requirements
Development
Lifecycle
Security
Zone
Application
Tier

22. Implement Granular Security Groups
InternetTraffic
Intranet
HIPAA
Compliant
Data
PCI
Requirements
Micro-
Segmentation

23. ACI Security
With Focus on Simplification, Multi-Tenancy and Scalability
Automated
Audit, Detect,
Mitigate
Policy–
Physical and
Multi-Cloud
Stateful Firewall
and Micro
Segmentation
Integrated in ACI Investment Protection
Validated for Deployment in PCI Compliant Networks

24. ACI Visibility
Across Physical, Virtual and Containers
Health
Scores
Centralized
Management
and Open APIs
Integrated
Overlay/Underlay
TENNANT APPS

25. Greater
Business Agility
Lower Capital
Expenses
Reduced Costs/
Complexity
Lower
Operating Cost
Resource
Optimization
Cisco on Cisco
58% 25% 21% 45% 10–20%
Reduce Network
Provisioning
CAPEX
Reduction
Reduce
Management Costs
Reduce Power and
Cooling Costs
Compute and Storage
Optimization

26. 368% ROI441% ROI 513% ROI
$145M In Business Benefits
11 Month Payback
87% Faster Application
Development Cycle
83% More Efficient
Network Operations
40x Improvement in Bandwidth
$7.8M In Discounted
Business Benefits
6.4 Month Payback
85% Reduction in Staff Time
for Provisioning
75% Reduction in Staff Time
for Hybrid Deployment
0 Unplanned Downtime Since
Deployment
$3.73M In Discounted
Business Benefits
9 Month Payback
90% Less Staff Time
to Provision Hosted Svcs.
29% More Efficient
Network Operations
Supports Growth of New Cloud-
Based Hosted PBX Svc.
Five Year Cumulative Benefits–IDC ROI Spotlight

27. Hybrid Cloud Orchestration

28. CliQr CloudCenter:
Any App, Any Cloud, One Platform
Private Clouds
Datacenters
Public Clouds
Model
Manage
Deploy
Profile
NFS

29. Working Together: End-to-End Orchestration
Business (ITSM)
Prime Service Catalog, ServiceNow, Custom
Development (DevOps)
CliQr, Jenkins
Application-Centric Lifecycle Management
Model Benchmark Deploy Manage
Application Profiles
UCS
Director
ACI
Nexus
Switching
StorageUCS
Datacenter Private Cloud Public CloudProfileProfile
Hyper-V

30. Customer Acceptance Continues
$2B Run Rate for Cisco SDN Solutions
6,000+ 501400+
Nexus 9K and ACI
Customers Globally
Ecosystem
Partners
ACI
Customers
NEW ECOSYSTEM

31. Thank you.
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