Cisco hosted a bootcamp with sessions on transforming organizations with cloud technologies through automation and management platforms. The bootcamp schedule included sessions on Cisco UCS, virtual desktop infrastructure, private and hybrid clouds, and converged infrastructure at branches. Social events included a Cisco party and partner brunch.
(ISM319) What Drives the Need for Application-Defined ManagementAmazon Web Services
"The typical Forbes Global 2000 enterprise has more than 5,000 applications. Amazon EC2 has more than 54,800 possible instance configurations for a simple three-tiered application. Managing the application lifecycle is challenging due to three interrelated degrees of freedom in the cloud: application proliferation, execution venue diversification, and the increase in the rate of change to one or both of the latter.
Creating rigid, hard-wired relationships between applications and infrastructure simply won’t scale. What’s needed is the ability to abstract up to the application level, define each application’s topology and dependencies, and use this metadata to allow the infrastructure environment to dynamically provision resources based on application criteria. This focus on the application and not just infrastructure is what’s behind application-defined cloud management. Session sponsored by cliQr."
Cisco at VMworld 2015 - Cisco UCS as the Foundation for Software-Defined Data...ldangelo0772
IT is in the midst of a dramatic shift to the mobile-cloud era, one in which IT services can be consumed on-demand across the enterprise and in hybrid and public clouds. Tjerk Bijlsma will share the latest Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) innovations that can help you shape your Software-Defined Data Center, radically simplifying IT while delivering services at the speed of today's business.
During this session you will learn about:
Cisco's comprehensive architectural approach to enable next wave of IT convergence that includes VMware vSAN and comprehensive vRealize integration as part of the SDDC.
Innovations in Cisco Data Center portfolio including Cisco UCS and Nexus integrations with VMware solutions.
Solutions for virtualized environments for Converged and Hyper Converged systems including FlexPod, VersaStack, Vblock, vSAN, Simplivity, StorMagic and more.
Create B2B Exchanges with Cisco Connected Processes: an overviewCisco DevNet
A session in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live, Berlin. The opportunity cost of business disruptions in the hyper-connected world can be very high. To ensure business continuity and optimization, organizations are automating many critical workflows and infrastructure operations throughout their enterprise and extended ecosystems. Cisco Connected Processes software enable architects, application developers and integration professionals to deliver business processes and automation as a service, while managing workflows and data more efficiently and effectively. Join this session to learn how scalable operational efficiencies can save you time and money while simplifying collaboration between all the members of your technical community.
This presentation will discuss cloud computing at Cisco Canada, including an overview of Cloud Computing, Cisco’s cloud strategy, the unified Data Center, Cisco Solution, Cloud Case study, and advances in technology and platforms.
DEVNET-1135 Thanks, Docker! The Pro’s and Con’s of Containerizing your OpenSt...Cisco DevNet
This presentation will show a new approach to deploying OpenStack within containers. This approach results in new composable building blocks to deploy OpenStack. The work shown in this presentation is based upon the Kolla project. With a single node OpenStack deployment the audience will learn how to deploy the main OpenStack services using Docker containers. Several of the leading single node container orchestration tools will be compared based on their applicability for deploying OpenStack. The benefits of this containerized approach with respect to migrating and upgrading OpenStack will be discussed. The ability to easily simultaneously deploy services from different OpenStack versions, enable deployment of a mix of both package and source based services will be described. A demo will show the speed advantages of deploying services via containers versus other single node tools such as packstack.
(ISM319) What Drives the Need for Application-Defined ManagementAmazon Web Services
"The typical Forbes Global 2000 enterprise has more than 5,000 applications. Amazon EC2 has more than 54,800 possible instance configurations for a simple three-tiered application. Managing the application lifecycle is challenging due to three interrelated degrees of freedom in the cloud: application proliferation, execution venue diversification, and the increase in the rate of change to one or both of the latter.
Creating rigid, hard-wired relationships between applications and infrastructure simply won’t scale. What’s needed is the ability to abstract up to the application level, define each application’s topology and dependencies, and use this metadata to allow the infrastructure environment to dynamically provision resources based on application criteria. This focus on the application and not just infrastructure is what’s behind application-defined cloud management. Session sponsored by cliQr."
Cisco at VMworld 2015 - Cisco UCS as the Foundation for Software-Defined Data...ldangelo0772
IT is in the midst of a dramatic shift to the mobile-cloud era, one in which IT services can be consumed on-demand across the enterprise and in hybrid and public clouds. Tjerk Bijlsma will share the latest Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) innovations that can help you shape your Software-Defined Data Center, radically simplifying IT while delivering services at the speed of today's business.
During this session you will learn about:
Cisco's comprehensive architectural approach to enable next wave of IT convergence that includes VMware vSAN and comprehensive vRealize integration as part of the SDDC.
Innovations in Cisco Data Center portfolio including Cisco UCS and Nexus integrations with VMware solutions.
Solutions for virtualized environments for Converged and Hyper Converged systems including FlexPod, VersaStack, Vblock, vSAN, Simplivity, StorMagic and more.
Create B2B Exchanges with Cisco Connected Processes: an overviewCisco DevNet
A session in the DevNet Zone at Cisco Live, Berlin. The opportunity cost of business disruptions in the hyper-connected world can be very high. To ensure business continuity and optimization, organizations are automating many critical workflows and infrastructure operations throughout their enterprise and extended ecosystems. Cisco Connected Processes software enable architects, application developers and integration professionals to deliver business processes and automation as a service, while managing workflows and data more efficiently and effectively. Join this session to learn how scalable operational efficiencies can save you time and money while simplifying collaboration between all the members of your technical community.
This presentation will discuss cloud computing at Cisco Canada, including an overview of Cloud Computing, Cisco’s cloud strategy, the unified Data Center, Cisco Solution, Cloud Case study, and advances in technology and platforms.
DEVNET-1135 Thanks, Docker! The Pro’s and Con’s of Containerizing your OpenSt...Cisco DevNet
This presentation will show a new approach to deploying OpenStack within containers. This approach results in new composable building blocks to deploy OpenStack. The work shown in this presentation is based upon the Kolla project. With a single node OpenStack deployment the audience will learn how to deploy the main OpenStack services using Docker containers. Several of the leading single node container orchestration tools will be compared based on their applicability for deploying OpenStack. The benefits of this containerized approach with respect to migrating and upgrading OpenStack will be discussed. The ability to easily simultaneously deploy services from different OpenStack versions, enable deployment of a mix of both package and source based services will be described. A demo will show the speed advantages of deploying services via containers versus other single node tools such as packstack.
Cisco’s Cloud Strategy, including our acquisition of CliQr Cisco Canada
At Partner Summit we made a series of exciting announcements in our Cloud portfolio, including our acquisition of CliQr. Join us to learn about these new announcements and an understanding of Cisco’s Cloud Strategy.
- How does CliQr fit into our existing Cloud portfolio (Metapod, APIC, Enterprise Cloud Suite, Cloud Consumption-as-a-Service)?
- How does our Cloud portfolio today meet the needs of our customers? What problems are we solving?
- How does our portfolio today position us for the world of Containers and Microservices?
Join us for a presentation of how these announcements fit into our current environment and what they mean to your longer-term strategy.
DEVNET-1170 Intercloud Microservices with Docker and NirmataCisco DevNet
Cloud-native applications are fundamentally different that traditional applications, and are being developed using the Microservices architecture pattern. This session will explain what the Microservcies. Architecture pattern is and what problems it solves. The session will also deep dive into how Microservcies can be packaged into container technologies, like Docker, and then orchestrated across clouds using application orchestration solutions. The session will have live demos of Microservices applications being deployed and operated on the Cisco Intercloud using Docker and Nirmata.
The Microservices approach is a new way of building composable, cloud-native applications. This session is designed for developers who are transforming existing applications to Microservices, or creating new Microservices style applications. The session will cover best practices, patterns including Service Registration and Discovery, and key development tools required for building distributed Microservices style applications. The session will also cover best practices for automating the operations of these applications, using container orchestration services.
UCS Update: Efficiently Managing your server environment for traditional ente...Cisco Canada
Cisco UCS has helped customers get more out of their IT by providing a simplified physical environment with more efficient management. However, UCS continues to innovate and deliver additional value. This session will focus on updates and new offerings that have enhanced the Cisco UCS portfolio in the previous year. These include M-Series composable infrastructure, Dense Storage servers, next generation Fabric Interconnects, updated servers, additional storage offerings, and more. This will also cover refreshes and best practices to the UCS Management portfolio. Finally, there will be the opportunity for a questions throughout and after the presentation.
It is very much likely that most people are aware of Cisco network equipment such as routers and switches and maybe IP telephony too. Few people might have heard that Cisco manufactures servers and even less might have used them, especially in Cyprus. Cisco has been in the server market since nearly 10 years ago though, it is rated among the top server manufacturers and is market leader in blade servers.
Presentation of Cisco UCS server platform during Simplex-Cisco Technology Session that took place at the Londa Hotel in Limassol on 14 March 2018.
Meer data, applicaties, apparaten en gebruikers drijven veel organisatie naar de cloud. Cloud computing met haar ingebakken elasticiteit kan bedrijven immers helpen om op die uitdagingen in te spelen. De vraag is echter:
- Hoe komt een organisatie van haar legacy-omgeving naar de private cloud?
- Hoe creëert dit een shift in focus van beheer naar innovatie?
Leer in deze sessie de praktische handvatten van een private cloud implementatie: van standaardisatie, via consolidatie en virtualisatie naar het volledig automatiseren van IT. Want een private cloud heeft enorme kostenvoordelen, maar deze voordelen behaal je alleen als je verregaand standaardiseert en beheersmatig automatiseert.
Driving Innovation: A Path to Digitization, Speed and Visibility in an Applic...Cisco Canada
Digital transformation is the key buzz word today. But how do you get there? How do you plan now for the future? Cisco delivers the most complete SDN solutions to meet your data center needs - from programmable networks to programmable fabrics to a fully integrated solution with Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Here about our latest innovations for all areas, from Applications to ASICs, that bring unique capabilities and value to the industry. Hear your peers share their SDN journeys and how Cisco's open choice solutions have helped them improve agility and attain astounding results for their business. And learn how to lay the foundation now for your digital transformation in the decade ahead. Get ready!
Cisco’s Cloud Strategy, including our acquisition of CliQr Cisco Canada
At Partner Summit we made a series of exciting announcements in our Cloud portfolio, including our acquisition of CliQr. Join us to learn about these new announcements and an understanding of Cisco’s Cloud Strategy.
- How does CliQr fit into our existing Cloud portfolio (Metapod, APIC, Enterprise Cloud Suite, Cloud Consumption-as-a-Service)?
- How does our Cloud portfolio today meet the needs of our customers? What problems are we solving?
- How does our portfolio today position us for the world of Containers and Microservices?
Join us for a presentation of how these announcements fit into our current environment and what they mean to your longer-term strategy.
DEVNET-1170 Intercloud Microservices with Docker and NirmataCisco DevNet
Cloud-native applications are fundamentally different that traditional applications, and are being developed using the Microservices architecture pattern. This session will explain what the Microservcies. Architecture pattern is and what problems it solves. The session will also deep dive into how Microservcies can be packaged into container technologies, like Docker, and then orchestrated across clouds using application orchestration solutions. The session will have live demos of Microservices applications being deployed and operated on the Cisco Intercloud using Docker and Nirmata.
The Microservices approach is a new way of building composable, cloud-native applications. This session is designed for developers who are transforming existing applications to Microservices, or creating new Microservices style applications. The session will cover best practices, patterns including Service Registration and Discovery, and key development tools required for building distributed Microservices style applications. The session will also cover best practices for automating the operations of these applications, using container orchestration services.
UCS Update: Efficiently Managing your server environment for traditional ente...Cisco Canada
Cisco UCS has helped customers get more out of their IT by providing a simplified physical environment with more efficient management. However, UCS continues to innovate and deliver additional value. This session will focus on updates and new offerings that have enhanced the Cisco UCS portfolio in the previous year. These include M-Series composable infrastructure, Dense Storage servers, next generation Fabric Interconnects, updated servers, additional storage offerings, and more. This will also cover refreshes and best practices to the UCS Management portfolio. Finally, there will be the opportunity for a questions throughout and after the presentation.
It is very much likely that most people are aware of Cisco network equipment such as routers and switches and maybe IP telephony too. Few people might have heard that Cisco manufactures servers and even less might have used them, especially in Cyprus. Cisco has been in the server market since nearly 10 years ago though, it is rated among the top server manufacturers and is market leader in blade servers.
Presentation of Cisco UCS server platform during Simplex-Cisco Technology Session that took place at the Londa Hotel in Limassol on 14 March 2018.
Meer data, applicaties, apparaten en gebruikers drijven veel organisatie naar de cloud. Cloud computing met haar ingebakken elasticiteit kan bedrijven immers helpen om op die uitdagingen in te spelen. De vraag is echter:
- Hoe komt een organisatie van haar legacy-omgeving naar de private cloud?
- Hoe creëert dit een shift in focus van beheer naar innovatie?
Leer in deze sessie de praktische handvatten van een private cloud implementatie: van standaardisatie, via consolidatie en virtualisatie naar het volledig automatiseren van IT. Want een private cloud heeft enorme kostenvoordelen, maar deze voordelen behaal je alleen als je verregaand standaardiseert en beheersmatig automatiseert.
Driving Innovation: A Path to Digitization, Speed and Visibility in an Applic...Cisco Canada
Digital transformation is the key buzz word today. But how do you get there? How do you plan now for the future? Cisco delivers the most complete SDN solutions to meet your data center needs - from programmable networks to programmable fabrics to a fully integrated solution with Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). Here about our latest innovations for all areas, from Applications to ASICs, that bring unique capabilities and value to the industry. Hear your peers share their SDN journeys and how Cisco's open choice solutions have helped them improve agility and attain astounding results for their business. And learn how to lay the foundation now for your digital transformation in the decade ahead. Get ready!
Planning and Preparing for Windows Server 2003 End-of-LifePerficient, Inc.
Windows Server 2003 reaches “end-of-life” in mid-2015, and Microsoft will no longer provide patches or security updates for the operating system. Given the rate at which new security threats are introduced, it is extremely dangerous to run production services on a platform that has reached end of support.
If you are still running Windows Server 2003, you aren’t alone. For organizations considering a migration, now is the time to start a thorough analysis of each Windows Server 2003 system, including the native and third-party software workloads.
Experts from Perficient, AppZero and Cisco discussed the options and paths available when moving off Windows Server 2003, including:
-Virtualization Hyper-V on Cisco UCS
-Transitioning to a cloud model – private, public and hybrid
-What AppZero can do for your migrations
-Capabilities and benefits of Windows Server 2012
The most important thing is to get started now! Without proper analysis and migration planning, IT departments will find themselves lacking the time to move mission-critical applications to a supported operating system.
Cisco at DevTO - Tomorrow Starts Now for Sheridan College Students (July 28, ...Marc Lijour, OCT, BSc, MBA
Sheridan students are involved in hackathons, working with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, and they learn actively with the latest video and collaboration techniques. Their students are career-ready, some of them launching their own business while in school. This presentation will explore the main technology infrastructure based on Cisco which makes all that possible, as well as the involvement of Sheridan in leading programs such as VROC and Connected North. Developers won’t want to miss hearing about cool technologies like CMX, Jabber Guest, and other technologies available on DevNet.
Sheridan students are involved in hackathons, working with the Toronto 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, and they learn actively with the latest video and collaboration techniques. Their students are career-ready, some of them launching their own business while in school. This presentation will explore the main technology infrastructure based on Cisco which makes all that possible, as well as the involvement of Sheridan in leading programs such as VROC and Connected North. Developers won’t want to miss hearing about cool technologies like CMX, Jabber Guest, and other technologies available on DevNet.
Wist u dat een IT-afdeling gemiddeld 80% van haar tijd bezig is met het updaten en onderhouden van haar infrastructuur? Tijd die niet kan worden besteed aan verbetering van applicaties en processen, de lagen waar de innovatie vandaan zou moeten komen? De vraag is:
- Hoe zijn repeterende taken binnen infrastructuurbeheer te automatiseren?
- Hoe laten we eindgebruikers meer zelf doen: via selfserviceportals en automatisering van beheer?
Bekijk in deze presentatie hoe orkestratie, automation, provisioning en monitoring via één dashboard sterk vereenvoudigd beheer biedt voor zowel fysieke als virtuele omgevingen.
CISCO’s Cloud Journey (Keynote at Cloud Symposium) Marcus McEwen
The following slide show details a high level analysis of Cisco’s view of The Cloud. This presentation was given by Kanjal Trevidi from Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Business Development at the Equivoice Cloud Symposium
DEVNET-1147 Energizing Your Career with Cloud TechnologiesCisco DevNet
In this session, we will discuss how to transform your career to align with one of the most dynamic parts of the industry. Speakers will cover topics including industry trends, emerging cloud technologies, and practical advice.
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Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Key messages:
When account is new to cloud computing, it is best to set expectations that automation occurs within steps.
Step #1 – automate infrastructure
Designed for IT operations/administrators, it delivers IT efficiency and reduced cap and opex costs
Customer benefits:
Delivers consistency --- infrastructure instances are stood up right the first time, every time
Team enablement
Ops review template for internal & external communications effectively
Per Forrester, cloud adoption has really grown over the past year with the technology becoming a formal part of IT’s portfolio. This means that cloud is poised to create a major impact on how companies build, deliver and manage IT services over the next five years.
What companies are DOING in the cloud is changing as well. Once used for test and dev, cloud has moved into the deployment of real business critical applications.
While developers within companies are using public clouds, the majority of corporations show a strong preference for private clouds first to utilize the equipment they already own or a greenfield platform, like a converged infrastructure that is purchased to support a specific cloud project.
Building a cloud is all about aligning a number of layers varying from hardware to software to business practices, processes and procedures.
At the lowest level lies the infrastructure be it physical or virtual
The next layer up consists of the tool that manage the infrastructure, what is usually referred too as element or domain managers (such as VMware vSphere, or Openstack)
Next we need a layer that will provide automation and orchestration of the various functions that will support the dynamic and elastic nature of a Cloud
The final and fourth layer is that of services that are offered to the Cloud consumers whether their role is technical or business related.
IAC is a solution that utilizes physical and virtual resources, interfacing with infrastructure management systems to facilitate the orchestration and automation of cloud related services.
Enable organizations to deliver a disciplined and structured automation solution to manage cloud environments
Accommodate complex customer’s technical and business requirements offering end users a single interface for requesting a comprehensive array of services
Accelerate and expand cloud adoption
Lower cost of operating via Open Source solutions
Standardize and simplify provisioning, configuration, troubleshooting and lifecycle management of your cloud infrastructure
As customer mature beyond basic virtual machine provisioning, Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cisco IAC) delivers the critical foundational layer for deploying and managing cloud-based computing in a holistic and unified manner.
Cisco IAC provides the essential automated management and orchestration that enables organizations to control and manage cloud-based services transparently throughout their lifecycle. Cisco IAC can cover a diverse range of cloud deployments and is a flexible solution that can scale from initial cloud deployments to large-scale enterprise-wide initiatives to deliver maximum value to customers.
Cisco IAC is the point from which organizations can burst into hybrid cloud computing as well as multi-hypervisor platforms. Solution accelerators are community-based solutions that extend the management capability of Cisco IAC. The most popular is the multi-cloud solution accelerator which allows Cisco IAC to manage vCloud Director, Amazon EC2 and OpenStack.
Cisco UCS Director has begun the integration process with Cisco IAC to deliver the ability to recognize UCS Director as a node on the multi-cloud accelerator and provision virtual machines just as managing Amazon EC2. Additionally, customers can provision physical storage into their existing virtual data centers and associate the file store as appropriate.
Via IAC, you’ll be able to select (and allow users to select) capabilities that are delivered through UCS Director with the single touch in IAC. IAC requests an asset from UCS Director and UCS Director does the configuration of, say, a FlexPod
World-class service portal and service catalogue that creates a standardized set of services to the “end-users”
Integrates cloud connectors to integrate with public/hybrid clouds and the Nexus 1000V InterCloud to manage the overall solution holistically.
Integrate via API with other management platforms so you can leverage other system management that you have
Register Platform Elements and selectively make available for ordering (resources, networks, images)
Populate selection lists for better user experience during administration
Populate selection lists for user orders applying RBAC
Render dashboards for resource usage and availability at provider and tenant level
Audit and repair usage recorded in service items (e.g., reconcile changes made outside of service offerings)
Import items provisioned outside of service offerings, such as pre-existing virtual machines
Tenant is simply another name for Customer
Cloud provider (Enterprise or Service Provider) have multiple “customers” with respective organizations (users) that are part of a shared of a dedicated infrastructure
A cloud provider (Enterprise or Service Provider) will have multiple “customers,” i.e. multiple tenants, and their respective organizations (and users) could be part of a shared or a dedicated infrastructure.
In Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0, no tenant can determine the existence of any other tenant; tenants may only see members of their own tenancy (users and roles).
Tenants are authenticated and authorized to access their data, no tenant can access the data of any other tenant, including:
Data in motion (network)
Data at rest (storage)
Data in memory (compute)
A Tenant in IAC represents an enterprise, a corporation, a company.
Each tenant will probably consist of multiple organizations, representing a different business function with their company, i.e. an Organization, such as Finance, or Engineering. A Tenant may create multiple organizations.
The tenant decides whether its organizations will consume from a pool of shared or dedicated resources. These are represented in IAC as Virtual Data Centers. Each tenant organization can request multiple VDCs.
Use accounts to model tenants or cross-team projects for demand management and planning.
Agreements and sub-agreements support fine grained resource allocation under an account (quota)
Quota can be defined against Count of Service Item or a numeric Service Item attribute, e.g. number of virtual CPUs.
Each Quota policy is defined against a particular Account.
Once you introduce a service item with Quota policy, you need to follow the Agreement setup instructions to define Agreement Template and Agreement.
The Quota quantity settings for an Account is maintained in the Agreement.