• The expansion of ACial Cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure environments
• HyperFlexa extends branch offices and remote locations to power applications at the network edge
• Enhancements to CloudCenter to help organizations manage the application lifecycle across multiple cloud environments
• A radically simpler formula for customers to acquire and manage technology across the entire data center architecture, through a single Enterprise Agreement.
Cisco is turning this new vision of the data center into reality through three innovations:
• ACI available on AWS and Azure. Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is Cisco’s intent-based networking solution for the data center. It delivers operational simplicity, application agility, and data center security, all through a single, open approach that integrates with any hypervisor or container environment where applications are deployed. ACI Anywhere extends ACI to any workload, any location, and any cloud. Virtual ACI already supports bare-metal clouds and remote edge locations. Now, with new ACI Cloud capabilities, Cisco is extending automation, management, and security to AWS and Microsoft Azure by fully integrating with their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments. Read the blog post about the announcement.
• HyperFlex for branch offices. Deploying hyperconverged infrastructure across multiple locations to deliver distributed computing at a global scale can be a complex undertaking. HyperFlex with Cisco Intersight now enables organizations to seamlessly extend compute and storage from their core data centers to the edge. It does so with flexible scalability and the unparalleled ease of use of cloud systems management. HyperFlex thus delivers data center-class application performance for digital innovation in branch offices and remote sites, enabling analytics and intelligent services for the extended enterprise. Read the blog post about the announcement.
• CloudCenter Suite. The operational complexity and rising costs of managing applications across multiple public and private clouds pose a challenge for IT teams. CloudCenter Suite now provides comprehensive application lifecycle management, greater workflow automation, and significantly improved cost optimization and management. The new suite is also much easier to acquire, with simplified deployment, tiered pricing, and a new Software as a Service (SaaS) offering. Read the blog post about the announcement.
Cisco is extending ACI to the application and campus layers. ACI now integrates with AppDynamics to correlate application performance with network health. It also integrates with Cisco DNA Center and Identity Services Engine to provide policy-based identity management and end-to-end access control between users or devices on campus and applications or data anywhere. These integrations represent the latest step in Cisco's strategy to create the industry's first multi-domain architecture.
