Cisco ACI: A transformational operating model for next-gen data center and cloud operations. 

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Agile

Open

Secure

Complete solution for any endpoint – physical/virtual/containers

Open standards, open source based, open ecosystem

Inherent and integrated protection – by common policy

Find out how Cisco ACI can help you lower IT costs, reduce errors, accelerate deployment, and make your business more productive.

“Cisco ACI has allowed us to simplify the network core, which has been the most dicult to congure and manage, allowing us to operate the Cisco ACI switching fabric without having to hire additional engineers."Martin Lipka, Head of Connectivity Architecture for Pulsant

Unplanned downtime since deployment085% less sta time per provisioning of fabric pod

85%

75% less sta time per hybrid deployment75%

“It now takes our team seconds to stretch a network of physical ports to a fully virtualized environment. It used to take two to three hours."Martin Lipka, Head of Connectivity Architecture for Pulsant

Total savings equals $6.9MM USD (based on a 2016 projected conversion rate of $1 to £1.32)

6.4 Months to Payback

513%ROI

Million in discounted business benets over 5 years*

£5.24

"With ACI, Cisco was the rst to oer a single solution that covered everything — physical, virtual, and all our products — with a single controller. No other solution could do that.”Martin Lipka, Head of Connectivity Architecture for Pulsant

The challenge:Pulsant needed to reduce capital and operating expenses (capex and opex), make its business more agile, and ultimately save costs that it could pass to its customers.

The solution:Cisco ACI as a single solution for the Pulsant Cloud Fabric service.

Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) A next-generation architecture that simplies, optimizes, and speeds application deployment.

PulsantA U.K.-based IT infrastructure services provider oering public, private, and hybrid cloud services for small and medium-sized enterprises.

CiscoACI Pulsant $

Pulsant delivers cloud services at a lower cost while generating more revenue with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure.

CASE STUDY

How Does Cisco ACI Help Pulsant Win Happy Customers?