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Customer Solution Why You Care Cisco Solutions and Partnerships Proof Points Cisco Services Journey to The Cloud • Reduce overall IT costs through greater efficiency of assets • Increase efficiency and simplicity in the data center without sacrificing scalability • Improved pace and consistency of business application roll-outs • Better align IT resources to business needs for flexibility and innovation • Adoption of IT models that reflect today’s public and private usage demands Cisco Solutions: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco Nexus ® , vBlock, FlexPod, Cisco Intelligent Automation Solutions (IAS) Key Partnerships: Red Hat, Microsoft, VMware, Intel • Systems Management Software Partners • Software as a Service and IAS Providers • Cisco Authorized Service Providers Cisco on Cisco: • Reduced speed of server deployment from 6–8 weeks down to 15 minutes • Error-free, highly-repeatable automation of labor-intensive “tasks” • True separation of physical hardware and I/O from application and data • The “cloud” is now possible Cisco Services can help build a strategy to achieve the benefits of cloud in your organization and develop an execution plan to quickly realize business results. • Cloud Discovery Workshop • Cloud Strategy • Cloud Automation • Cloud Planning, Design, Implementation, and Optimization Services Desktop Virtualization • Improve provisioning of end-user devices • Optimize user experience • Increase security and mobility • Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase scalability Cisco Solutions: Cisco UCS , Cisco Nexus, Vblock, FlexPod, Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) Key Partnerships: VMware, Citrix, Red Hat, Microsoft, Intel, SAP • 10 World-Record Benchmarks including highest VMware VMmark performance with Intel Xeon processors Desktop Virtualization on Cisco UCS with VMware View • Cisco UCS successfully supported 20% more desktop sessions than HP • Cisco UCS has a 37% faster response time than HP solution • Simple operation—start in minutes, scale in seconds Desktop Virtualization on Cisco UCS Using Citrix XenDesktop • XenDesktop single-instance management cuts storage costs by up to 90% • Reduces upgrade time to days vs. months Let Cisco Services help you extend the benefits of desktop virtualization to rich media applications with a secure, optimal user experience. • Desktop Virtualization Discovery Workshop • Desktop Virtualization Strategy Service • Desktop Virtualization Production Pilot • Desktop Virtualization Planning and Design Business Applications and Database Optimization • Application performance/optimization • Administration, management cost reduction • Memory optimization • Increased productivity • Significant reduction in licensing and supports costs Cisco Solutions: Cisco UCS, vBlock, FlexPod, Cisco Migration Services Key Partnerships: • Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Fusion Middleware and Applications, SQL Server, NoSQL/Big Data • Microsoft Exchange SAP Running on vBlock: • Up to 25% savings in continuously optimized project costs due to system management • Up to 36% lower upgrade costs due to quick and easy provisioning Oracle Running on Cisco UCS: • Surpassed IBM Power 750 RISC–based top result by up to 64%, and HP’s best eight- core Intel Xeon processor–based score by 84% • Yielded a 60% reduction in batch runtimes and user response times • Up to 20x increase in application performance Cisco Services Centers of Excellence provide application- level expertise for optimal performance of your business critical applications. • Cisco Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint Pilot Services for Microsoft • Cisco Exchange, SQL, and SharePoint Migration Services for Microsoft • Cisco Real Application Clusters (RAC) Pilot for Oracle • Cisco OSDB Pilot for SAP RISC/UNIX Migration • Decrease project, support, and maintenance costs • Growth in user and new project volume • Regulatory requirements • Greater total capacity • Leverage better price/performance in x86 chipsets Cisco Solutions: Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, Cisco and Partner Certified Migration Services Key Partnerships: Red Hat, VMware, Intel Customer Results • Reduced data center footprint by 96% and power consumption by 90% • Improved ERP application performance by 400–600%, while easing server management • Reduced cabling by 58% • Decreased operating costs by 40% Cisco Services has industry-leading best practices, tools, and methodologies to successfully and efficiently migrate to x86 UCS. • RISC/UNIX Migration Services Unified Communications on Cisco UCS • Improved TCO servers and storage • Virtualization for operation efficiency • Holistic service and support from Cisco • Cisco hardware optimized for Cisco solutions Cisco Solutions: Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco UCS Key Partnerships: Cisco ATP Certified Unified Communications on Cisco UCS Partners Cisco Unified Communications on Cisco UCS: • Consolidated eight dedicated Media Convergence Servers (MCS) to two B-200 blades and two C-210 Series, 50% loaded • Reduced 300 servers for telephony to fewer than 100 Cisco UCS servers • Lowered power consumption by 75% Optimize your Cisco Unified Communications applications on a Cisco UCS platform through a proven services methodology. • Cisco Unified Communications on UCS Pre-Production Pilot • Cisco Unified Communications on UCS Accelerated Deployment • Cisco Unified Communications on UCS Planning and Design © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. 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Customer Solution Why You Care Cisco Solutions and Partnerships Proof Points Cisco Services

Journey to The Cloud • ReduceoverallITcoststhroughgreaterefficiencyofassets

• Increaseefficiencyandsimplicityinthedatacenterwithoutsacrificingscalability

• Improvedpaceandconsistencyofbusinessapplicationroll-outs

• BetteralignITresourcestobusinessneedsforflexibilityandinnovation

• AdoptionofITmodelsthatreflecttoday’spublicandprivateusagedemands

Cisco Solutions:CiscoUnifiedComputingSystem™(UCS),CiscoNexus®,vBlock,FlexPod,CiscoIntelligentAutomationSolutions(IAS)

Key Partnerships: RedHat,Microsoft,VMware,Intel• SystemsManagementSoftwarePartners• SoftwareasaServiceandIASProviders• CiscoAuthorizedServiceProviders

Cisco on Cisco: • Reducedspeedofserverdeploymentfrom6–8weeksdownto15minutes• Error-free,highly-repeatableautomationoflabor-intensive“tasks”• TrueseparationofphysicalhardwareandI/Ofromapplicationanddata• The“cloud”isnowpossible

CiscoServicescanhelpbuildastrategytoachievethebenefitsofcloudinyourorganizationanddevelopanexecutionplantoquicklyrealizebusinessresults.• CloudDiscoveryWorkshop• CloudStrategy• CloudAutomation• CloudPlanning,Design,Implementation,andOptimizationServices

Desktop Virtualization • Improveprovisioningofend-userdevices• Optimizeuserexperience• Increasesecurityandmobility• Reducetotalcostofownership(TCO)andincreasescalability

Cisco Solutions:CiscoUCS™,CiscoNexus,Vblock,FlexPod,CiscoVirtualizationExperienceInfrastructure(VXI)

Key Partnerships:VMware,Citrix,RedHat,Microsoft,Intel,SAP

• 10World-RecordBenchmarksincludinghighestVMwareVMmarkperformancewithIntelXeonprocessors

Desktop Virtualization on Cisco UCS with VMware View• CiscoUCSsuccessfullysupported20%moredesktopsessionsthanHP• CiscoUCShasa37%fasterresponsetimethanHPsolution• Simpleoperation—startinminutes,scaleinseconds

Desktop Virtualization on Cisco UCS Using Citrix XenDesktop• XenDesktopsingle-instancemanagementcutsstoragecostsbyupto90%• Reducesupgradetimetodaysvs.months

LetCiscoServiceshelpyouextendthebenefitsofdesktopvirtualizationtorichmediaapplicationswithasecure,optimaluserexperience.• DesktopVirtualizationDiscoveryWorkshop• DesktopVirtualizationStrategyService• DesktopVirtualizationProductionPilot• DesktopVirtualizationPlanningandDesign

Business Applications and Database Optimization

• Applicationperformance/optimization• Administration,managementcostreduction• Memoryoptimization• Increasedproductivity• Significantreductioninlicensingandsupportscosts

Cisco Solutions:CiscoUCS,vBlock,FlexPod,CiscoMigrationServices

Key Partnerships:• Oracle,SAP,Microsoft,FusionMiddlewareandApplications,SQLServer,NoSQL/BigData

• MicrosoftExchange

SAP Running on vBlock:• Upto25%savingsincontinuouslyoptimizedprojectcostsduetosystemmanagement• Upto36%lowerupgradecostsduetoquickandeasyprovisioning

Oracle Running on Cisco UCS:• SurpassedIBMPower750RISC–basedtopresultbyupto64%,andHP’sbesteight-coreIntelXeonprocessor–basedscoreby84%

• Yieldeda60%reductioninbatchruntimesanduserresponsetimes• Upto20xincreaseinapplicationperformance

CiscoServicesCentersofExcellenceprovideapplication-levelexpertiseforoptimalperformanceofyourbusinesscriticalapplications.• CiscoExchange,SQL,andSharePointPilotServicesforMicrosoft

• CiscoExchange,SQL,andSharePointMigrationServicesforMicrosoft

• CiscoRealApplicationClusters(RAC)PilotforOracle• CiscoOSDBPilotforSAP

RISC/UNIX Migration • Decreaseproject,support,andmaintenancecosts• Growthinuserandnewprojectvolume• Regulatoryrequirements• Greatertotalcapacity• Leveragebetterprice/performanceinx86chipsets

Cisco Solutions:CiscoUCS,CiscoNexus,CiscoandPartnerCertifiedMigrationServices

Key Partnerships: RedHat,VMware,Intel

Customer Results• Reduceddatacenterfootprintby96%andpowerconsumptionby90%• ImprovedERPapplicationperformanceby400–600%,whileeasingservermanagement• Reducedcablingby58%• Decreasedoperatingcostsby40%

CiscoServiceshasindustry-leadingbestpractices,tools,andmethodologiestosuccessfullyandefficientlymigratetox86UCS.• RISC/UNIXMigrationServices

Unified Communications on Cisco UCS

• ImprovedTCOserversandstorage• Virtualizationforoperationefficiency• HolisticserviceandsupportfromCisco• CiscohardwareoptimizedforCiscosolutions

Cisco Solutions:CiscoUnifiedCommunicationsandCiscoUCS

Key Partnerships:CiscoATPCertifiedUnifiedCommunicationsonCiscoUCSPartners

Cisco Unified Communications on Cisco UCS:• ConsolidatedeightdedicatedMediaConvergenceServers(MCS)totwoB-200bladesandtwoC-210Series,50%loaded

• Reduced300serversfortelephonytofewerthan100CiscoUCSservers• Loweredpowerconsumptionby75%

OptimizeyourCiscoUnifiedCommunicationsapplicationsonaCiscoUCSplatformthroughaprovenservicesmethodology.• CiscoUnifiedCommunicationsonUCSPre-ProductionPilot

• CiscoUnifiedCommunicationsonUCSAcceleratedDeployment

• CiscoUnifiedCommunicationsonUCSPlanningandDesign

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Why Cisco?

CiscoUCSInnovationDeliversBusinessBenefitsReduce Costs: •CiscoExtendedMemoryTechnologyhelpstoconsolidateapplicationandvirtualmachinesmoreeconomicallywithlargememoryfootprints.

•UnifiedFabriceliminatestheneedformultiplesetsofadapters,cables,andswitches

•Energy-efficientdesignimprovesairflowefficiencyandcanreducethenumberofcomponentsthatneedtobepoweredandcooled

•CiscoUCSManagerscalesmanagementanddeploymentacrossmultipleenclosuresandserversfromasingleinterface

•IntelXeonprocessorE7Familyperformancecanreducesoftwarelicensingcosts

Investment Protection:•IntelXeonProcessorE7FamilyRASandsecurityfeaturesaredesignedtokeepapplicationsrunningandsafe

•SupportforRedHatLinux,SUSELinux,WindowsandSolarisx86andmajorISVs,suchasOracleandSAP

•ClosepartnershipswithEMCandNetAppstorage

•CiscoVN-Linkprotectsyourinvestmentbylayingthefoundationforfuture-enhancedandsimplifiedconnectivityoptionsinvirtualizeddatacenters

Improve Agility and Flexibility:•Wireonceandwalkaway

•CiscoUCSManagerenablestheentiresolutiontobemanagedasasingleentity,viaasingleinterface,whilescalingto100+servers

•CiscoServiceProfilesenableautomated,error-freevirtualmachineorbare-metaldeploymentsthatscaletoworkloadrequirements

•CiscoUCSManagerenablesentiresolutiontobemanagedasasingleentity,viaasingleinterface,whilescalingto100+servers

Application Optimization Specific Benefits:•CiscoUCSseparatessystemresourcesfromassignedapplications,unifiesdataI/Otraffic,andbalancesresourcesleadingtounsurpassedlevelsofapplicationperformance

•Bettermanageandlowerlicensingcosts

Why Cisco Services?Customerscanleveragethebestpractices,tools,andknowledgebasethatCiscoServiceshasgainedbybuildingandsupportingtheworld’slargestdatacenternetworks.

•With5000+networkconsultantsandmorethan2000CCIEs,youwillbewellsupportedwithanexperienced,globalteam

•CiscoServicesisexpertatbuildinglargeend-to-endvirtualizeddatacenterenvironmentsincludingourownCiscoITdatacenter

•Cisco’suniquecollaborativepartnerapproachcombinesthestrengthsofCiscoandourpartnerstoprovideyouwithaccesstobest-in-classnetworkingandITexpertise

Cisco Data Center Solutions Addressing Customers’ Needs

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