Is ACI good?
August 19, 2020
Is ACI good?
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
It is used as a platform for private cloud & tenanted & connected into the MPLS cloud per customer. We used it for customers that did not want to go to public cloud & it has worked out cheaper for them than using AWS or GCP versions. We price it as a fixed price model with no usage-based costs.
- Easy to sell
- Easy to configure via single dasboard
- Ideal for private cloud & trusted locations
- Interoperability of physical and virtual workloads
- Takes a while to learn to use - has some new approaches
- Application visibility could be better
- Not enough experienced people that can drive the tech
- Extremely positive ROI - It has enabled us to productise a modern & scalable private cloud.
- Selling private cloud has extended the life of core MPLS business.
- Has allowed the introduction of SDWAN with private cloud.
Do you think Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)'s feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) again?
Yes
Using Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
50 - actually its tenanted & our customers use it ,,,
5 - cloud & Data centre skills
- Private Cloud for our MPLS customers
- hosting of goverment data
- hosting of multitenant firewall for managed firewall as a service
- not sure if its innovative
- migrate legacy apps that cannot be moved to Hypescale Clouds
- stand up customer virtual firealls & SBCs close to the internet & voice gateways
Evaluating Cisco ACI and Competitors
Yes - Dells servers acting as private cloud
- Price
- Product Usability
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
Amazingly the price was actually right
i would not
Cisco ACI Implementation
- internal teams
Cisco ACI Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
I am in Pre-Sales not support
Using Cisco ACI
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Convenient Feel confident using | Requires technical support Lots to learn |
- no strong opinios here
- no opinion