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Infinite Scalability!
August 25, 2022

Infinite Scalability!

Olivia Sarr Mathews | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

We engaged Cisco ACI to meet the growing demand on our networks for increased speeds and agility. We use Cisco ACI to automate networks and provide a boost to network security. With Cisco ACI, we don't need to build a complex Data Center Interconnect Infrastructure for local and remote deployments.
  • Network management is centralized.
  • Monitors the health status of networks in real time.
  • Encourages superior application experiences.
  • It is quite a process to comprehend fully how the Application Policy infrastructure works - Took me hours combing through the manuals in the beginning and I still have to refer back to it in a few occasions.
  • We are maximizing benefits from public clouds and 5G
  • Agility in our application deployments and those for our clients
  • Gradually replacing the traditional DCI infrastructure.
Scalability with Cisco ACI seems infinite. We are able to expand our multicloud seamlesslythrough Cisco's innovative features in policy enforcement and segmentations. Under time saving, I refer back to how we are slowly eliminating the complex DCI infrastructures for local and remote networks and replacing with Cisco's simpler ACI model.
It has helped us optimize the performance of our Virtual Machines (VMs). The ACI model gives us an upper hand while commissioning declarative provisioning. Cisco ACI generates an automatic inventory of the monitoring record.

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

Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Cisco may be a great fit for you if you have to combine several software to manage your physical and virtual environments fabric. It has a unified clustered controller for this and goes a step further to optimize their performance. Cisco ACI opens new innovation windows to expand your Network ecosystem capabilities. However operating Cisco ACI is an uphill task, I would advise enrolling your team to take Cisco courses first.