Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure benefits
November 15, 2024

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure benefits

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

Mainly used Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure as a data fabric in a single pod environment across two data Centers supporting the VMware solution and also provided edge services for various integrations, addressed problems such as operational efficiencies, security concerns and lack of agility and complexity with traditional networking. The scope of our use case was to address the above issues which helped us achieve proactive security and hybrid cloud environment and operational simplicity and automation of basic tasks.

Pros

  • Centralized management
  • Proactive monitoring and troubleshooting
  • Scalability and flexibility
  • Policy based networking
  • Enhanced security

Cons

  • Cost
  • Non cisco integrated systems
  • Initial deployment
  • Learning curve
  • Increased operational efficiency
  • Better resources utilisation
  • Enhanced security
Rapid deployment: With Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, businesses can quickly scale up their network infrastructure to meet growing needs.
Resource optimisation: Ensures optimal use of resources by dynamically adjusting to the demands
Cost: Scalability also translates to cost savings by providing timely scalability of what is needed versus what is not required
Policy driven automation: Policy based framework to deploy resources what are required in a scalable and effortless way.
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure provides detailed information and insights into applications and their performance and also helps in Scoring critical issues as well lead to reduced downtimes, integration with devops is an additional benefit which can faster deployment.

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

Large data centers, hybrid and multi cloud deployment and enhanced security frameworks are good examples whereas small data centres environments , highly sophisticated network designs and limited technical expertise are some of the less appropriate.

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