Cisco uses innovative cloud interconnection solutions to accelerate cloud process

According to the 2012 Cisco Global Cloud Network survey, most IT decision makers see the cloud-ready network as the biggest requirement for implementing business applications to cloud migration. To address this dilemma, Cisco today announced the introduction of Cisco Cloud Interconnection Solutions, introducing a cloud-enabled routing and WAN optimization platform, and an open architecture that enables users to connect intelligently to cloud services-innovative Cloud Connector.

The Cisco Cloud Interconnection solution contains three key elements:

Cloud connector– hosts new software modules hosted on the ISR G2 platform that can interact with cloud services to improve performance, security, and usability of cloud applications. Cloud Connector software will allow operators and channel partners to develop Third-party Cloud Connector to help them deliver differentiated services to their customers. Cisco also introduced Cloud Connector, Cisco ScanSafe web-based Security Services for Cisco Managed Collaboration Services (HCS), and UCS-E storage connectors on the Cisco Ctera Series for voice and application survivability.

Platform for cloud Support-Cisco extends the Converged business router (ASR) platform through the Cisco ASR 1002-x router, and introduces Cisco APPNAV Technology, which will Cisco's Wide area application services (WAAS) Physical devices and virtual devices are intelligently clustered into a single resource pool managed by a central controller.

Innovative cloud Services – introduction of Cisco Cloud Services Router (CSR) This is a virtual router that allows customers to extend their virtual private network (VPN) into the cloud; Cisco application visualization and Control (AVC) technology has been integrated into the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) G2 and ASR platform, Optimize the availability of cloud applications on the network, and Cisco UCS on the ISR G2? E System Class Server module.

With more than 500,000 customers worldwide and 78.6% per cent of global corporate router market share, Cisco leads the WAN transformation with its unique and accurate positioning with its corporate routing platform and Cisco Cloud Interconnection solutions.

The Cisco Cloud Interconnection solution is an essential element of Cisco's Cloud Intelligence Network, which supports the cloudy world with Cisco's Unified Data Center and Cisco cloud applications and services. In addition, Cisco introduces enhancements to existing routing, security, and WAN optimization solutions, including WAN innovation and new features and models on ASR, ISR G2, and WAAS devices.

The main products of Cisco Cloud Connectivity solutions include:

Cloud Services Router (CSR) 1000v: Provides rich Cisco Network and security services in virtual form for deployment in a cloud environment. This allows the enterprise to extend all aspects of its corporate network to the cloud and control, while providing the cloud service provider (CSP) with an opportunity to increase revenue with a flexible mode of on-demand "network as a service".

Cisco WAAS 5.0 with Appnav: Enables customers to virtualize these resources by putting them in a pooled pool of resilient resources with optimal latency performance, policy-based, on-demand. Cisco WAAS 5.0 with Appnav delivers highly secure application delivery and cloud connectivity, as well as resilient "pay-as-grow, extended" deployment models that enable enterprise-wide application acceleration and performance visibility. Cisco APPNAV can be installed as a hardware module on existing Cisco wide area Virtual engine (WAVE) devices or as software installed on a new cloud service router (CSR).

Cisco ASR 1002-x Router: Enables users to increase their WAN performance by up to 7 times times, leveraging a simple "pay-as-you-Grow" performance upgrade model to increase deployment flexibility, which improves performance to 36Gbps and enables services for WAN edge, Internet edge, and managed service environments. In addition to the Flexvpn for High-security IPsec site to site and remote access VPN on ASR 1000, Cisco has introduced esp-100g, a forwarding processor for the ASR 1000 series in a cloud-edge deployment environment.

Praise Quote:

Praveen Akkiraju, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Services Routing technology: "As businesses drive the rapid adoption of cloud-based services, routing platforms and WANs have become strategic control points for providing the best user experience across the cloud." The Cisco Cloud Interconnection solution puts more functionality into the traditional enterprise routing environment, allowing customers to connect to the cloud with the best user experience, thereby redefining the WAN architecture by taking full advantage of network intelligence as a key innovation for critical links in cloud deployment.

Bjarne Munch, Gartner's chief research analyst, said: "The network infrastructure must quickly adapt to fully support the future enterprise communications systems, which will be highly virtualized, intelligent, and perceptual applications." It cannot be overemphasized that the new infrastructure and application policies have a huge impact on the network. In order to prepare for these changes, corporate networks must be modernized, while companies must plan for abandoning existing technologies. “

Global director of Business continuity and security governance, BT Global Services Jeff Schmidt: "In addition to data security services, BT Global Services can now provide customers with enterprise-wide voice security, whether they are using TDM or SIP relaying, No matter which service provider they use. Therefore, we can give our customers maximum visibility and control over one of their company's largest assets. “

"Ca Technologies is very honored to work with Cisco to address the challenges faced by enterprise and hosting service providers in delivering end-user services," said Karen Sage, vice president of the CA Technologies Cloud, Alliance and service provider marketing. The process has evolved into a vast camp of independent, mixed, off-site, and multi-source public and private products. We are aware of the multidimensional complexity of IT and cloud service delivery and are working together to develop and deliver solutions that enhance the user experience through increased customer insight, visibility, and control. Today, we are announcing the AVC feature, which shows that Cisco has made a big step forward in providing embedded non-invasive instrumentation technology and control. We are working together to enable our business and service provider customers to prioritize resources for business-critical applications, provide better capacity management, and achieve deeper, multi-tiered performance visibility. “

Compuware Channel and the Alliance general Manager and senior vice President Kimberly King: "including Cisco application visibility and Control (AVC) and Cisco wide-area application services (WAAS), including Cisco Cloud Interconnection Solutions, and Compuware New generation of application management to achieve joint value , enabling IT organizations to improve the end-user experience by providing full visibility of cloud applications and network performance across the entire application delivery chain. “

"To respond quickly to the business needs of a large global enterprise, GE is building its own cloud infrastructure and taking advantage of external clouds," GE chief technology expert Chris Cheu said. This helps GE reduce costs and increase flexibility, but at the same time poses operational challenges in terms of end-to-end security and user experience. Cisco Cloud Service Router 1000v provides GE with a unique deployment option to dynamically and securely extend our network to external clouds. Now we can extend the network to qualified cloud service providers while maintaining the integrity of the VPN connection and executing access policies. “

Infovista Product strategy and Alliance senior Vice President Vikas Trehan:infovista eagerly looks forward to working with Cisco to help them accelerate the use of AVC (application visibility and control) offered in Cisco router platforms. In the cloud migration process and after the migration, the hyper-connection enterprise needs its business-critical applications to have end-to-end visibility, while operators are also seeking to provide value-added services to the enterprise by providing the application traffic and experience visibility. By leveraging the embedded instrumentation technology provided by Cisco AVC and WAAS, the Infovista 5View APM solution will provide enhanced analytics and customer-centric customizable reporting to help implement AVC. ”

"As virtualization becomes the standard practice for enterprise data centers, our customers are focused on how to use the same technology to optimize remote branches," said Rose Schooler, general manager of Intel's communications infrastructure. Specifically, they need an integrated management solution that is highly flexible and helps save money. Cisco's UCS E-Series Server module is based on Intel? Xeon? The processor E3 and E5 series enable branch Office customers to integrate a single module with a network of dimensions, weights, and power, deploying a data center-level virtualized ready computing infrastructure. This is an ideal platform for deploying mission-critical applications and services, as well as a way to reduce costs, increase business agility, and implement a distributed, centrally managed cloud-ready infrastructure in a streamlined branch office environment. ”

Microsoft Windows Azure Partner Group Program Manager Clyde Rodriguez: "Microsoft provides customers with Windows Azure solutions optimized for the cloud, from Enterprise and branch Windows Server Hyper-V virtualization extends to the global scalability and resilience of the cloud. To serve all types of customers, Microsoft and Cisco have consistently developed our common solutions that take advantage of Cisco's strong network strengths and Microsoft's proven infrastructure and application expertise. Therefore, when customers deploy Windows Server Hyper-V throughout their organization, Cisco's UCS E-Series server module helps customers deploy data center-level virtualization-ready computing infrastructure to efficiently leverage the size, weight, and power network integration scale. For customers who interact with the cloud over a WAN connection, the Cisco Cloud Interconnection solution solves the WAN challenges, such as performance, security, and operational issues. To establish a VPN connection, the Windows Azure infrastructure can interoperate with the Cisco Integrated Business Router (ISR) G2 of the branch office and with the converged business router (ASR 1000) with the enterprise edge. ”

Verizon Advanced Services Architecture and Planning manager Juzer Kopti: "The virtualization software platform on the Cisco (CSR) 1000v router provides Verizon with the opportunity to enhance certain selected services, such as IPV6, IPsec VPN and virtual CPE, At the same time reduce the need for a variety of equipment upgrades. As a result, Verizon can better meet the needs of its customers with improved performance and manageability of the infrastructure. ”

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