Cisco Data Centre Services help organisations more effectively consolidate, virtualise and automate their data centres. This section provides a strong foundation for better meeting business goals, increasing efficiency and lowering operating expenses. Here, we have highlighted the critical services available from Cisco against the lifecycle of your data centre.
Cisco can help customers identify the gaps in their current data centre architecture and recommend changes that align with their business goals in a number of key ways.
Architectural Workshop
This workshop identifies customer needs and decision points for virtualisation, energy efficiency and other data centre initiatives. It's a customised, highly interactive 1-2 day workshop delivered by Cisco solutions architects.
Architectural Assessment Service
The Cisco Data Centre Architectural Assessment Service helps you to understand the current state of your architecture and determine which changes can best help you achieve your business and IT goals. >Find Out More (692 KB)
Architecture and Operations Assessment Service
The Cisco Data Centre Networking and Operations Assessment analyses your existing data centre environment scoping out your business and technical requirements. >Find Out More (191 KB)
Virtualisation Assessment
This assessment helps your IT organisation to create and deploy an end-to-end data centre virtualisation strategy. Cisco then provides you with easy access to a team of networking and virtualisation specialists.
Cisco and VMware Virtualization Services
At-A-Glance
This PDF gives you an overview of Cisco and VMware Virtualisation services. It covers the issues these services address, the capabilities the services include, and the benefits your organisation can expect from the Cisco and VMware Services. >Read More (93 KB)
Overview
This PDF provides you with a detailed account of implementing an end-to-end Data Centre Virtualisation system with easy access to a team of Networking and Virtualisation Specialists. >Read More (816 KB)
Architecture Value Analysis
The Cisco Data Centre Architecture Value Analysis Service provides you with an in-depth analysis of current data center strategy and helps develop a strong business case to justify investment in next-generation data centre architecture. This assessment begins with a workshop which identifies and quantifies the operational and financial commitments required to implement a next-generation Data Centre architecture. >Read More (381 KB)
Cisco Data Centre Energy Efficiency Assessment Service
The Cisco Data Centre Energy Efficiency Assessment Service helps you benchmark energy efficiency, identify ways to lower energy consumption, and plan for infrastructure growth. Cisco and partner experts use best-practice methodologies and advanced tools to identify problems that compromise availability, increase energy consumption, and lower operating efficiencies. >Read More (245 KB)
Cisco Data Centre Facilities Assessment Service
The Cisco Data Centre Facilities Assessment Service helps increase the availability, capacity and life of your data centre facilities. Cisco and our certified partners evaluate your physical data centre infrastructure, including the overall site, power, cooling, physical security, and operational practices and make a series of key recommendations. >Read More (229 KB)
This PDF provides you with a detailed account of implementing an end-to-end Data Centre Virtualisation system with easy access to a team of Networking and Virtualisation Specialists. >Read More (816 KB)
NOS Optimsation Services
The Cisco Data Centre Optimisation Services are a family of services that provide ongoing expertise and support to help you optimise your data centre so it's always a competitive resource. An evolving data centre can help support growth, improve productivity, enhance business processes, and accelerate change in every aspect of a business. As customers evolve their data centre networks, Cisco Data Centre Optimisation Services help maintain a high level of data centre performance, availability and quality of service.
Data Centre Optimisation Services Oveview
The Cisco Data Centre Facilities Assessment Service evaluates your physical data centre infrastructure, including the overall site, power, cooling, physical security, and operational practices. Click on the links below to find out more. >Click Here (248 KB) >Click Here (261 KB)
The alliance between Cisco and VMware delivers a shared strategy of integrated solutions, services, and products to help you maximise assets through virtualisation. > Learn More
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