Cisco on Cisco

Global Data Center Program: Conclusion

How Cisco IT planned and executed a global data center strategy.

Virtualized Oracle Database on UCS

How Cisco IT Virtualized Oracle RAC Databases on Unified Computing System with VMware.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 359 KB)

Big Data – SAP for BI

How Cisco IT uses SAP BWA appliance to improve pipeline visibility and efficiency.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 145 KB)

Storage Cloud for Big Data

Storage cloud integrates storage arrays, servers, and switches to provide a cost-effective, policy-driven solution.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 678 KB)

Oracle RAC Database Migration to UCS

Migrating mission critical Oracle RAC database to UCS improved performance at reduced cost.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 905 KB)

Private Cloud at Cisco

Flexible infrastructure at lower cost with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 308 KB)

Application Migration

Moving applications between data centers aligns with business strategy.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 970 KB)

Dual Purpose Data Center

Infrastructure used for non-production applications versus keeping it idle.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 719 KB)

SAS Migration to Cisco UCS B440 Server

Migrating applications to a Cisco UCS B440 High-Performance Blade Server cut costs and daily processing time from 180 to 50 minutes.

Executive Summary   (PDF - 404 KB)
IT Case Study   (PDF - 1.1 MB)
Presentation   (PDF - 814 KB)

Quote to Cash Migration to Cisco UCS

Cisco IT migrated mission-critical quote-to-cash systems to a Cisco Unified Computing System platform.

Executive Summary   (PDF - 169 KB)
IT Case Study   (PDF - 1.1 MB)
Presentation   (PDF - 814 KB)

Migrating Order Management System to Cisco UCS

The Cisco Unified Computing System platform helps reduce costs and accelerate the performance of large order-management applications.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 262 KB)

How Cisco Is Progressing Toward IT as a Service

Cisco IT reduces the total cost of ownership and speeds application delivery from weeks to minutes at a new data center in Allen, Texas.

IT Case Study   (PDF - 548 KB)

Migrating Enterprise Applications to Unified Computing System

Moving Oracle and SAP environments to private clouds supports enterprise goals for capacity, resiliency, and innovation.

Technical Whitepaper
Executive Summary   (PDF - 213 KB)
IT Case Study   (PDF - 538 KB)
Presentation   (PDF - 724 KB)

Data Center Experience

Cisco Data Center 2011, Texas   (Flash)
Watch Cisco experts from the beginning as they construct a state-of-the-art data center in Texas.

Inside Cisco’s Bangalore Data Center   (Flash)
Take an interactive tour of the Cisco Bangalore data center, which provides both development and production environments.

Journey into the Cisco IT Global Data Center   (Flash)
Discover how Cisco IT approaches the design, management, implementation, and globalization of its data centers.

Inside Cisco’s Texas Data Center   (Flash)
Take an interactive tour of the service-oriented, full-production Cisco data center in Richardson, Texas.

Cisco Allen Data Center Interactive Tour   (Flash)
See the state-of-the-art Cisco data center in Allen, Texas, in this interactive tour.

Wide Area Application Services Case Study

Application acceleration and bandwidth optimization benefits remain consistent as the Cisco IT deployment scales to more than 200 offices.

Executive Summary   (PDF - 267 KB)
IT Case Study   (PDF - 621 KB)
Presentation   (PDF - 470 KB)

Information Lifecycle Management in the Data Center

Cisco IT is moving toward an archive-and-purge framework.

Trend in IT   (PDF - 144 KB)