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Complete visibility into network traffic	Cisco Nexus CloudScale ASICs support full flow monitoring ensuring no gaps in network traffic visibility as compared to sampled flow monitoring in merchant silicon.
	Cisco Nexus CloudScale ASICs support full flow monitoring ensuring no gaps in network traffic visibility as compared to sampled flow monitoring in merchant silicon.
Empowering infrastructure to be more intelligent	Push or Pull? Cisco ACI is a fully distributed SDN architecture allowing participating devices to function autonomously reporting in centrally while constantly adapting to changes.
	Push or Pull? Cisco ACI is a fully distributed SDN architecture allowing participating devices to function autonomously reporting in centrally while constantly adapting to changes.
Keeping infrastructure at desired state	The predictive analytics of Cisco Intersight improves capacity planning and lifecycle management making changes like increasing capacity as simple as one click.	Limited		Limited
	The predictive analytics of Cisco Intersight improves capacity planning and lifecycle management making changes like increasing capacity as simple as one click.
Troubleshoot and secure applications faster	Cisco Tetration utilizes advanced machine learning to process millions of network flows per second, mapping application dependencies and enforcing white-list security policies.
	Cisco Tetration utilizes advanced machine learning to process millions of network flows per second, mapping application dependencies and enforcing white-list security policies.
Threat detection that continuously evolves	A Cloud Security Access Broker like Cisco CloudLock is a first line of defense detecting anomalies based on location, suspicious login activity, and IP reputation analysis.
	A Cloud Security Access Broker like Cisco CloudLock is a first line of defense detecting anomalies based on location, suspicious login activity, and IP reputation analysis.
Detect cyber-attacks before they happen	Sort of like pre-crime for IT. Cisco Umbrella collects cyber fingerprints, analyzes live and historic data to create “guilt” scores that proactively block malicious attacks.
	Sort of like pre-crime for IT. Cisco Umbrella collects cyber fingerprints, analyzes live and historic data to create “guilt” scores that proactively block malicious attacks.
Understand what impacts application performance	Why monitor application performance if you cannot see what impacted it? Cisco AppDynamics extends business visibility from point of sale to the underlying IT infrastructure.			Limited
	Why monitor application performance if you cannot see what impacted it? Cisco AppDynamics extends business visibility from point of sale to the underlying IT infrastructure.
Pick the best cloud services for your business	It’s not about whether to use cloud services. It’s about which one to use and why. Cisco CloudCenter models workloads optimized for the best performance and cost over time.			Limited
	It’s not about whether to use cloud services. It’s about which one to use and why. Cisco CloudCenter models workloads optimized for the best performance and cost over time.

Constantly Adapting

Save time by moving away from box management	By abstracting hardware from software and embedding policy-based automation, Cisco UCS Director simplifies box management by creating cloud-managed stateless compute pools.	Limited
	By abstracting hardware from software and embedding policy-based automation, Cisco UCS Director simplifies box management by creating cloud-managed stateless compute pools.
Let applications provision themselves	Predefining application policy with network end-point groups, Cisco ACI abstracts and automates traditional network management enabling self-provisioning applications.
	Predefining application policy with network end-point groups, Cisco ACI abstracts and automates traditional network management enabling self-provisioning applications.
Empowering infrastructure to be more intelligent	The declarative SDN model of Cisco ACI pushes intelligence to all endpoints creating the foundation for a fully distributed autonomous infrastructure.
	The declarative SDN model of Cisco ACI pushes intelligence to all endpoints creating the foundation for a fully distributed autonomous infrastructure.
Enforcing application security policy	Applications can spin up and tear down in a moment’s notice. Cisco Tetration with Cisco ACI become a “Network as an Enforcer” automating application security policy enforcement.			Limited
	Applications can spin up and tear down in a moment’s notice. Cisco Tetration with Cisco ACI become a “Network as an Enforcer” automating application security policy enforcement.
Creating elastic private-cloud services	Cisco HyperFlex provides on-premises cloud-like scalability independently scaling compute or storage while continuously optimizing for efficiency and performance.	Limited		Limited
	Cisco HyperFlex provides on-premises cloud-like scalability independently scaling compute or storage while continuously optimizing for efficiency and performance.
Keeping cloud workload costs under control	Know before you deploy. Cisco CloudCenter models planned workload deployments to understand which public cloud service performs the best and how much it will cost over time.			Limited
	Know before you deploy. Cisco CloudCenter models planned workload deployments to understand which public cloud service performs the best and how much it will cost over time.
Meet user demand and maximize resource efficiency	Business is dynamic and demand can increase at any time. Cisco Workload Optimization Manager autonomically places workloads based on available resources and cost.			Limited
	Business is dynamic and demand can increase at any time. Cisco Workload Optimization Manager autonomically places workloads based on available resources and cost.
Detect, isolate, and remediate application issues	Get peace of mind that your business applications run optimally. Cisco AppDynamics detects, isolates, and remediates the full IT stack and can pinpoint root case to lines of code.			Limited
	Get peace of mind that your business applications run optimally. Cisco AppDynamics detects, isolates, and remediates the full IT stack and can pinpoint root case to lines of code.

Constantly Protecting

Protecting the edge from outside threats	A data center’s security is only as good as its first line of defense. Cisco NGFWs protect the perimeter while Cisco NGIPs provide real-time contextual breach detection.
	A data center’s security is only as good as its first line of defense. Cisco NGFWs protect the perimeter while Cisco NGIPs provide real-time contextual breach detection.
Avoiding new threats from DNS based exploits	New threats like ransomware highlight the ongoing need for better DNS security. Cisco Umbrella handles more than 2% of the world’s internet requests with proven 100% uptime.	Limited		Limited
	New threats like ransomware highlight the ongoing need for better DNS security. Cisco Umbrella handles more than 2% of the world’s internet requests with proven 100% uptime.
Minimizing the attack surface	User initiated breaches can quickly spread. Ensuring users and multi-tenanted applications require micro-segmented isolation enforced by Cisco ACI security zoning to endpoint groups.	Limited	Limited	Limited
	User initiated breaches can quickly spread. Ensuring users and multi-tenanted applications require micro-segmented isolation enforced by Cisco ACI security zoning to endpoint groups.
Implementing a zero-trust security model	Cisco Tetration provides pervasive real-time visibility, dynamic application dependency mapping, and automated white-listing policy enforcement to protect your applications.
	Cisco Tetration provides pervasive real-time visibility, dynamic application dependency mapping, and automated white-listing policy enforcement to protect your applications.
Ensuring data in-transit is not compromised	Cisco CloudScale ASICs found in the Nexus 9000 series of switches deliver line rate encryption for every type of workload with no compromise of performance.
	Cisco CloudScale ASICs found in the Nexus 9000 series of switches deliver line rate encryption for every type of workload with no compromise of performance.
Safely move data to and from public clouds	Cisco CloudCenter integrates with your existing user authentication and authorization tools but also encrypts data at rest and data in transit along with advanced key management.			Limited
	Cisco CloudCenter integrates with your existing user authentication and authorization tools but also encrypts data at rest and data in transit along with advanced key management.
Monitor cloud-native application user activity	Don’t let cloud security put you at risk. Cisco CloudLock is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that monitors user behavior to detect anomalies and sessions activities.
	Don’t let cloud security put you at risk. Cisco CloudLock is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that monitors user behavior to detect anomalies and sessions activities.
Deploy shared or isolated cloud applications	Cloud-native applications and user management can be a challenge. Cisco CloudCenter provides flexible options for tenant isolation, object level sharing and permission control.			Limited
	Cloud-native applications and user management can be a challenge. Cisco CloudCenter provides flexible options for tenant isolation, object level sharing and permission control.

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