Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Design Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) internal routing for the enterprise network
Design a network based on customer requirements
Design Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing for the enterprise network
Describe the different types and uses of Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) address families
Describe BGP load sharing
Design a BGP network based on customer requirements
Decide where the L2/L3 boundary will be in your Campus network and make design decisions
Describe Layer 2 design considerations for Enterprise Campus networks
Design a LAN network based on customer requirements
Describe Layer 3 design considerations in an Enterprise Campus network
Examine Cisco SD-Access fundamental concepts
Describe Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
Design an Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) Campus Fabric based on customer requirements
Design service provider-managed VPNs
Design enterprise-managed VPNs
Design a resilient WAN
Design a resilient WAN network based on customer requirements
Examine the Cisco SD-WAN architecture
Describe Cisco SD-WAN deployment options
Design Cisco SD-WAN redundancy
Explain the basic principles of QoS
Design Quality of Service (QoS) for the WAN
Design QoS for enterprise network based on customer requirements
Explain the basic principles of multicast
Designing rendezvous point distribution solutions
Describe high-level considerations when doing IP addressing design
Create an IPv6 addressing plan
Plan an IPv6 deployment in an existing enterprise IPv4 network
Describe the challenges that you might encounter when transitioning to IPv6
Design an IPv6 addressing plan based on customer requirements
Describe Network APIs and protocols
Describe Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), and Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF)
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should have earned CCNA® certification or be familiar with:
Basic network fundamentals and building simple LANs
Basic IP addressing and subnets
Routing and switching fundamentals
Basic wireless networking concepts and terminology
Outline
Designing EIGRP Routing
Designing OSPF Routing
Designing IS-IS Routing
Designing BGP Routing and Redundancy
Understanding BGP Address Families
Designing the Enterprise Campus LAN
Designing the Layer 2 Campus
Designing the Layer 3 Campus
Discovering the Cisco SD-Access Architecture
Exploring Cisco SD-Access Fabric Design
Designing Service Provider-Managed VPNs
Designing Enterprise-Managed VPNs
Designing WAN Resiliency
Examining Cisco SD-WAN Architectures
Cisco SD-WAN Deployment Design Considerations
Designing Cisco SD-WAN Routing and High Availability
Understanding QoS
Designing LAN and WAN QoS
Exploring Multicast with Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
Designing Rendezvous Point Distribution Solutions
Designing an IPv4 Address Plan
Exploring IPv6
Deploying IPv6
Introducing Network APIs and Protocols
Exploring YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and Model-Driven Telemetry
Lab outline
Designing Enterprise Connectivity
Designing an Enterprise Network with BGP Internet Connectivity
Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
Designing Resilient Enterprise WAN
Designing QoS in an Enterprise Network
Designing an Enterprise IPv6 Network
Designing Cisco Enterprise Networks (ENSLD 500-490) is a 90-minute exam
associated with the CCNP Enterprise Certification. This test certifies a candidate's knowledge of
enterprise design including advanced addressing and routing solutions, advanced enterprise campus
networks, WAN, security services, network services, and SDA. The course, Designing Cisco Enterprise
Networks, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.
The following courses are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However,
other related courses may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. To better reflect the contents
of the test and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
25% 1.0 Advanced Addressing and Routing Solutions
1.1 Create structured addressing plans for IPv4 and IPv6
1.2 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for IS-IS
1.3 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for EIGRP
1.4 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for OSPF
1.5 Create stable, secure, and scalable routing designs for BGP
1.5.a Address families
1.5.b Basic route filtering
1.5.c Attributes for path preference
1.5.d Route reflectors
1.5.e Load sharing
1.6 Determine IPv6 migration strategies
1.6.a Overlay (tunneling)
1.6.b Native (dual-stacking)
1.6.c Boundaries (IPv4/IPv6 translations)
25% 2.0 Advanced Enterprise Campus Networks
2.1 Design campus networks for high availability
2.1.a First Hop Redundancy Protocols
2.1.b Platform abstraction techniques
2.1.c Graceful restart
2.1.d BFD
2.2 Design campus Layer 2 infrastructures
2.2.a STP scalability
2.2.b Fast convergence
2.2.c Loop-free technologies
2.2.d PoE and WoL
2.3 Design multicampus Layer 3 infrastructures
2.3.a Convergence
2.3.b Load sharing
2.3.c Route summarization
2.3.d Route filtering
2.3.e VRFs
2.3.f Optimal topologies
2.3.g Redistribution
2.4 Describe SD-Access Architecture (underlay, overlay, control and data plane, automation, wireless, and security)
2.5 Describe SD-Access fabric design considerations for wired and wireless access (overlay, fabric design, control plan design, border design, segmentation, virtual networks, scalability, over the top and fabric for wireless, multicast)
20% 3.0 WAN for Enterprise Networks
3.1 Compare WAN connectivity options
3.1.a Layer 2 VPN
3.1.b MPLS Layer 3 VPN
3.1.c Metro Ethernet
3.1.d DWDM
3.1.e 4G/5G
3.1.f SD-WAN customer edge
3.2 Design site-to-site VPN
3.2.a Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN)
3.2.b Layer 2 VPN
3.2.c MPLS Layer 3 VPN
3.2.d IPsec
3.2.e Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
3.2.f Group Encrypted Transport VPN (GET VPN)
3.3 Design high availability for enterprise WAN
3.3.a Single-homed
3.3.b Multihomed
3.3.c Backup connectivity
3.3.d Failover
3.4 Describe Cisco SD-WAN Architecture (orchestration plane, management plane, control plane, data plane, on-boarding and provisioning, security)
3.5 Describe Cisco SD-WAN design considerations (control plane design, overlay design, LAN design, high availability, redundancy, scalability, security design, QoS and multicast over SD-WAN fabric)
20% 4.0 Network Services
4.1 Select appropriate QoS strategies to meet customer requirements (DiffServ, IntServ)
4.2 Design end-to-end QoS policies
4.2.a Classification and marking
4.2.b Shaping
4.2.c Policing
4.2.d Queuing
4.3 Design network management techniques
4.3.a In-band vs. out-of-band
4.3.b Segmented management networks
4.3.c Prioritizing network management traffic
4.4 Describe multicast routing concepts (source trees, shared trees, RPF, rendezvous points)
4.5 Design multicast services (SSM, PIM bidirectional, MSDP)
10% 5.0 Automation
5.1 Choose the correct YANG data model set based on requirements
5.2 Differentiate between IETF, Openconfig, and Cisco native YANG models
5.3 Differentiate between NETCONF and RESTCONF
5.4 Describe the impact of model-driven telemetry on the network
5.4.a Periodic publication
5.4.b On-change publication
5.5 Compare dial-in and dial-out approaches to model-driven telemetry
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http://killexams.com/pass4sure/exam-detail/500-490 Question: 32
Which component of the SD Access fabric is responsible for communicating with
networks that are external to the fabric?
A. edge nodes
B. control plane nodes
C. intermediate nodes
D. border-nodes Answer: A
Explanation:
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/solutions/CVD/Campus/CVD-Software-
Defined-Access-Design-Gu Question: 33
What are the three foundational elements required for the new operational paradigm'?
(Choose three.)
A. centralization
B. assurance
C. application QoS
D. multiple technologies at multiple OSI layers
E. policy based automated provisioning of network of
F. fabric Answer: B, C, E Question: 34
Which is a benefit of a cloud-based SD-WAN deployment?
A. might be required for compliance with industry standards
B. Controller availability never an issue
C. security never an issue
D. agility of change dependent only on your own internal IT processes
E. Instant scale Answer: E Question: 35
Which two statements are true regarding Cisco ISE? (Choose two.)
A. In distributed deployments, failover from primary to secondary Policy Administration
Nodes happens automatically.
B. The number of logs that ISE can retain is determined by your disk space
C. ISE supports IPv6 downloadable ACLs
D. ISE can detected endpoints whose addresses have been translated via NAT.
E. ISE supports up to 100 Policy Services Nodes
F. In two-node standalone ISE deployments failover must be done manually Answer: A, B
With a nearly $60 billion revenue run rate, growing at 14% and throwing off more than $5 billion in operating cash last quarter, Cisco Systems Inc. has an awesome business.
But customers are vocal about the complexity of Cisco’s portfolio and, if their concerns are not addressed head on, the company risks encountering friction beyond just economic headwinds. We believe Cisco’s challenges are most decidedly not product breadth and depth. Rather, the company’s mandate is to integrate the piece parts of its intricate offerings to create more facile and seamless experiences for customers.
In this Breaking Analysis and ahead of Cisco Live in Las Vegas June 4-8, we dig deeper into Cisco’s business and double-click on three key areas of its portfolio: 1) security; 2) networking; and 3) observability. We have spending data from Enterprise Technology Research and a guest appearance from SiliconANGLE contributor and market watcher Zeus Kerravala, principal at ZK Research.
Stocks of pure-play competitors outperforming Cisco year-to-date
Let’s start by doing some stock market comparisons.
The chart above shows year-to-date comparisons among Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Inc., Arista Networks Inc., Extreme Networks Inc. and the Nasdaq Composite. As you can see, the pure plays, as well as the NAS, are outperforming Cisco by a wide margin. That’s despite Cisco’s double-digit growth last quarter, 65% growth margins and a $200 billion market cap.
The reason is Chief Executive Chuck Robbins set modest expectations for 2024, which, when modeled out relative to Cisco’s longer-term outlook, suggest slowing momentum in the near- to mid-term. In addition, we believe the breadth of Cisco’s portfolio, while a key strength, also creates adoption challenges for the company’s customers.
What follows is a summary of how Kerravala interprets this data.
Kerravala sees this as a nuanced comparison between Cisco, a behemoth with an impressive cash generation capability, and smaller companies such as Arista and Extreme. Despite acknowledging the somewhat fair comparison, he suggests that Cisco is handicapped because smaller entities may capture the benefits of a market trend more swiftly, Cisco’s broad scope often hampers its ability to do so. But Cisco throws off more operating cash in a quarter than these companies generate in annual revenue.
He used the example of Zoom Video Communications Inc. and RingCentral Inc., noting how Cisco’s performance paled in comparison two years ago, but the tide has turned since then, with the unified communications sector waning, but Cisco thriving in relative terms.
Kerravala believes Cisco’s breadth and stability make it a safe investment bet, but its size prevents it from realizing the rapid growth that smaller, more specialized companies can. The broad spectrum of markets that Cisco operates in implies a reduced likelihood of success across all these fronts simultaneously.
Cisco’s complex business remains anchored in core networking
The table below represents the contribution of Cisco’s lines of business as reported in its financials. As we said at the top, 14% revenue growth is pretty astounding for a company of Cisco’s size. With tough comps ahead, it’s unlikely Cisco can keep up this pace.
Networking makes up more than half of Cisco’s revenue, but the company is growing its software contribution, which is just under 30% today, and its annual recurring revenue accounts for more than 40% of revenue, which gives the company better visibility on the future. This all helps prop up Cisco’s alluring 65%-plus gross margin model, which unlike many of its large incumbent competitors has held up well over decades. Moreover, Cisco’s shift to a recurring revenue and subscription model has been executed quite well compared with many firms (some much smaller, such as Splunk Inc.), which have struggled with that transition.
To break this down further, examining Cisco’s 10-K provides the following added context:
Secure, Agile Networks comprise core networking, switching, routing, wireless and compute. This includes products such as Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki and Cisco’s software-defined wide-area network products.
Internet for the Future includes optical networking, 5G, in-house silicon and optics solutions. This includes products such as the Cisco 8000, NCS 5500 and ASR 9000 series.
Collaboration includes Webex and call center solutions.
Optimized Application Experiences includes AppDynamics, ThousandEyes and Intersight.
Here are Kerravala’s thoughts on Cisco’s portfolio, the challenges they face and what’s needed going forward:
Historically, the IT ecosystem generally has been challenged to create interoperability and cross-platform optimization. Despite its wide array of excellent products, Cisco is an example of a company taking on this challenge. One can point to EMC as a company that was crushed under the weight of its complexity and was forced to sell. IBM deals with its complexity by overlaying a massive service organization on top of its products. Nonetheless, we believe Cisco has an opportunity to address this industry problem head on.
For context, Cisco in the 1990’s and beyond experienced tremendous growth, much of it through acquisitions. This created an integration challenge for CEO Chuck Robbins. Relatively early in his tenure, Robbins’ moved to reorganize the executive leadership team to address internal friction and it’s beginning to have a visible impact. As an example, Kerravala cites the appointment of General Manager Todd Nightingale as affecting the unification of the Meraki and Catalyst lines, contributing to simpler execution. Specifically, last year, Cisco enabled customers to view Catalyst devices on the Meraki dashboard. While this took the better part of a decade after the Meraki acquisition, it’s evidence that Robbins is steering the ship in the right direction.
But there’s more work to do. Within Cisco’s own ecosystem, products such as Webex, Meraki and Catalyst have not historically provided a significantly better experience on Cisco’s network than competing products. But that is starting to change under Robbins. Another example of opportunity to watch is Cisco’s portfolio of products such as Kenna, AnyConnect, Talos, Meraki and Catalyst. Today, these do not yet coalesce to form a comprehensive Cisco platform story but we expect that to change in the near term.
In addition, pay attention to the consolidation of mass scale, Internet for the Future, and Secure Agile Networks under Jonathan Davidson, which should lead to better interoperability between the telecom and enterprise sides.
Security under Jeetu Patel is another proof point. For example, the announcement of the XDR solution at the recent RSA Conference is Cisco’s first cross-security solution. Security presents a massive opportunity for the industry to simplify and for Cisco to lead.
The main takeaway is Kerravala posits that Cisco’s focus should be on creating a synergistic portfolio where the collective value exceeds the sum of the parts, as opposed to having to compete fiercely on a product-by-product basis. This he believes will be a sustainable advantage for Cisco.
Spending data underscores the macroeconomic impact on Cisco’s overall business
The ETR spending data for Cisco, at a high level, shows what virtually all tech companies are facing: a decrease in the percentage of customers that are spending more relative to last year.
The candlestick chart above shows the granularity of Net Score, ETR’s proprietary spending metric that measures customer spending patterns. Of the 1,700 information technology decision makers in the most recent ETR survey, more than 1,000 are Cisco customers – so we have a nice sample. The lime green is the percentage of those customers adding Cisco new, the forest green represents those spending 6% or more relative to last year, the gray is flat spend, the pink is spending down 6% or worse and the bright red is churn. Subtract red from green and you get Net Score, which is the blue line.
You can see the steadily declining trajectory because of the gray and the reds increasing. The brown line is the pervasiveness in the overall data set, which has actually held up well. Cisco has a massive installed base and it is stable, although more customers are leaving than are being added within this survey. Remember, this survey doesn’t measure spending amount, only the percentage of customers in each bucket.
We asked Kerravala if this accurately reflects his view of the market and is the deceleration a function of economic headwinds, complexity or both? What follows is a list of his key takeaways:
The competitive dynamics in the networking industry have significantly shifted, with Cisco now facing more formidable rivals such as Arista, Fortinet Inc., VMware Inc. and Extreme Networks.
The entry of cloud companies and Aruba into the networking market introduces additional competitive pressures.
These industry changes necessitate sharper sales execution from Cisco, as it can no longer rely on competitors’ missteps to retain its advantage.
In light of this more complex competitive landscape, Cisco’s strategy must evolve to distinguish itself effectively and maintain its leading position.
I do think a lot of what you’re looking at there is more credible vendors are in market and that has forced sharper sales execution than it did before. In the old days, Cisco could just show up and be assured that its competitors would mis-execute. That luxury is no longer in play.
Cisco’s center of gravity starts with core networking
Let’s drill into the segment data, starting with networks.
The chart above shows Net Score or spending velocity on the vertical axis and pervasiveness in the data set on the horizontal axis. The red dotted line at 40% indicates a highly elevated Net Score. We’ve highlighted Cisco overall and Meraki, a company Cisco bought in 2012 to help better control network devices.
As is evident, Cisco stands out as the clear leader here in both presence (X axis) with very respectable customer spending velocity on its products (Y axis). In fact, we saw earlier a 29% year-on-year revenue growth figure from last quarter in networking. That is amazing for such a large business. As Cisco works through its backlog, it creates uncertainty in the forecasts, but underlying demand for Cisco’s networking products is sound.
As well, you can see a number of other companies here, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s Aruba, Arista, VMware with NSX and a number of others, including Cloudflare Inc., which all are hovering near the elevated 40% line.
Kerravala laid out his thoughts as follows:
He is somewhat critical of Cisco’s approach to its Meraki and Catalyst product lines, not on the merit of their features and value but on the lines between them. He asserts that customers should not have to choose between them. He suggests a unified hardware line that offers customers the flexibility to manage it either through Meraki or the command-line interface, or CLI. Currently, a switch from Meraki to Catalyst necessitates a complete hardware overhaul, a problem that could be resolved by a common set of hardware compatible with both management methods.
Further, Kerravala notes that Cisco’s potential to integrate data center, campus and Wi-Fi certifications to Strengthen the user experience has yet to be fully realized. While some integration has occurred at the campus level, the data center side remains separate. He concludes that networks should deliver applications and experiences as a single, unified entity instead of being sold as separate silos, an approach that contributes to unnecessary complexity.
His key analysis points include:
He believes Cisco should offer a unified hardware line for customers, which could be managed either through Meraki or CLI, mitigating the need for a hardware overhaul when switching between the two.
By integrating data center, campus, and Wi-Fi certifications, Cisco could enhance the overall user experience.
The current siloed approach to network products adds unnecessary complexity, which, while non-trivial, will be addressed by treating the network as a single, unified entity focused on delivering applications and experiences.
Security is perhaps Cisco’s best upside opportunity
Let’s shift gears and look into the all-important and exceedingly crowded security sector.
Above we show the ETR spending data in the security market – same dimensions – Net Score on Y and Pervasion on the X. Microsoft Corp. is in the upper right and skews the data, but you can see Cisco has a major presence. As do Palo Alto Networks and Splunk. All credible on the vertical axis.
The leaders in presence are below the 40% line, but that’s expected for such large companies. The squiggly line represents Cisco’s path over the past 10 quarters. There is no debate that the company is very strong in security, but we believe it needs to do a better job consolidating the piece parts and simplifying customer outcomes.
Note that Cisco doesn’t have the spending velocity of the pure plays such as CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., Okta Inc., Zscaler Inc., CyberArk Software Ltd. and SailPoint Technologies Inc. — or even Cloudflare – but its Net Score is respectable. Cisco also just purchased Armorblox Inc., which uses artificial intelligence to reduce email and other risks.
In many ways we think Cisco could be a leader in the security supercloud, bridging on-premises, multiple clouds and edge security experiences.
The following summarizes Keravala’s thoughts:
Kerravala acknowledges Cisco’s success in the security sector, citing notable products such as Kenna, Talos, Umbrella, Duo and AnyConnect. However, he identifies a critical missing element: a more coherent Cisco security narrative. The fact that these products are still referred to individually underscores this problem.
According to Kerravala, the future of security is shifting toward platform-based solutions, moving away from signature-based systems to AI- and analytics-based models. Given Cisco’s broad network reach, the company should possess an unequalled advantage in security, having the ability to detect things that others can’t. Nevertheless, Cisco still needs to integrate its products and offerings better, a process that began with the XDR announcement at the RSA Conference and we believe will continue.
Key takeaways:
Cisco has a range of high-quality security products but lacks a unified security narrative.
The future of security is shifting toward platform-based solutions, underpinned by AI and analytics.
Despite their extensive network reach providing a potential competitive advantage, Cisco is expected to continue to Strengthen integration between their various offerings.
The announcement of the XDR solution at RSA was a positive step towards a more unified platform approach, and further advancements are anticipated at Cisco Live.
In many ways Cisco has been successful in security despite industry complexity and its own complex structure.
Let’s now dig into observability, which is sort of the confluence of log analytics, application performance management, monitoring and related fields. Cisco has a major stake in this business through its acquisitions of AppDynamics and ThousandEyes.
Before we look at the spending data, here’s what one customer said in an ETR roundtable about this topic:
This is a head of engineering… a customer who says I’m sticking with AppD. This person references the value of the ThousandEyes acquisition along with AppD and security. The application-centricity is an attractive dynamic to this Cisco shop. SecureX is Cisco’s integrated security play, which admittedly needs more and better integration. But basically in the second quote this person calls out the attractiveness and value of a single platform. If you’re a Cisco shop. And if not it’s a “free game” – perhaps implying a free-for-all of complexity.
AppD perhaps presents the biggest opportunity for Cisco since they’ve acquired it. I really expect AppDynamics to become the tip-of-the-arrow sale for Cisco… and I would like to see AppD become a lead sales tool across Cisco’s portfolio. I think it must (and will) happen -Zeus Kerravala
Key takeaways from Kerravala’s commentary on this topic:
He has high praise for ThousandEyes and AppDynamics and their adaptation into Cisco’s product portfolio. He particularly appreciates the internet performance visibility that ThousandEyes provides, which is especially critical in today’s corporate world where the internet is heavily relied upon for operations.
However, he feels Cisco has even more opportunities to use AppDynamics to increase its full potential. AppD’s ability to provide insights into application performance which can inform network upgrade decisions is powerful.
Kerravala sees recent improvements in Cisco’s understanding of how to effectively use AppDynamics, partly thanks to Liz Centoni’s oversight of emerging tech. He cites the introduction of “business risk observability” at Cisco Live EU as a positive development in this regard. This tool allows the mapping of threat data to application environments, which aids in prioritizing network and security initiatives by potential impact.
With AppDynamics, initiatives can now be ranked by business value, thus simplifying the sales model. It shifts the discussion from technical specifics to business metrics, helping communicate the business performance improvements that network upgrades can bring about.
Let’s get into the ETR data. ETR doesn’t have a full-stack observability category, but through this next view below we’re able to bring in various companies that are hovering around the space to see their relative positions.
It’s a similar chart above where we show Net Score against pervasiveness in the data. And we’ve plotted Splunk, Datadog Inc., Elastic N.V., Grafana Labs, Dynatrace Inc. and New Relic Inc.. You can see AppDynamics, which Cisco bought in 2017 for almost $4 billion. And it introduced Intersight shortly thereafter as a visualization and orchestration tool. But there were still holes in the portfolio as the market moved to full-stack observability, so Cisco bought ThousandEyes during the COVID pandemic for about $1 billion. Then it sort of strung them together with an overlay, but the story is not over.
Cisco has an opportunity to really take these pieces and integrate them across the portfolio in a potentially game-changing way. At least in the manner that one customer described earlier – especially for Cisco shops.
Kerravala’s primary argument is that the industry needs to to deliver on the vision of full-stack observability. Cisco has an opportunity to lead by streamlining its many panes-of-glass solutions into a unified, intuitive dashboard. The diverse range of visibility tools it currently offers could be more effectively utilized if they were integrated into one comprehensive system, with AppD serving as the principal lens. Operational specifics could then be accessed through drill-down features, allowing for a more organized and efficient user experience. This could be game-changing for Cisco.
Kerravala’s key takeaways on observability:
Cisco must make good on its promise of full-stack observability.
The current multitude of Cisco’s single-pane-of-glass solutions should be streamlined into a unified dashboard.
AppD should be the main view, with the ability to drill down into the other specific tools.
He recognizes that Cisco already has all the necessary components; the challenge lies in integrating them into a cohesive system.
Kerravala just published a “Know before you go” post on SiliconANGLE, outlining his thoughts on what to expect at Cisco Live. Let’s review that and what we’ll be looking for next week.
Whither AI for Cisco?
A key question is how Cisco will handle AI. These days, brands run the risk AI washing, but if you bury the AI lede, you look less relevant. In our view, Cisco at the very least has to use AI to make Cisco infrastructure run better and more secure through automation and better management.
Here’s a summary of key points from our conversation with Zeus on what to expect from Cisco Live in terms of AI:
We don’t expect Cisco to brand itself as an AI company like Nvidia Corp. or even IBM Corp.’s attempts to do so. Instead, AI will remain an integral part of their overall toolkit used to build their products.
AI has been part of Cisco’s portfolio for a while. It underpins products such as intent-based networking and Encrypted Traffic Analytics, which uses AI to detect malware in encrypted traffic.
The company’s collaboration portfolio is also AI-rich, but it is considered more of an operational tool rather than a product that’s sold separately.
AI might be highlighted more during keynotes due to current hype, but it’s not the company’s primary focus.
The use of AI, such as a ChatGPT-like interface, could be beneficial for Cisco’s operations, like using Webex to find information or for network operations to identify areas in need of upgrades. This would essentially make their portfolio more user-friendly.
Natural language processing can simplify interfaces, relieving the load from high-level engineers and delegating tasks to tier one or two support.
The security opportunity calls for Cisco
We’ll be watching the security space closely. We believe it’s a mandate that Cisco integrate its vast portfolio across on-prem, all the major clouds and out to the edge. Palo Alto Networks has the leg up on consolidation in our opinion, but Cisco has such a major presence that it can do very well in this area, coming at the problem its strength in networking.
Here’s a summary of what we think Cisco needs to do in security and what we’ll hear at Cisco Live:
Security is important because it offers the most substantial growth potential for Cisco, as it is a single-digit player in a market projected to be worth $75 billion-plus.
Even a slight increase in market share, such as reaching 10%, would greatly boost Cisco’s revenue.
The long-term vision is to have Cisco’s security share match its network share, and to have Cisco network and Cisco security working together for improved risk identification and resolution.
We hope to see more integration of Cisco’s cloud security products to create a more unified and user-friendly experience.
The security industry often makes the user the integration point, which can lead to confusion and inefficiency. This needs to be addressed by the industry at large and Cisco has an opportunity to attack this problem.
Cisco is in a unique position to make security more user-friendly and seamless because it owns the network and can embed a lot of security features into it.
We anticipate hearing more about Cisco’s progress on its vision for security and expect to see more of the product roadmap at the upcoming event.
Can Cisco be the supercloud network?
Core networking is always a the forefront of Cisco Live. I keep coming back to the supercloud concept – a singular experience across clouds in a cloud-native fashion. Can Cisco bridge the legacy world of apps and infrastructure with cloud-native?
Cisco is not going to become a cloud provider like Amazon Web Services Inc., but it has the potential to be an abstraction layer that enables the concept of a “supercloud.”
A network supercloud would allow customers to use multiple cloud providers, edge locations, and private data centers seamlessly as one logical cloud.
Traditional cloud providers will not enable this, as their tools are specific to their platforms. Cisco, however, can provide network transport, security and optimization that transcend individual cloud platforms.
Cisco can become the bridge between physical clouds and create a logical supercloud thanks to its work with cloud providers, telcos and tools such as ThousandEyes and AppDynamics.
This process begins with networking, hoping to see more progress with the Meraki/Catalyst integration at the upcoming show. We are also looking for advancements in consolidating different versions of Wi-Fi and other disparate parts of Cisco’s networking story.
Collaboration: Hybrid work is still a big thing
What about collaboration? That business went from rocket ship to rapid deceleration post-pandemic, but hybrid work isn’t going away and it brings real challenges. Is this a game of integrating with your security portfolio to reduce risk? Or creating better and more simplified user experiences? We know that Jeetu Patel wants to make Webex 10 times better than any other platform.
We believe Cisco’s primary challenge in the collaboration market is Microsoft Teams. Despite having a poorer user experience compared with competitors, Teams is widely adopted thanks to its inclusion in Microsoft licensing plans.
Teams, however, can prove costly when additional features such as voice and security are added.
Cisco has accepted the coexistence with Teams, allowing its devices to run Teams natively. This could be beneficial as companies are likely to use more than one collaboration vendor.
We believe Cisco’s WebEx, loaded with extensive features, can offer a better experience for specific departments and expand its presence within organizations gradually.
A suggested strategy for Cisco is to manage other collaboration platforms through the WebEx console, offering better management for those platforms and then gradually introducing their own solutions.
In the context of observability, the application-centric view is crucial. Prioritizing network upgrades and security deployments based on their impact on application performance can provide quantifiable business metrics.
Cisco’s AppDynamics offers a unique perspective into application performance that other infrastructure vendors may lack. This tool could be instrumental in making such decisions.
Application centricity is the opportunity in full-stack observability
Cisco we think has an opportunity to make some moves in full-stack observability, but the linchpin as Kerravala wrote on SiliconANGLE is the application-centric view of the world. The two main takeaways from our conversation on observability include:
The application-centric view is crucial. Prioritizing network upgrades and security deployments based on their impact on application performance can provide quantifiable business metrics.
Cisco’s AppDynamics offers a unique perspective into application performance that other infrastructure vendors may lack. This tool could be instrumental in making such decisions.
Every large tech company has to address ESG
And finally we asked Kerravala if he has ever been to a Cisco Live where Chuck Robbins hasn’t done his part to address environmental, social and governance issues? Here’s a summary of what we discussed:
Cisco has a corporate goal to positively impact a billion lives by 2025. It’s making significant progress toward this goal through a variety of programs. It’s part of the Global Citizen group, and it conducts contests and provide financial support to entrepreneurs aiming to make the world a better place.
Cisco’s products also help with sustainability. They are embedded with features such as EnergyWise, which shuts off the network when it is not in use and turns it back on when it is needed.
Cisco’s custom application-specific integrated circuits are optimized for specific network functions, leading to lower power consumption.
The company offers Power over Ethernet features to further support sustainability.
At events such as Cisco Live, it has highlighted these sustainability features, and we expect to see more of this in the future.
We didn’t talk much about edge, but it’s a significant part of the future and we anticipate hearing more about it in the future.
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Sat, 03 Jun 2023 05:07:00 -0500en-UStext/htmlhttps://siliconangle.com/2023/06/03/cisco-needs-simplify-heres/Cisco’s customer experience group aims to boost ROI for enterprise purchases
Cisco continues to invest in its customer experience (CX) group, which provides product lifecycle management and aims to ensure that customers get what they want out of their technology purchases.
Alistair Wildman, senior vice president of Cisco Global Customer Experience, says his team of 20,000 is primed to make sure enterprises are effectively choosing, implementing, and using the technologies they purchase to achieve their business goals. Cisco CX offers a suite of services to help customers optimize their network infrastructure, security, collaboration, cloud and data center operations – from planning and design to implementation and maintenance.
“We are really focused on making sure that we understand the use cases behind why customers bought the technology they did and [helping] them maintain it, run it if necessary, upgrade software, [or] whatever is needed to make sure customers get a return on investment as soon as possible [and] achieve the business outcomes they expected when buying Cisco products,” Wildman said.
In addition to making sure customer networks, software and services are working as advertised, a key part of CX is to grow customer retention and bolster hardware and software sales, although CX isn’t directly involved in selling.
As a real-world example of what CX does, “we have a customer who wants to make sure their network is current, but they have only small windows to perform changes and upgrades,” Wildman said. “We'll set the automation and run the changes, and we do it with optimization, security and usability in mind.”
“Others may want something as simple as to refresh the network so that all their end users at the offices have a great Wi-Fi experience. Or they want to secure the network and have a great application experience. Whatever it may be, we focus on that,” Wildman said.
The CX Cloud is core to the CX mission, and it incorporates a wide range of information from Cisco, including best practices, telemetry, AI/ML-driven insights, use cases, and contextual learning, Wildman said. There is a CX Cloud for partners, CX-P, as well.
“With CX cloud, the idea is that we want to [include] as many relevant services and information for the customer so they don't have to go to 20 places. It's a one-stop shop for Cisco,” Wildman said. “And as we further develop the cloud, and we release new features every month, we're adding more functionality. So, all of our as-a-service offers and customer consumption data will be in CX Cloud.”
With specific services, CX can see all the assets in an enterprise network, including security and collaboration details, and that information shows up in the CX cloud, Wildman said. “We can tell you how many switches you've got, we can tell you how many routers you've got, we can tell how many collaboration devices, we can say what software version to run,” for example.
With visibility into enterprise assets, CX can capture data and telemetry and use data analytics to make recommendations. For example, “we can tell customers a particular router is running an end-of-life software and it needs to be updated,” Wildman said.
“We can automate responses and then use AI and ML to understand network [trends]. And then because we have all of this information, we can predict network failures and other events,” Wildman said. “We have more information than anybody else about networking because of who we are.”
Security, automation and sustainability are among the trend areas that CX tracks. “Just simply helping to secure these large networks, and helping customers maintain and refresh and understand the lifecycle of all their security products, is a big job,” Wildman said.
On the sustainability front, CX offers lifecycle services that look at energy consumption in hardware and can make recommendations based on power, Wildman said. “RFPs at the moment nearly always have a sustainability as a requirement.”
Customers invest a lot of money in technology, Wildman said, “so we have to be laser focused and be able to show the ROI on those investments. We want to make sure that if you go with us, that we have the customer’s back.”
Mon, 15 May 2023 16:45:00 -0500entext/htmlhttps://www.networkworld.com/article/3695580/ciscos-customer-experience-group-aims-to-boost-roi-for-enterprise-purchases.htmlCisco High SchoolNo result found, try new keyword!High school students take AP® exams and IB exams to earn college credit and demonstrate success at college-level coursework. U.S. News calculated a College Readiness Index based on AP/IB test ...Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0500text/htmlhttps://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/texas/districts/cisco-independent-school-district/cisco-high-school-18808VAST Data Continues To Expand Its Reach Through Partnerships
There has never been a better time to be a data management company. Digital transformation initiatives, the rise of AI thrown into hyperdrive by ChatGPT and the vast expansion of edge computing all make data—and the transformation and analysis of data—critical for modern business. To that end, it seems like there is a new AI, analytics or other data-adjacent company launching every day trying to catch this wave. And all of these workloads need highly performant storage. More concretely, there is certainly a lot of VC money pouring into this part of the tech industry.
So, how does one discern between the winners and losers in a tech market that feels like 2000 all over again? Well, Yogi Berra once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching," and as painful as it is for this Red Sox fan to admit, he was right. And carefully watching a company like VAST Data certainly makes it seem like this is a company built for long-term success.
VAST Data has experienced a meteoric rise in the market.
VAST Data
In a market brimming with both established companies and exciting startups, why VAST Data? I'll share my thoughts on that in this piece.
VAST has a killer product
The first rule of establishing long-term success is to truly solve the challenges that customers face, and to do it compellingly. What's the challenge in enterprise storage? Well, there are a few things. The first is summed up in one word: silos. Any company that's been around for a while has multiple storage environments deployed to serve different functions. For example, AI's latency requirements, not to mention its cost sensitivity, differ from those of a departmental database. Deploying multiple storage environments to support these disparate (and sometimes conflicting) requirements implies different storage architectures with different storage administrators and different protocols (e.g., NFS, SMB) across various cloud services (AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and so on).
The other challenge is complexity. It only takes a little imagination to see the complexity that’s introduced into an enterprise when deploying and maintaining file, block and object stores, whether we’re talking about resiliency or simply using the data within these stores. Life is difficult for administrators, developers and business users.
But complexity is not just about different storage types for different workloads. There’s also the locality issue. Data is generated, stored and used everywhere—in the datacenter, on the edge, on the far edge, on the industrial edge, in the cloud. Maintaining this distributed storage environment isn’t just challenging—it’s seemingly impossible.
Finally, the cost of maintaining these different data stores can be prohibitive, if you haven’t hit that point yet, you should probably recheck your IT spend. This is so because of all the challenges outlined above.
But what if I could eliminate the siloes and simplify my storage architecture using a universal platform that accounted for performance, scale, complexity and existing silos? Wouldn't that make life easier and lower my cost? The answer is yes, and VAST Data has delivered just such a solution.
The VAST Data Platform manages enterprise storage needs.
VAST Data
Regardless of data type, data location or function, VAST has a single platform to manage the needs of the enterprise. And it does this with a design focus on openness, scalability and cost.
So, considering the first rule of long-term success—having a killer product—VAST Data earns a check mark.
VAST meets the needs of many
Here’s what I like about what VAST has designed. Its product sits at the foundational level for multiple technology inflection points—analytics, AI, generative AI—that all rely on data. Likewise, any database or data store type (SQL, graph, key-value, document, column-oriented etc.) requires a performant back-end storage layer. And finally, regardless of data locality, the performant foundational storage platform underlying it will dictate how well workloads perform.
Winning across verticals, workloads, functions
VAST Data
I’ve seen a lot of companies come and go trying to meet the very specific needs of the market. In fact, I’ve been an employee at a few of these companies. Their lifespan is often limited due to the narrow focus or applicability of their offering, which means that their innovation might work only for one point in time in a market’s trajectory. By contrast, the VAST Data platform is engineered to be universal in terms of the functions it supports both today and in the long term.
VAST has won in the most competitive market segments
If you want to see a company's potential, look at its customer base's diversity, in terms of both segmentation and vertical industry. While a diverse customer base doesn't guarantee success, a limited customer base certainly limits growth potential.
VAST has done an excellent job of winning in the markets where performance matters, across various customer types.
VAST is winning across the market
VAST Data
As you can see from this sampling of customers, VAST is winning across segments with widely divergent purchase criteria. Whether a customer is focused on performance, scale or TCO, VAST seems to have an answer. And this is happening across verticals, from education to life sciences to content management. Again, this universal appeal says a lot about the long-term prospects for VAST.
Partnerships validate VAST’s solution and drive its TAM expansion
Finally, when considering whether a company has the technology and appeal for the long term, look to its validation in the market. In the case of VAST, we can look at two of the technology partnerships it has formed.
In April, HPE announced a partnership with VAST for file storage. In this partnership, VAST will be the brains (i.e., software) behind the GreenLake for file storage solution (you can read my coverage of that here). And just a couple of weeks ago, Nvidia certified VAST as the first NAS solution for its DGX SuperPOD (learn more about that here).
These partnerships are essential for a couple of reasons. First, they validate VAST's architecture and technology. When innovators select your company as a foundational part of their solutions, that's a big deal.
Second, these partnerships expand VAST's access to new markets. The company has already done quite well in the high-end storage market, but these partnerships should expand VAST's total addressable market (TAM). I believe the HPE partnership will immediately impact VAST's appeal "downstream," while the Nvidia certification will raise awareness of VAST in the higher-performance market segments.
Closing thoughts
The data management and storage market is full of strong players and compelling solutions. I've been in the technology field for a long time as an IT executive, consultant, marketer and now analyst, but I've never experienced so much growth and dynamism. In the current market, we will definitely see winners and losers shake out. The winners will include established tech companies that have responded to the market's needs as well as new entrants. And the losers will also include well-established companies along with newer entrants that fail to generate broad enough appeal.
From my vantage point of “observing by watching,” I’m putting VAST in the winner’s column. Is it still early in the game? Yes—but all the telltale signs are there.
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Fri, 02 Jun 2023 02:37:00 -0500Matt Kimballentext/htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2023/06/02/vast-data-continues-to-expand-its-reach-through-partnerships/NTT and Cisco Launch IoT as-a-Service for Enterprise Customers
Powered by the latest enterprise-grade Edge and IoT technologies to support operational efficiencies and sustainability goals.
Expanded Cisco partnership supported by NTT's dedicated IoT business unit to accelerate 100s of use cases in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.
NTT's IoT managed services expertise complemented by Cisco's IoT capabilities to transform utilities, such as water quality management, consumption, distribution, and maintenance operations.
NTT Ltd., a leading IT infrastructure and services company, and Cisco, a worldwide leader in technology, today announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to Strengthen operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals.
Leveraging NTT's Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco's IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two companies will offer real-time data insights, enhanced security, improved decision-making, and reduced operational costs through predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and supply chain management capabilities.
The companies will deliver solutions that combine NTT's Managed Services expertise, automation capabilities at the edge, and the management of complex IT environments, with Cisco's IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
As part of today's news, NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business that brings together more than 1000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities and more. NTT has already trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate the companies' combined capabilities and go-to-market efforts.
"We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver a powerful portfolio of repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions. We're in a unique position," said Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.
"We are excited to work together to help transition our customers to this IoT-as-a-Service model so they can quickly realize the business benefits across industries and around the globe," said Samuel Pasquier, VP of Product Management, Industrial IoT Networking, Cisco.
Transforming Water Management Through Smart Solutions
NTT and Cisco are developing solutions and go-to-market offers focusing on industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare, where there is a growing demand for edge computing and IoT solutions. The two companies are already deploying this advanced ‘ruggedized' service to several customers including Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux (CILE), a public water distribution company located in Belgium.
NTT and Cisco have deployed thousands of LoRaWAN sensors across CILE's infrastructure to provide remote visibility that improves operational efficiencies related to water quality, consumption, distribution, and maintenance. The solution also includes advanced technologies such as smart distribution networks, remote memorizing through smart meters, smart grid for remote management, connected IoT objects, and AI, delivered as a managed service. The network also provides the building blocks to support other sustainability use cases such as waste management, parking management, water quality and street light controls.
"At CILE, we provide critical infrastructure for 24 cities in Belgium, which means efficiency, security and reliability are key," said William de Angelis, CIO and CDO at CILE. "With NTT and Cisco's support, we have real-time insights into our facilities and distribution networks, including faster detection of leaks, allowing us to respond to issues instantaneously and expand the network to other sustainability use cases."
NTT Ramps Up IoT Consulting and Services Business
In a move to prioritize and scale IoT for clients and partners, NTT has activated an IOT-dedicated business unit bringing together deep expertise and capabilities from around the globe. The team of 1,000 consultants, engineers, enterprise architects, and sustainability experts will build, deploy, and manage more than 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories and more.
"We're doubling down on NTT's IoT capabilities to meet customer demand," continued Yaung. "What we're doing is pulling together our collective knowledge and skillsets, and putting the full power of NTT behind it, to better service our customers and the increasing need to outfit or retrofit their organizations with the connectivity and visibility they need to Strengthen day-to-day business operations."
The global IoT market is expected to grow 19 percent in 2023, with a potential market size of $483 billion by 2027.
#ENDS#
About NTT Ltd. As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organizations' edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multicloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable and customizable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organizations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.
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Thu, 18 May 2023 00:06:00 -0500text/htmlhttps://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/23/05/b32463355/ntt-and-cisco-launch-iot-as-a-service-for-enterprise-customersNTT and Cisco Launch IoT as-a-Service for Enterprise CustomersNo result found, try new keyword!LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT Ltd., a leading IT infrastructure and services company, and Cisco, a worldwide leader ... SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.Sun, 21 May 2023 22:05:00 -0500https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230518005431/en/NTT-and-Cisco-Launch-IoT-as-a-Service-for-Enterprise-Customers/NTT and Cisco Launch IoT as-a-Service for Enterprise Customers
NTT and Cisco Launch IoT as-a-Service for Enterprise Customers
Powered by the latest enterprise-grade Edge and IoT technologies to support operational efficiencies and sustainability goals.
Expanded Cisco partnership supported by NTT’s dedicated IoT business unit to accelerate 100s of use cases in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.
NTT’s IoT managed services expertise complemented by Cisco’s IoT capabilities to transform utilities, such as water quality management, consumption, distribution, and maintenance operations.
NTT Ltd., a leading IT infrastructure and services company, and Cisco, a worldwide leader in technology, today announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to Strengthen operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals.
Leveraging NTT’s Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco’s IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two companies will offer real-time data insights, enhanced security, improved decision-making, and reduced operational costs through predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and supply chain management capabilities.
The companies will deliver solutions that combine NTT’s Managed Services expertise, automation capabilities at the edge, and the management of complex IT environments, with Cisco’s IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
As part of today’s news, NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business that brings together more than 1000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities and more. NTT has already trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate the companies’ combined capabilities and go-to-market efforts.
“We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver a powerful portfolio of repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions. We’re in a unique position,” said Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.
“We are excited to work together to help transition our customers to this IoT-as-a-Service model so they can quickly realize the business benefits across industries and around the globe,” said Samuel Pasquier, VP of Product Management, Industrial IoT Networking, Cisco.
Transforming Water Management Through Smart Solutions
NTT and Cisco are developing solutions and go-to-market offers focusing on industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare, where there is a growing demand for edge computing and IoT solutions. The two companies are already deploying this advanced ‘ruggedized’ service to several customers including Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux (CILE), a public water distribution company located in Belgium.
NTT and Cisco have deployed thousands of LoRaWAN sensors across CILE’s infrastructure to provide remote visibility that improves operational efficiencies related to water quality, consumption, distribution, and maintenance. The solution also includes advanced technologies such as smart distribution networks, remote memorizing through smart meters, smart grid for remote management, connected IoT objects, and AI, delivered as a managed service. The network also provides the building blocks to support other sustainability use cases such as waste management, parking management, water quality and street light controls.
“At CILE, we provide critical infrastructure for 24 cities in Belgium, which means efficiency, security and reliability are key," said William de Angelis, CIO and CDO at CILE. “With NTT and Cisco’s support, we have real-time insights into our facilities and distribution networks, including faster detection of leaks, allowing us to respond to issues instantaneously and expand the network to other sustainability use cases.”
NTT Ramps Up IoT Consulting and Services Business
In a move to prioritize and scale IoT for clients and partners, NTT has activated an IOT-dedicated business unit bringing together deep expertise and capabilities from around the globe. The team of 1,000 consultants, engineers, enterprise architects, and sustainability experts will build, deploy, and manage more than 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories and more.
“We’re doubling down on NTT’s IoT capabilities to meet customer demand,” continued Yaung. “What we’re doing is pulling together our collective knowledge and skillsets, and putting the full power of NTT behind it, to better service our customers and the increasing need to outfit or retrofit their organizations with the connectivity and visibility they need to Strengthen day-to-day business operations.”
The global IoT market is expected to grow 19 percent in 2023, with a potential market size of $483 billion by 2027.
#ENDS#
About NTT Ltd. As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organizations’ edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multicloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable and customizable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organizations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.
About Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in technology that powers the Internet. Cisco inspires new possibilities by reimagining your applications, securing your data, transforming your infrastructure, and empowering your teams for a global and inclusive future. Discover more on The Newsroom and follow us on Twitter at @Cisco.
Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.
Thu, 18 May 2023 00:16:00 -0500entext/htmlhttps://www.morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20230518005431/ntt-and-cisco-launch-iot-as-a-service-for-enterprise-customersNTT and Cisco Launch IoT as-a-Service for Enterprise Customers
Powered by the latest enterprise-grade Edge and IoT technologies to support operational efficiencies and sustainability goals.
Expanded Cisco partnership supported by NTT’s dedicated IoT business unit to accelerate 100s of use cases in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.
NTT’s IoT managed services expertise complemented by Cisco’s IoT capabilities to transform utilities, such as water quality management, consumption, distribution, and maintenance operations.
LONDON, May 18, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NTT Ltd., a leading IT infrastructure and services company, and Cisco, a worldwide leader in technology, today announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to Strengthen operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals.
Leveraging NTT’s Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco’s IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two companies will offer real-time data insights, enhanced security, improved decision-making, and reduced operational costs through predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and supply chain management capabilities.
The companies will deliver solutions that combine NTT’s Managed Services expertise, automation capabilities at the edge, and the management of complex IT environments, with Cisco’s IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
As part of today’s news, NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business that brings together more than 1000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities and more. NTT has already trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate the companies’ combined capabilities and go-to-market efforts.
"We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver a powerful portfolio of repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions. We’re in a unique position," said Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.
"We are excited to work together to help transition our customers to this IoT-as-a-Service model so they can quickly realize the business benefits across industries and around the globe," said Samuel Pasquier, VP of Product Management, Industrial IoT Networking, Cisco.
Transforming Water Management Through Smart Solutions
NTT and Cisco are developing solutions and go-to-market offers focusing on industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare, where there is a growing demand for edge computing and IoT solutions. The two companies are already deploying this advanced ‘ruggedized’ service to several customers including Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux (CILE), a public water distribution company located in Belgium.
NTT and Cisco have deployed thousands of LoRaWAN sensors across CILE’s infrastructure to provide remote visibility that improves operational efficiencies related to water quality, consumption, distribution, and maintenance. The solution also includes advanced technologies such as smart distribution networks, remote memorizing through smart meters, smart grid for remote management, connected IoT objects, and AI, delivered as a managed service. The network also provides the building blocks to support other sustainability use cases such as waste management, parking management, water quality and street light controls.
"At CILE, we provide critical infrastructure for 24 cities in Belgium, which means efficiency, security and reliability are key," said William de Angelis, CIO and CDO at CILE. "With NTT and Cisco’s support, we have real-time insights into our facilities and distribution networks, including faster detection of leaks, allowing us to respond to issues instantaneously and expand the network to other sustainability use cases."
NTT Ramps Up IoT Consulting and Services Business
In a move to prioritize and scale IoT for clients and partners, NTT has activated an IOT-dedicated business unit bringing together deep expertise and capabilities from around the globe. The team of 1,000 consultants, engineers, enterprise architects, and sustainability experts will build, deploy, and manage more than 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories and more.
"We’re doubling down on NTT’s IoT capabilities to meet customer demand," continued Yaung. "What we’re doing is pulling together our collective knowledge and skillsets, and putting the full power of NTT behind it, to better service our customers and the increasing need to outfit or retrofit their organizations with the connectivity and visibility they need to Strengthen day-to-day business operations."
The global IoT market is expected to grow 19 percent in 2023, with a potential market size of $483 billion by 2027.
#ENDS#
About NTT Ltd. As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organizations’ edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multicloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable and customizable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organizations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.
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Thu, 18 May 2023 00:16:00 -0500en-UStext/htmlhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/ntt-cisco-launch-iot-enterprise-120000286.htmlNTT and Cisco launch IoT-as-a-Service for enterprise customers
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NTT Ltd., an IT infrastructure and services company, and Cisco have announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that pragmatically support large organisations’ sustainability goals.
Leveraging NTT’s Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco’s IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two companies will offer real-time data insights, enhanced security, improved decision-making, and reduced operational costs through predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and supply chain management capabilities.
“We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver a powerful portfolio of repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions. We’re in a unique position,” said Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.
The companies will deliver solutions that combine NTT’s Managed Services expertise, real-time analytics, automation capabilities at the edge, and the management of complex IT environments with Cisco’s IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business, which brings together more than 1000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities, and more. NTT has already trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate its combined capabilities and go-to-market efforts, according to the company.
“We are excited to work together to accelerate our customers to this IOT-as-a-Service model so they can quickly realise business benefits across industries and the globe,” said Samuel Pasquier, VP of Product Management, Industrial IoT Networking, Cisco.
Fri, 19 May 2023 20:13:00 -0500entext/htmlhttps://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/ntt-and-cisco-launch-iot-as-a-service-for-enterprise-customers/article66869930.eceNTT And Cisco Launch Iot As-A-Service For Enterprise Customers
(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (business wire ) -- ntt ltd. , a leading IT infrastructure and services company, and cisco , a worldwide leader in technology, today announced a collaboration to develop and deploy joint solutions that empower organizations to Strengthen operational efficiencies and advance sustainability goals.
Leveraging NTT's Edge as a Service portfolio and Cisco's IoT capabilities, solutions developed by the two companies will offer real-time data insights, enhanced security, improved decision-making, and reduced operational costs through predictive maintenance, asset tracking, and supply chain management capabilities.
The companies will deliver solutions that combine NTT's Managed Services expertise, automation capabilities at the edge, and the management of complex IT environments, with Cisco's IoT capabilities, including Low Power Wide Area Networking (LoRaWAN).
As part of today's news, NTT has bolstered its IoT consulting and services business that brings together more than 1000 practitioners and 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories, utilities and more. NTT has already trained more than 500 Cisco sales experts to accelerate the companies' combined capabilities and go-to-market efforts.
“We are accelerating our IoT business initiatives to deliver a powerful portfolio of repeatable services that can be tailored to meet customer demand for these kinds of solutions. We're in a unique position,” said Devin Yaung, SVP of Group Enterprise IoT Products and Services at NTT.
“We are excited to work together to help transition our customers to this IoT-as-a-Service model so they can quickly realize the business benefits across industries and around the globe,” said Samuel Pasquier, VP of Product Management, Industrial IoT Networking, Cisco.
Transforming Water Management Through Smart Solutions
NTT and Cisco are developing solutions and go-to-market offers focusing on industries such as manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare, where there is a growing demand for edge computing and IoT solutions. The two companies are already deploying this advanced 'ruggedized' service to several customers including Compagnie Intercommunale Liégeoise des Eaux (cile ), a public water distribution company located in Belgium.
NTT and Cisco have deployed thousands of LoRaWAN sensors across CILE's infrastructure to provide remote visibility that improves operational efficiencies related to water quality, consumption, distribution, and maintenance. The solution also includes advanced technologies such as smart distribution networks, remote memorizing through smart meters, smart grid for remote management, connected IoT objects, and AI, delivered as a managed service. The network also provides the building blocks to support other sustainability use cases such as waste management, parking management, water quality and street light controls.
“At CILE, we provide critical infrastructure for 24 cities in Belgium, which means efficiency, security and reliability are key," said William de Angelis, CIO and CDO at CILE.“With NTT and Cisco's support, we have real-time insights into our facilities and distribution networks, including faster detection of leaks, allowing us to respond to issues instantaneously and expand the network to other sustainability use cases.”
NTT Ramps Up IoT Consulting and Services Business
In a move to prioritize and scale IoT for clients and partners, NTT has activated an IOT-dedicated business unit bringing together deep expertise and capabilities from around the globe. The team of 1,000 consultants, engineers, enterprise architects, and sustainability experts will build, deploy, and manage more than 100 use cases in areas such as connected cars, fleet management, predictive maintenance, smart cities, digital twins, connected factories and more.
“We're doubling down on NTT's IoT capabilities to meet customer demand,” continued Yaung.“What we're doing is pulling together our collective knowledge and skillsets, and putting the full power of NTT behind it, to better service our customers and the increasing need to outfit or retrofit their organizations with the connectivity and visibility they need to Strengthen day-to-day business operations.”
The global iot market is expected to grow 19 percent in 2023, with a potential market size of $483 billion by 2027.
#ENDS#
About NTT Ltd. As part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider, NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company serving 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We lay the foundation for organizations' edge-to-cloud networking ecosystem, simplify the complexity of their workloads across multicloud environments, and innovate at the edge of their IT environments where networks, cloud and applications converge. We offer tailored infrastructure and ensure consistent best practices in design and operations across all of our secure, scalable and customizable data centers. On the journey towards a software-defined future, we support organizations with our platform-delivered infrastructure services. We enable a connected future.
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About Cisco Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in technology that powers the Internet. Cisco inspires new possibilities by reimagining your applications, securing your data, transforming your infrastructure, and empowering your teams for a global and inclusive future. Discover more on the newsroom and follow us on Twitter at @cisco .
Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at . Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.
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