fast it workshop: blog series
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Fast IT WorkshopBlog Series
Exploring how responsive and programmable infrastructure helps IT leaders succeed.
Colin KincaidVice President of Marketing for the
Networking Software Group, Cisco
Meet the Authors:
Jim Grubb Vice President, Emerging
Technologies & Chief Demonstration Officer,
Cisco
Doug WebsterVice President, Global
Marketing and Corporate Communications, Cisco
Jeff ReedVice President &
General Manager, Enterprise Networking
Group, Cisco
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Fast IT Workshop #1 - Beyond SDN: Expanding the Conversation
Software-defined networking tends to
have a different meaning for everyone.
IT must deliver business value faster with a simple, smart and secure model.
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SDN can mean one of three things:1. Centralized control which is especially popular
with data centers2. Centralized control but with lots of distributed
intelligence, or3. Software programmability into existing
infrastructure, meaning more of an orchestration set
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SDN tends to have a meaning for everybody, but
the old way of doing things won’t work. It’s important to expand the SDN
conversation to include application-centricity, automation, virtualization and orchestration –
what we call Fast IT.
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IT leaders need to focus on next-generation infrastructure capabilities like
programmability, automation, and orchestration that will empower a Fast IT
model, as this will ultimately deliver comprehensive results.
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Fast IT Workshop #2 - Roadmap to Fast IT
Our four-step roadmap will help
your IT organization take critical steps toward a Fast IT
model.
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Step 1: Virtualize your Compute and Storage Infrastructure
Standardizing and treating your resources as a single, converged infrastructure pool allows dynamic provisioning and faster time to
deployment. Virtualization enables IT to provide services that scale seamlessly across
a standardized infrastructure.
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Step 2: Get Your Feet Wet with Programmability
In a software-defined architecture, management and control of the networking, storage and data
center infrastructure are automated through software rather than box-by-box components.
Programming network behavior is a valuable capability for
every organization.
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Step 3: Develop Increasingly Sophisticated Infrastructure PoliciesMaking your infrastructure application-aware with centralized automation and policy-driven application profiles delivers software flexibility with the scalability of hardware performance.
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Step 4: Implement a Cloud Strategy for the Intercloud
One-size does not fit all. A combination of public
and private cloud and dedicated servers working together delivers the best results in terms of
performance, total cost of ownership, investment protection, and security and
compliance.
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Fast IT Workshop #3 - What Fast IT Means for Service Providers
Service Providers are accelerating
transformation of their architecture and will benefit through new
revenue streams, lower operating expenses and
increase agility.
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To thrive in a constantly changing environment, SPs need to embrace an architecture that
enables them to transform their business… essentially to
bring the best of their network capabilities and blend
them with those from a web company to effectively
become a Fast SP.#FutureOfI
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Cisco’s Evolved Services Platform and the Evolved Programmable Network benefit SPs
by:
1. Generating new revenue streams2. Reduce operating expenses to increase
efficiency3. Increased agility
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Fast IT Workshop #4 - Innovative Infrastructure Management: Challenges and Opportunities
“In a world that is moving so fast,
today’s preparation determines who wins and loses tomorrow.”
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Challenge #1: Be More AgileThe bottom line is that IT must move faster
to deliver faster
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Challenge #2: SecuritySecurity is more important than ever
before. With a Fast IT model, security extends beyond the network to data center endpoints, virtual
infrastructure, and mobile.
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Challenge #3: ComplexityThe increasing number of connections and growth in technology means everything is a
lot more complex. A Fast IT strategy mitigates
manyof these concerns.
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Challenge #4: CostAs complexity increases, IT leaders are under
pressure to bring down costs while complexity is driving costs up. A Fast IT model combines
existing infrastructures to support current functions cost-effectively while at the same time
promoting new offerings and services.
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Fast IT Workshop #2 - Roadmap to Fast IT – Jim GrubbFast IT Workshop #3 - What Fast IT Means for Service Providers – Doug Webster
Read the Entire Fast IT Workshop Blog Series
Fast IT Workshop #1 - Beyond SDN: Expanding the Conversation – Colin Kincaid
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Fast IT Workshop #4 - Innovative Infrastructure Management: Challenges and Opportunities – Jeff Reed
See how your organization can prepare with a Fast IT model
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