Cisco Unified Computing System is built for the intensive demands of big data, cloud, and IT as a service. Learn how unifying compute, networking, storage access, and virtualization leads to: • Greater scalability to keep pace with changing business needs • Simplified infrastructure management • Agility for serving up IT like an internal cloud broker

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KEY BENEFITS

2. Built for the intensive demands of cloud,
big data, and on-demand IT, Cisco UCS
is a server platform that unifies:
compute
networking
storage access
virtualization
to give you:
greater scalability
easier infrastructure management
IT-as-a-service agility
Cisco Unified
Computing
System (UCS)
—At a Glance

3. Efficiency Gains
*SOURCE: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS): Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Cisco, 2013
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reduction in
provisioning times*
reduction of cabling*
reduction
of ongoing
management costs*
reduction
of power
and cooling costs*
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4. Cisco UCS Manager allows you to manage your
entire infrastructure as a single entity. Managers of
storage, networking, and servers easily collaborate
to define service profiles for applications.
A True “Single
Pane of Glass”
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5. According to a 2013 survey, most midsize to large organizations
put 70% of their IT budgets towards “keeping the lights on” as
opposed to strategic initiatives.*
UCS helps you dramatically reduce time and resources spent
on infrastructure maintenance by streamlining data center
resources, scaling service delivery, and radically reducing
hardware requiring setup.
*Maximizing the Value of Information Technology, CFO Research and Alix Partners, March 2013
Go from IT Maintainer
to Strategist
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6. With compute, networking, storage access, and virtualization
all unified in one cohesive platform, UCS lets you scale up
modularly from one server to thousands without adding new
complexity in management.
Grow in Scale,
Not Complexity
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7. On the UCS platform, new servers can be ready for
production in less than 20 minutes, not the days or weeks
of traditional infrastructure. Prolonged outages of mission
critical applications are eliminated and new resources can
be delivered to users right when they’re needed.
Rapid Response IT
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