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The IT environments which businesses operate today are becoming increasingly complex. Managing modern, cloud and virtualized IT infrastructuresinvolves constantly changing requirements, adopting new software applications, balancing hybrid\/multi-cloud architectures, supporting a variety of device types, thwarting security threats, not to mention mitigating issues with shadow IT \u2013 and the list goes on. When you consider all these factors, it\u2019s not surprising that 66 percent<\/a> of IT professionals say increasing IT complexity makes it more difficult for them to do their jobs.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a means to combat some of this complexity, we\u2019re seeing an massive shift towards software-defined networking (SDN) to support the\u202fvirtualized server\u202fand storage infrastructure of the modern\u202fdata center.\u202fFor our non-technical readers, the goal of SDN<\/a> is to allow\u202fnetwork engineers\u202fand administrators to respond quickly to changing business requirements via a centralized control console. SDN encompasses multiple\u202fkinds of network technologies designed to make the network more flexible and agile to enable rapid resource provisioning of\u202fservices and applications as new IT and business needs arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navisite and Cisco Address Data Center Demands in the Cloud Era<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To provide clients with a highly efficient underlying IT fabric that enables them to increase the pace of innovation, Navisite announced<\/a>this week that it has deployed Cisco\u2019s Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)<\/a> as a core technology within its software defined data center strategy. Cisco ACI will provide the SDN foundation to automate our data centers<\/a> worldwide and speed time-to-market for our clients, while at the same time enhancing security and compliance for our clients and the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering Large Enterprise Advantages to Mid-Market & Smaller Enterprise<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With access to advanced SDN services, our mid-market and smaller enterprise clients can have the same advantages as larger organizations to grow and transform their businesses, while increasing competitive advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With ACI, we\u2019ll be able to offer new services tailored to our clients\u2019 requirements, such as inserting a specific firewall or load balancer to meet their needs within Navisite\u2019s managed private cloud hosting<\/a>environments. In the future, clients will also be able to view and manage the capacity and performance within their environment and turn on additional services through Cisco ACI\u2019s APIC Controller and Navisite\u2019s client portal, Proximity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making Your Business \u201cCloud Ready\u201d<\/strong>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a managed cloud<\/a> provider, our priority is to help our clientsharness the scalability and flexibility of their cloud infrastructure. Through partnerships like this, we continue to take the complexity out of managing cloud environments, while also freeing IT to focus on their jobs and strategic projects that drive business transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Download this white paper, When is a Managed Cloud Provider Right for Your Business? 5 Smart Questions to Ask<\/a>, to learn how working with a managed cloud provider can help reduce IT complexity and alleviate the burdens of monitoring and maintaining physical and virtual infrastructure.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTaking a Unified Approach to Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco ACI - Navisite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The IT environments which businesses operate today are becoming increasingly complex. Managing modern, cloud\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taking a Unified Approach to Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco ACI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The IT environments which businesses operate today are becoming increasingly complex. Managing modern, cloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navisite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-15T14:11:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-27T14:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Megan Ferringer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@navisite\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@navisite\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Megan Ferringer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Megan Ferringer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/#\/schema\/person\/99bad6e33cc6d3ac27337400026e4a9f\"},\"headline\":\"Taking a Unified Approach to Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco ACI\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-15T14:11:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-27T14:11:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\"},\"wordCount\":583,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.navisite.com\/blog\/taking-a-unified-approach-to-software-defined-networking-sdn-with-cisco-aci\/\",\"name\":\"Taking a Unified Approach to Software Defined Networking (SDN) with Cisco ACI - 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