FusionStorm,
an award-winning IT solutions provider, has established a demonstration lab at
its Silicon Valley Integration Center to give customers hands-on experience
with Cisco's Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA).
The
lab features a suite of hardware, software and services that enable robust
testing and simulation to the end-user on how this technology would perform as
part of a customer's technology stack. This provides the basis for a highly
automated and digital-ready network that will help organizations boost
innovation, reduce costs and lower risk. It also dramatically streamlines
operational tasks through drag-and-drop provisioning, automatic device
discovery, proactive troubleshooting, immediate remediation guidance and fast
network segmentation.
The
primary benefit of Cisco DNA is IT agility and scale. Through policy-based
automation, IT can rapidly roll out services across hundreds of devices and
sites.
"Our
Cisco DNA Lab is designed to replicate an enterprise network," says Matt
Harris, Technical Marketing Director for FusionStorm's Cisco Practice.
"Customers can conduct real-time demonstrations of the platform to gather test
requirements, create plans and documentation, and design POC and POV testing
plans. This allows IT teams to go over details and discuss critical aspects of
the project while utilizing Cisco networking, hardware, and software, giving
them a complete snapshot of what their network would look like on Cisco DNA."
Testing
with Cisco DNA can also help to minimize the risk of implementing new
technologies. "Inadequately tested configuration changes or updates can expose
customers to a variety of risks, so there's huge amounts of value in being able
to test in a live demonstration environment," Harris adds. "The Cisco DNA Lab
offers customers the ability to understand the impact of new technologies,
without putting the production environment at risk."
Once
POC testing with the DNA lab concludes, customers can easily roll out a network
deployment. Organizations that design a network using Cisco DNA-ready solutions
can leverage the power of the network to streamline operations, reduce costs,
detect and contain threats, and continuously align the network to business
needs. Increased levels of automation and analytics help create a network that
is constantly learning, adapting and protecting to make sure applications,
users and devices receive the service they need.
Cisco
DNA utilizes an open, extensible and software-driven approach to make the
network simpler to manage and more agile and responsive to business needs.
Virtualized services enable a more dynamic network that can easily provision,
expand and reallocate services quickly across different hardware platforms.
For
more information on FusionStorm's Cisco Digital Network Architecture Lab,
please visit fusionstorm.com/solutions/networking-collaboration/cisco-dna-lab.