Power Hybrid Work and Transform the Infrastructure with Cisco solutions on AWS

• Solution overview • Business benefits • Solution features and differentiators • Use cases

Solution overview

Today’s organizations establish and support distributed networks with a mix of on-premises and public cloud environments, to connect workers across locations. Power Hybrid Work and Transform the Infrastructure with Cisco solutions on AWS allows you to support your workers, no matter where they are located. These solutions include the following:

Robust, secure framework to simply and quickly connect your hybrid world
Consistent global footprint that allows employees to securely work from anywhere
Software-defined, repeatable blueprints for a unified networking infrastructure
Ability to scale up or down as needed with a pay-as-you-go pricing approach

Business benefits

Power Hybrid Work and Transform the Infrastructure with Cisco solutions on AWS provides a complete network and security portfolio to connect AWS and your on-premises environments. Benefits include the following:

Buying options and pay-as-you-go pricing to meet your organization’s size and requirements
Standards-based solutions that work with tools of your choice
Single point of contact across all solution components

With these solutions, you can:

Enable new site connectivity, cutting deployment timeframes from weeks to days
Cut total cost of ownership in half
Save up to 50 percent in monitoring costs
Reduce maintenance time up to 50 percent
Slash time to issue resolution from hours or days to minutes

By inspiring trust with secure and reliable solutions, simplifying IT across on-premises and cloud environments, and empowering hybrid work, Cisco solutions on AWS help you build a solid foundation for the network of the future.

Solution features and differentiators

Cisco and AWS offer technology and expertise that span from the user to the application, infrastructure, and security to application monitoring and multicloud management with their robust approach to hybrid cloud. The solution components offer unique features only available from these industry leaders.

Full-stack observability

Network

Move faster and deliver optimal connections with the observability needed for visibility and control of your
cloud workloads.

Cisco AppDynamics^®: Understand application dependencies and workload demands with enterprise-class cloud and hybrid monitoring
Cisco Intersight^® Workload Optimizer: Optimize critical IT resources and simplify hybrid cloud operations with full-stack visibility, intelligent insight, and decision automation
Cisco ThousandEyes^®: Obtain actionable visibility of your AWS migration with a platform that monitors network infrastructure, troubleshoots application delivery, and maps internet performance

Create a secure, clean, and fast hybrid cloud network that integrates with your existing investments and is designed to last.

Cisco SD-WAN on AWS: Securely manage and automate branch connectivity
Cisco Meraki^™ vMX100 and SD-WAN: Use a virtual MX to extend Cisco Meraki deployments to IT services on AWS
Cisco Cloud ACI Anywhere: Enable a consistent network and security policy for your hybrid cloud
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V on AWS: Securely, reliably, and cost-effectively extend your on-premises network to AWS; securely manage and automate branch connectivity
Cisco Cloud Services Router 8000V on AWS: Deliver high-speed secure VPN services with high availability, firewall protection, app visibility, and control
Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router on AWS: Extend your Cisco SD-WAN overlay to the AWS Cloud with a cost-effective virtual router trial

Solution features and differentiators

Security

Multiple environments, users, and locations can translate into increased security risk unless you have the right monitoring tools in place. Cisco security products on AWS allow for connection and collaboration while defending against cyber threats and enforcing secure access policies. Components include:

Cisco Duo Security on AWS: Gain visibility and secure access for any user, device, or location with two-factor authentication and flexible security policies for AWS
Cisco Umbrella^®: Defend against cyber threats and protect users in minutes with simplified software-based cloud security delivered on AWS
Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance Remote Access VPN on AWS: Deliver a remote access VPN that scales up and down for dynamic environments; ideal for remote workers

Use cases

Network: New sites, branches, and more

Build and support secure, unified networking designed to last
Scale up and down as needed
Connect with the public cloud
Integrate with your existing investments

Full-stack observability: Cloud migration

Realize the most value from your cloud migration and modernization
Optimize connections to the cloud
Accelerate migration while reducing risk
Use observability for complete visibility and control

Security: Remote work

Gain visibility and secure access for any user, device, or location
Defend against cyber threats and protect users in minutes
Enable great hybrid work experiences across your entire organization–and beyond
Deploy a remote access VPN that scales for dynamic environments