Running Applications on the Branch Router BRKCOM-1016 Presentation_ID © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Agenda The Branch Office Spotlight What Options Do I Have? g Branch Application pp Integration g Maximizing Customer Case Studies BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public The Branch Criteria Spotlight Apps BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Data Center Building Blocks Applications Application Networking Services Application Delivery and Application Optimization Virtualization Network, Server, Storage and Management Transport Infrastructure Eth, FC, DCE, WAN, MAN BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Compute Infrastructure OS, Hardware, Firmware Cisco Public Storage Infrastructure SAN, NAS, DAS Application Optimization Infrastructure Network Classification Application Scalability Application Networking Quality of service Network-based app recognition Queuing, policing, shaping Visibility, monitoring, control Server load-balancing Site selection SSL termination and offload Video delivery Message transformation Protocol transformation Message-based security Application visibility WAN Application Acceleration WAN Acceleration Application Optimization Latency mitigation Application data cache Meta data cache Local services BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Data redundancy elimination Window scaling LZ compression Adaptive congestion avoidance Cisco Public Delta encoding FlashForward optimization Application security Server offload Spotlight on the Branch 62% Adding New Branches Y/Y Growth: + 11% Majority of New Hires Optimize Branch f t i t Lower footprint L TCO Application Integration and Deployment Business Continuity Cisco Empowered Branch: C Consistent i t t Branch B hE Experience i A Anywhere h E Everywhere h Source: Nemertes Research, 2007 BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Evolving the “Network as a Platform” Platform Vision Apr p 2008 Integrated Applications Custom Apps Operation nal Efficiency y Sep 2004 Business and Communication Apps Management Tools Vertical Apps Router-based Approach Integrated Services S A Few Years Ago Mobility WAN Optimization Security Voice Network Analysis and Monitoring Routing Multiple Overlay Products BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Services Integration Survivability 50–70% lower OpEx Network Consolidation Cisco Public Open applications platform Server, Application consolidation Increased security security, and survivability Lowest TCO Application & Server Consolidation If the Network Is the Platform, Then Where Do I Put My Applications? BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Centralized Decentralized Pros Data Center Pros Simplified administration Branch performance Branch Operational efficiency Branch productivity Lower cost Localized decision making Cons Cons Performance Multiple appliances WAN dependence Operational inefficiency Productivity Cost with branch scale Decision making Administration BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Centralized Decentralized Core Business Logic Heavy Lifting Computes Global Services Local Business Logic Distributed Computes Survivable Services Pros Pros Integrated Operational efficiency Branch Branch Branch performance Branch performance Branch productivity Branch productivity Localized decision making Service S i consistency i t Cons Simplified administration Multiple appliances App Services Single vendor support Operational inefficiency Scales hybrid approach Cost with branch scale Cons Administration Integrated I t t d versus “pure “ play” l ” Data Center BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public 10 Solutions for Military Optimized Wireless Communications Global Protocols Problem Space Communications Protocol Standards (SCPS) - U.S U S DoD Unwieldy Size, weight, power of solution Solution Global Protocols Skipware on AXP; Optional WAAS Optimized communications protocols to address throughput, pkt.loss, link util Benefits • Compliant to U.S DoD standards • Minimal size, weight, and power consumption BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Mobile or Remote Location Skipware (WAAS) Cisco AXP with Global Protocols Skipware 58 Solutions for Branch Management Remote Branch IT Infrastructure Management Console FCS Sept’08 Avocent Core Server Problem High operational cost to remotely manage, desktops applications and patches in a branch desktops, network Solution Avocent MergePoint software (out-of-band mgmt) Corporate IT IT Administration from Anywhere y Wide Area Network Avocent LANDesk Management Suite (patch) Benefits Remote Branch Secure, auditable access from anywhere Inventory management for asset tracking Compliance to HIPAA, SOX, BSA AXP enables pre-staged patch delivery, minimizing WAN traffic and interference with business critical traffic BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Cisco Cisco 3845 3845 ISR withISR Avocent with 59 Workforce Management/ Time and Attendance Workforce Management (Employee Scheduling and Optimization); Front-End Is Employee Clock-In/Clock-Out Problem P bl Capturing and consolidating time clock punches critical for the bottom-line in low-margin business Need way to address other unique services without ith t high hi h cost/overhead t/ h d tto retail t il store t Store Employee Current Solution Clock-in/clock-out via dedicated hardware punch clock In Department Store-side clock-server app runs on in-store server and synchronizes up with central app New Solution Clock-in/clock-out Clock in/clock out via Cisco IP phones with other value added services Benefits Reduced infrastructure with store-side clockserver app running on AXP Intelligent buffering and sync of data when WAN degrades BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public 60 Time and Attendance With Infor Clock punches are VERY important data to employers IP Phones provide integrated solution and “captive audience” Internet AXP service-module hosting g Infor Workforce Management SW No lost clock punches even if WAN down Nightly synchronizations to Data Center Hourly H l Employee BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Data Center Workforce M Management t Application 61 Centralized management Payment router (ISR) runs simplifies deployment and Precidia’s payment engine provides application on AXP, drives all logic for upgrades, new services (gift thin client UI, & parses / Solution: a centrally-managed, network-centric payment router that is the secure middleware for Solution Requirements cards), monitoring of payment Problems and Drivers routes transactions to merchant payment front-ends (dial terminals, cash registers, POS systems, PCs, mobile engine and router health Agility Increase Business PCI Compliance w/ Large Installed Base appropriate back-end host customer PDAs) executing transactions (credit, debit, check, ACH, gift/loyalty) to payment (using AXP APIs) Payment Operational Simplicity Shifting Profit Models(First and Technology PointsGlobal Payments); a platform for easily processors Data, ChaseInflection Paymentech, phone home hourly deployed and managed revenue-generation services engines Make Technology gy Strategic g Highly-Fragmented g y g with Ongoing g g ConsolidationCentralized Hosted model Processors Management Merchants (Branches) provides low-end SMB offering with no Payment Routers Thin Clients CPE and only the free, thin client to Heartland, Mercury install ((minutes) ) d TSys,Fifth Sys, t Third Sterling,BoA Precidia-AXP Precidia AXP Solution Overview ePOS SSL Electronic Cash Register Dial T Terminal i l PC, Mac PDA Acquirers SSL WAN Frame Network Providers Hughes,Cybera,TNS Hughes Cybera TNS Bell South,Verizon Payment Routers Free, thin F thi virtual i t l clients li t are downloadable from the web, allowing no/low-touch setup Supports wide variety of legacy (ECR, ePOS, dial terminals) and PCs PCs, Macs, Macs mobile devices (PDAs) First Data Paymentech Authorization and Settlement handled by Processor Hosts AmEx BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public 62 Utilities Monitoring Monitoring—OSISoft OSISoft Problem Benefits Multiple devices needed to communicate, communicate collect and transmit (complexity) Integration of IT + Operations data Capex/opex savings (maintenance, deployment) Difficult to secure (regulatory compliance) Security/Regulatory Compliance Business data losses due to comm failures Low bandwidth from remote sites (restricting amount & quality of data) Distributed and embedded architecture that is manageable (scalability, (scalability security, security standards) Solution Branch: OSISoft SW on AXP in ISR Centralized: OSISoft server/DB/UI + northbound integration into SAP, etc OSISoft Interfaces SCADA PLC / Instrument Systems BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved OSISoft Server Business Systems (SAP) OSISoft Portal Cisco Public 63 OSISoft Product Overview or data can Performance management software for world’s top process utility, oil into and gas, and be fed manufacturing companies (where real-time operational metrics drive performance) OSIsoft’s business platform provides detailed visibility into operations, supporting timely analysis for critical actions systems like affecting profitability PI SAP etc SAP, etc Server PI Business Industrial, serial protocols Agents Systems over radio, dial-up (SAP) IP Monitoring Sensors Systems SCADA Analysis and optimization can be done in portals and The PI Server contains an optimized andcustom UIs scalable time-series database providing fast,LIMS Systems 400+ interfaces real time queries— real-time queries “full fullto serial fidelity historical flight protocols, recorder.” SCADA, PLCs, SNMP, NetFlow PLC / Instrument Systems BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Maintenance Systems Plant level app servers Cisco Public PI Portal ` Client Apps Wireless Mobile Clients 64 Summary BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public 65 Value in Running Applications in a Branch Router Customers Branch Optimization Server S Consolidation C lid ti ‘Network as a platform’ Standards compliance “Green” Application Developers Leverage Cisco installed base and channel vehicles Cisco ISR provides y, Unified security, Communications, WAAS, mobility built-in Build competitive advantage d t BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public Channel/SI Partners New routes to revenue Higher margins Customer “stickiness” From product product-centric centric to solution-centric Differentiation 66 Payment Gateway Health Care Router Fax-over-IP Router Green Router BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Branch Recorder Device Mgmt Router Cisco Public 67 Please Visit the Cisco Booth in the World of Solutions See the technology in action Data Center and Virtualization DC1 – Cisco Unified Computing System DC2 – Data Center Switching: Cisco Nexus and Catalyst DC3 – Unified Fabric Solutions DC4 – Data Center Switching: Cisco Nexus and Catalyst DC5 – Data Center 3.0: Accelerate Your Business, Optimize Your Future DC6 – Storage Area Networking: MDS DC7 – Application Networking Systems: WAAS and ACE BRKCOM-1016_c1 © 2009 Cisco Systems, Inc All rights reserved Cisco Public 68 Recommended Reading Continue your Cisco Live learning experience with further reading from Cisco Press Check the 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