Cisco Cisco Application Extension Platform for SRE Data Sheet
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Cisco Application Extension Platform Solution
Remote Management for Your Cisco ISR AXP Devices
Introduction
The Cisco
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Application Extension Platform offers application developers many options. It is an
open platform that can be extended easily, but what happens after deployment?
As an enterprise IT manager, you are responsible for delivering and maintaining the infrastructure
and services that enable your business to compete effectively and respond quickly to changing
market requirements. Keeping business services operating smoothly requires in-depth knowledge
of your environment from end-to-end, an understanding of how IT affects the availability and
operations of business processes, and an effective set of well-integrated management tools. It is
also critical to set appropriate expectations for the type, quality, performance, and availability of the
IT services to which users will have access. Even more challenging is the constant pressure
placed upon IT operations and capital expense budgets. For this reason, getting the most out of
your IT investments is another important consideration.
In this context, end-to-end management is defined as the ability to visualize and maintain the
entire enterprise from the front-end customer view and client-based tools to the back-end servers
and hardware infrastructure that hosts critical business applications, defines enterprise
communications, and controls network security.
This solution brochure illustrates how the Cisco Application Extension Platform (AXP) and ProSyst
mPower Remote Manager can be used in a complementary manner to develop a well-integrated
and highly manageable adaptive enterprise, helping IT organizations deliver consolidated end-to-
end management and increased availability from the hardware infrastructure to the service level.
Industry Trends
Doing more with less is the name of the game in today’s IT world. Budgets are tighter, staff
resources are leaner, and the demand for new, more sophisticated, and highly available services
continues to grow. Together, ProSyst and Cisco deliver deep and broad knowledge of the entire
computing environment. ProSyst mPower Remote Manager and Cisco AXP provide centralized,
remote application and system-level management for a multitude of Cisco integrated services
router (ISR) devices and can be used to develop a highly optimized and more agile and adaptive
enterprise.
A Closer Look at ProSyst mPower Remote Manager
ProSyst mPower Remote Manager (mPRM) is a powerful and flexible remote management
platform allowing the administration of a large set of devices from a single management domain.
mPRM is based on the open standards from Java, OSGi, and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
specifications to help device manufacturers and service providers simplify the management of a
wide range of devices.