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Customer Case Study
Challenge
DataOne Asia (Philippines) Inc is the leading independent provider of managed
technology services to enterprises in the Philippines. Since its inception in
2002, DataOne has offered data center outsourcing, managed infrastructure,
operations management, including hosting, managing and maintaining customers’
applications such as SAP, Exchange, SharePoint, and Dynamics.
technology services to enterprises in the Philippines. Since its inception in
2002, DataOne has offered data center outsourcing, managed infrastructure,
operations management, including hosting, managing and maintaining customers’
applications such as SAP, Exchange, SharePoint, and Dynamics.
DataOne’s core business as a provider of technology services is built upon its
high-end Tier3 data center located in Quezon City. As the customer base grew,
the company needed to ensure their infrastructure was able to satisfy changing
business dynamics to capture new customers looking for fully hosted cloud
applications.
high-end Tier3 data center located in Quezon City. As the customer base grew,
the company needed to ensure their infrastructure was able to satisfy changing
business dynamics to capture new customers looking for fully hosted cloud
applications.
DataOne’s CEO, Cyril Rocke, decided to embrace the trend toward Cloud
Computing, and to create a whole new portfolio of services, ranging from
computing on-demand business applications and unified communications, under
the branding “CloudSecure.”
Computing, and to create a whole new portfolio of services, ranging from
computing on-demand business applications and unified communications, under
the branding “CloudSecure.”
In order to achieve these goals, DataOne had to address three core challenges.
First, it needed to upgrade its existing network performance. DataOne was running
on infrastructure that was rapidly nearing the limits of its capacity. “We were
running on a 1 Gb Ethernet backbone, so we needed to upgrade our switching
capacity to deliver higher throughput, enable rapid deployment and at the same
time, maintain the high availability of our network infrastructure, in order to remain
First, it needed to upgrade its existing network performance. DataOne was running
on infrastructure that was rapidly nearing the limits of its capacity. “We were
running on a 1 Gb Ethernet backbone, so we needed to upgrade our switching
capacity to deliver higher throughput, enable rapid deployment and at the same
time, maintain the high availability of our network infrastructure, in order to remain
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Customer Name:
DataOne Asia
(Philippines) Inc.
Industry:
Independent provider of managed
technology services to enterprises.
Location:
Quezon, Philippines.
Challenge
• The inability of its existing data center
infrastructure to meet growing demands of
its customers.
its customers.
• Deliver maximum uptime, high
throughput, and rapid deployment of
cloud applications in order to meet their
customers ever evolving demands.
cloud applications in order to meet their
customers ever evolving demands.
• Consolidate and simplify its network to
maximize service flexibility and minimize
administrative efforts.
administrative efforts.
Solution
Cisco Data Center and Virtualization
solutions including Cisco Unified
Computing System, Cisco Nexus 5000
and 2000 Series Switches, and Cisco
ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance.
solutions including Cisco Unified
Computing System, Cisco Nexus 5000
and 2000 Series Switches, and Cisco
ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance.
Results
• Dynamic scalability, in order to deliver
on-demand computing.
• Increased network performance while
reducing physical footprint due to Unified
Fabric.
Fabric.
• Primed for expansion of applications and
services to capture more market share.