Cisco Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Provider White Paper

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Extracting deep insights from stored information within limited time frames 
becomes harder as data volumes grow and infrequently accessed data is 
archived to free capacity for new data. Many organizations use public cloud 
deployments to take advantage of additional resources and alleviate the strain 
on overburdened IT infrastructure. With Cisco Intercloud Fabric, Cisco UCS, and 
Elasticsearch software, you can keep active data on your private cloud and move 
infrequently accessed information and data to public cloud resources without 
compromising data accessibility, search and query performance, or IT security.
Expand Your Data Center with a Hybrid Cloud
Cisco and Elastic deliver a distributed querying solution that solves the challenges 
associated with creating infrastructure for big data analysis solutions. By extending 
your private cloud to a public or provider-hosted cloud with Elasticsearch software 
running on IT infrastructure built with Cisco Intercloud Fabric, your IT department can 
create an enterprise hybrid cloud that lets you easily gain insight from data stored in 
multiple locations.
Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business
Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business makes it easy to build a secure hybrid cloud 
and extend your data center to public clouds on demand. With this open, flexible, 
and secure solution, your organization can take advantage of elastic cloud capacity, 
accelerate access to resources, lower costs, and gain the freedom to place 
workloads across private and public clouds with ease and confidence (Table 1).
Solution Brief
June 2015
Highlights
Extend Your Data Center and Cloud 
• Build a hybrid cloud from your IT 
resources and public and provider-
hosted clouds with Cisco Intercloud 
Fabric™ for Business.
Support Business Initiatives
• Create a modern technology 
foundation for your cloud, big data, 
and desktop virtualization initiatives 
with Cisco UCS® Integrated 
Infrastructure solutions.
Accelerate Query Response Time
• Get a deep and comprehensive 
understanding of data convergence 
from multiple sources with 
Elasticsearch running on Cisco Unified 
Computing System™ (Cisco UCS).
Keep Data Available
• Store frequently accessed (hot) data 
on your premises and extend it to a 
public cloud without compromising 
security, while preserving easy access 
to infrequently accessed (cold) data 
on cost-effective cloud infrastructure.
Expand Your Search Capability
• Run distributed search queries on 
multiple data sets regardless of 
location. 
Simplify Cloud Infrastructure 
Management
• Use a single-pane interface to 
manage your cloud infrastructure, 
including virtual machines, routers, 
and firewalls.