Edge Cloud Computing

Extending the simplicity of hyperconvergence from core to edge and multi-cloud.

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You need infrastructure that can follow your data and increase the speed of your business regardless of where it takes place. Enterprise applications, big data, and deep learning in your core data center. Virtualized and containerized applications in your private cloud or reaching out into one of many public clouds. Edge locations that put servers closer to your customers and IoT infrastructure in remote offices, branch offices, and retail and industrial sites.

Livewire’s ECCaaS powered by Cisco HyperFlex™ systems with Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors deliver hyperconvergence with power and simplicity for any application, on any cloud, anywhere. Engineered on the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®), Cisco HyperFlex systems deliver the agility, scalability, and pay-as-you-grow economics of the cloud with the benefits of multisite, distributed computing at global scale.

  • Any application: Cisco HyperFlex systems support virtualized and containerized deployment with multiple hypervisors and have been tested and validated for numerous enterprise applications.
  • Any cloud: The platform includes tools for application performance monitoring, application placement, and cloud mobility so that you can design how to deploy your applications and place them wherever your business needs dictate.
  • Anywhere: You can achieve true global scale with the simplicity of hyper converged infrastructure that reaches to your network edge. Cloud-based deployment, management, and monitoring scales through templates that make deploying hundreds of remote sites as simple as deploying a single one.
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The solution: HPCaaS powered by Cisco HyperFlex systems

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FAQ

1) How does an HCI solution make IT teams more efficient?

Eliminating traditional IT silos and managing everything from a single tool means lower OPEX and CAPEX for your IT infrastructure. And with HCI, you don’t have to sacrifice security, flexibility or scalability. But some solutions make capitalizing on HCI efficiency easier than others. Learn why VMware has the most HCI customers in production worldwide in this infographic.

2) Can an HCI solution efficiently and cost-effectively grow when, where and how I need it?

Data center scaling and evolving can be a costly, complicated process. Luckily, a key benefit of HCI is its ability to scale and change as needed. VMware HCI in particular is designed for simplicity and scalability for rapidly changing business needs. Only VMware has the complete set of offerings for a fully software-defined data center in production today.

3) What is the difference between hyperconverged and converged infrastructure?

Hyperconverged and converged IT infrastructures both integrate the four components of a data center: storage, compute, networking and management. While hyperconverged systems accomplish this through software, making it hardware-agnostic, converged solutions rely on hardware. A converged infrastructure data center uses many of the same products as traditional IT, just with a simplified architecture and easier management.

4) When should I use hyperconverged infrastructure?

• Virtual desktop infrastructure: HCI streamlines and simplifies VDI, which has the potential for lots of IT complexity and storage needs. HCI combines everything that’s needed for VDI into one package, and provides just enough storage needed, remaining cost-efficient.

• Edge computing: HCI makes it easy to design and build small edge or branch environments without a lot of on-site IT staff, and to scale up quickly as needed.

• General workload consolidation and file storage: HCI makes sizing and migrating workloads simpler. These workloads can include infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, print servers), database servers, application servers and file servers.

• Testing and development: HCI gives developers a cost-effective testing environment that runs similarly to production but without a lot of investment needed.

• Enabling a hybrid cloud environment: HCI can reduce the time and cost involved with transitioning to a hybrid cloud and when moving virtual machines between on-premises servers and private or public clouds.

5) What applications do companies run on hyperconverged infrastructure?

Companies are using hyperconverged infrastructure to run most types of business-critical, or tier-one, applications thanks to its high availability. Other common workloads that run on hyperconverged systems include database software like Oracle, virtual desktop infrastructure, collaboration applications, analytics, remote management, and testing environments.