Challenge

Applied Materials needed its network architecture to meet the increasing demands of the fast-changing semiconductor industry. The company wanted a strategic platform capable of supporting:

• Rapid changes in the technology ecosystem
• The needs of a global workforce, customers, and supply chain
• The ability to make decisions faster, while managing costs

Solution

• Built a flexible data center around Cisco Unified Data Center solutions
• Virtualized servers to optimize the performance of important applications

Outcomes

• Reduced overall infrastructure and administrative costs by virtualizing workloads on an internal private cloud
• Accelerated decision-making, reducing cycle times in solving customers' high-value problems
• Boosted staff confidence with a Cisco cloud platform that offers higher availability and performance, and easier manageability