Italian technology company Almaviva TSF works with Cisco Services to create on-demand cloud services.

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Challenge

Change business model to build on strong growth, while reducing dependency on single revenue source with a virtualized data center.

• Win new business from existing customers and reach new customers in different industries
• Switch from a hosted service delivery model to pay-per-use
• Respond to customer needs more quickly and cost effectively
• Get help with design, validation, and deployment, and training to quickly deploy with minimal risk

Solution

A fully virtualized data center with the ability to unify storage, computing, and networking capabilities and provide an integrated, consistent interface.

• Cisco Data Center Business Advantage vision, architectures, and technologies
• Cisco Services provided design, validation, and deployment services
• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)

Results

Having invested in a scalable and agile architecture, the company is now positioned to become a leader in the cloud computing services market.

• Huge savings from simplified infrastructure
• Reduction in costs of provisioning and power consumption
• Significant increase in revenue