1. Microsoft a Cisco – optimalizácia IT služieb
Roman Janovič

2. The Partnership
"Industry leaders must work together where appropriate. And where we compete, we must interoperate. That’s what customers should expect - in fact, demand - of their technology vendors.
-- John Chambers,
CEO, Cisco
"With Cisco... there are important acts of collaboration, but also definite aspects of competition."
-- Steve Ballmer,
CEO, Microsoft

3. An Expanding Partnership 10+ Years of Alliance History
High Performance Computing
Application Acceleration
Management Standards
UC CRM Connector
Security
Unified Communications
IPv6
Enterprise
Commercial
UC CRM Connector
Service Provider
IPTV
Consumer
Digital Home

4. Branch Office Is Business Front Line
Where:
… business is won or lost
… 90%+ of employees work1
… 33% of all IT spending; 20% of all servers are deployed2
… application speed directly impacts customer experience
… IT service agility = business agility
Retail Stores
Bank Branches
Medical Clinics
Sales Offices
… yet far from headquarters support
Hospitality
1. Nemertes Research, 2007
2. Microsoft, 2007 4

5. Microsoft and Cisco together: Optimizing Branch IT Services

6. Branch IT Infrastructure: Virtualize Local Services
Centralize apps + infrastructure as possible, accelerate with WAN optim.
Branch Office
Local Windows Server 2008 services on Cisco WAAS
WAN
Cisco WAAS = 10X WAN Acceleration
Local IT Services
Business & Communication Apps
Cisco WAAS
Cisco
WAAS
WAAS Virtual Blade
Storage
Backup
Data Center

7. Summary 10 year alliance history Various interoperability options
Developing on Standards
Roadmap for the Future Built and Continuously Improving