{"id":5138,"date":"2021-05-25T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumoscloud.com\/?page_id=5138"},"modified":"2021-05-25T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:09:45","slug":"application-centric-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lumoscloud.com\/application-centric-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Centric Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lumos accelerates infrastructure deployment and the application deployment lifecycle through Cisco\u00ae Application Centric Infrastructure. Use the intent-based networking framework for a more agile data center.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column]\n\t\t\t Lumos is an agile, deft group of world-class system architects that have been strategically assembled to assist you in adapting to one of the most rapidly changing times in recent technology history. We are here to help you with the fundamental shift in processes and architectures from well-known traditional (legacy) way of IT, to a modern, agile, DevOps-focused shop. Not only to help with what most folks in the industry consider \u2018DevOps\u2019 – meaning technology or simply reduced to \u2018tools\u2019, but more so from a fundamental culture perspective – meaning people and process.<\/p>\n Utilizing our demonstrated philosophy, we give key, strategic direction to our clients providing design, implementation and migration paths.\u00a0 Embracing a micro services application architecture, with a macro view of the business, our architects were all hand-chosen based on both their fundamental understanding of every aspect of a modern, business-outcome focused IT organization, along with each member’s strategic niche expertise they bring to the group as a whole.\u00a0This includes expertise in:<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”75px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Apart from having the technical credentials, Lumos takes a personal approach to our strategic IT consulting services, making sure your unique network needs are met. <\/span><\/p>\n We put great value on our relationships with our clients, providing you with high-powered networking solutions, from SDN to virtualized switches, <\/span>to give your company the scalability it needs to grow. Let us understand your goals, and together we\u2019ll design a robust infrastructure that will take your business to prosperous heights.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]<\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column]\n\t\t\t Cisco\u00ae\u00a0Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) is an industry-leading secure, open, and comprehensive Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution. It radically simplifies, optimizes, and accelerates infrastructure deployment and governance and expedites the application deployment lifecycle.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n Cisco ACI delivers an intent-based networking framework to enable agility in the data center. It captures higher-level business and user intent in the form of a policy and translates this intent into the network constructs necessary to dynamically provision the network, security, and infrastructure services. It uses a holistic systems-based approach, with tight integration between hardware and software and physical and virtual elements, an open ecosystem model, and innovative Cisco customer Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) to enable unique business value for modern data centers. This unique approach uses a common policy-based operating model across the network, drastically reducing the cost and complexity of operating your network.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]<\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1583427425099{margin-top: 75px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Lumos ACI Deployment Process” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”10″ css=”.vc_custom_1583427416400{margin-top: 32px !important;margin-right: 10% !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}” el_id=”responsive-margin-service”][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910793159{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427811052{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Initial Project Scoping” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1583426927116{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427265130{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n <\/span>You\u2019ll meet with the project team to finalize the scope, timeframe, and coverage of the project. The Initial Statement of Work delivery is based on the scoping call.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910745702{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427983338{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Design <\/span>Our team will meet with the network and all stakeholder teams to gather requirements and determine an optimal high-level network design using Cisco ACI.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910764528{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427992706{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Implementation Week” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1583427006858{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427013749{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]<\/p>\n <\/span>Lumos engineers will be onsite to perform the initial fabric deployment, knowledge transfer to your team, final fabric build, and user acceptance testing (UAT).<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”10″ css=”.vc_custom_1583427173376{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: 10% !important;margin-bottom: 75px !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}” el_id=”responsive-margin-service”][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910793159{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583428002586{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Migration <\/span>We will assist your team with the migration of your physical equipment and software from the legacy environment to the new data center fabric. This can be done in a phased approach (app-by-app) or as a hot-cut based on your preference.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910745702{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583428009289{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Training” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1583427320789{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427079357{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]<\/p>\n <\/span>Our information technology advisory services include intensive, hands-on, world-class training for your team. Customized for your business needs, we discuss a variety of topics and formats at a location of your choosing, with up to 16 students per class.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1582910764528{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 35px !important;background-color: #f9f8f6 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583428017184{padding-right: 14% !important;padding-left: 14% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Ongoing Remote Support” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1583427092894{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583427331645{padding-right: 15% !important;padding-left: 15% !important;}”]<\/p>\n <\/span>Our IT consulting company offers additional remote support options to help you and your team on further questions regarding SDN implementation and management.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1621542465483{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1621542703570{padding-bottom: 35px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Cisco\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™<\/sup>) is a software-defined networking (SDN) solution that ensures seamless connectivity between your in-house data center and remote data centers that are within your system.<\/p>\n Cisco ACI™ has a common policy-based operating model that covers your entire network. As a result, it streamlines network operations and reduces overall operational costs.<\/p>\n Consider how it helps you build a more stable and secure network:<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Maximize a flexible data network designed for agile application deployment within your site, across remote sites, and across global data centers. It seamlessly integrates the underlay and overlay fabric.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Manage your physical and virtual data networking environments through a zero-trust security model and innovative security features that protect business continuity and cloud security.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Choose a cloud-ready SDN solution that enables multi-cloud automation. Cisco ACI™ enables seamless connectivity across all data centers and public clouds within your network.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1621542710023{padding-top: 35px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Increase your network infrastructure capabilities by using Cisco ACI™<\/sup>. This SDN accommodates all levels of workload in any location and through any cloud. Talk to a Lumos representative today.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” el_class=”bg–primary”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_class=”footer-container marginAuto text-center remove-column-padding” css=”.vc_custom_1583509694489{padding-top: 32px !important;padding-bottom: 32px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1583509702159{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}” el_id=”responsive-cta”][vc_custom_heading text=”Professional IT Consulting Services That Drive Business Cloud computing is a maturing information technology solution, providing businesses with scalability, flexibility, and modern abilities that simplify different functions in any organization. With our team of cloud architects, Lumos Consulting helps you assemble an efficient, full-stack IT infrastructure to advance your processes.<\/p>\n Lumos offers IT advisory services to network engineers, system integrators, DevOps engineers, and cloud architects. We provide you with the knowledge, tools, and skills you and your organization need through online courses, in-person training, and boutique IT consulting services.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column]\n\t\t\t Integrate your software and hardware seamlessly with our strategic IT advisory services. 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Multi-Cloud Automation<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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