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Cisco APIC-EM [EOL] vs Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] comparison

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Cisco APIC-EM [EOL] and Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] are both solutions in the Network Virtualization category. Additionally, 100% of Cisco APIC-EM [EOL] users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL] users who would recommend it.
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    Categories and Ranking

    Cisco APIC-EM [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Number of Reviews
    1
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    Cisco DNA Virtualization [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Number of Reviews
    2
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    Featured Reviews

    it_user817026 - PeerSpot reviewer
    it_user817026
    Sr. IT & Business Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Enabling business agility and accelerated time to market with the automated service delivery
    Infrastructure as a Service for managed services and other customers, including computing, storage, and networking Business agility and accelerated service delivery Automated processes/workflow automation Better manageability Eliminating the IT administration silos for our datacenter and…
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    reviewer902526 - PeerSpot reviewer
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    Vice Chairman at a construction company with 11-50 employees
    Good support, feature-rich, and works well from a technical perspective
    We are a system integrator and we are currently working on a project with a client who is using this solution. It is used for private cloud or data center virtualization We make use of all of the features that are available. It would be helpful to have better information on how to implement this…
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    Quotes from Members

    We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
     

    Pros

    "Eliminating the IT administration silos for our datacenter and infrastructure by providing a single managed and converged infrastructure which provides unified compute, storage, and networking environment with a single point of management."
    "Enabling business agility and accelerated time to market with the automated service delivery."
    "The environment enables a DevOps culture, continuous delivery, and automated processes."
    "Cisco has a good technical support team."
    "Overall, from a technical perspective, this product is good, but it could be improved with respect to pricing."
    "The management aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature; software-defined issues have been good for us, and it makes the management process easy."
     

    Cons

    "Need a better workflow definition tool with tracking on existing provisioned services, and to improve multitasking in the workflow automation."
    "It would be helpful to have better information on how to implement this product."
    "The initial setup is not easy."
    "The stability of the solution isn't ideal. It could be vastly improved."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

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    "Cisco products are not cheap."
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    Also Known As

    Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module
    Cisco Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Virtualization
     

    Overview

    APIC-EM is a central part of Cisco Digital Network Architecture. It delivers software-defined networking to the enterprise branch, campus, and WAN. Its simple user interface lets you automate policy-based application profiles. With this module, IT can respond rapidly to new business opportunities. 

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