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BMW AG

• Automotive company (traded as FWB: BMW)

• 100,306 employees

• Headquartered in Munich, Germany

• Office locations in 150+ locations

• Annual revenue : €60.48 billion (2010)

• Cisco data center customer since 2010

• Theater: EMEA

CUSTOMER STATS

CHALLENGE• Redesign network infrastructure to support private cloud and

virtualization

• Meet increasing availability and security requirements

• Implement forward-looking and efficient IT infrastructure for adoption of future technologies

WHY CISCO DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS• Cisco Nexus switches provides 10GigE transport, with option to

scale to 40 and 100GigE

• Cisco NX-OS offers high redundancy with ability to isolate error sources

• Improved wiring to enable more efficient use of available resources such as electricity and space

BENEFITS• Improved use of resources and prepared infrastructure for future

technologies such as FCoE

• Reduced downtime thanks to software update during live operation (ISSU)

• Gained modern technology at lower operating costs than before

CISCO DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT• Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

Switches

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches

• Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

• Cisco Technical Assistance Centre (TAC)