The University of Derby modernized its data centers using Cisco ACI to extend Infrastructure-as-Code to its network, boosting flexibility, security, and automation. With Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator and Ansible playbooks, network deployments and troubleshooting now take minutes instead of hours, and patches are automated. The new software-defined network improved application performance, enhanced security by segmenting devices across four zones, and enabled seamless failover. Cisco Identity Services Engine further strengthened access control. The system handled increased pandemic demands effortlessly and can easily extend policies to cloud environments if needed.

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