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We performed a comparison between Cisco ACI and Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Deploys applications quickly with automation and is stable and scalable
Cisco ACI improved the stability of our IT system and our data center.
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Researched Cisco ACI but chose Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL]: You can create public clouds for private applications. You need VM firewalls for complex filtering with micro-segmentation.
This solution allows us to offer a solution for the application, including all the things they need. This is a complete package, including the... Read more →
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  • "The pricing is pretty good for new technology."
  • "It saves time and resources."
  • "The price could be improved. It is expensive, but then again, it is Cisco. The price is worth what you pay for."
  • "We have seen time improvement using the product."
  • "The thing that I like the most from Cisco is the support and all the documentation that they have. We do have to pay for it though."
  • "We bought a package for hardware, software, and support. At that time, Cisco was simply selling that package to distributors, then we opted for it directly."
  • "We used Cisco Professional Services for the deployment. They were outstanding, but very expensive."
  • "Price is always an issue."

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    What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
    Top Answer:There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server where… more »
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    What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
    Top Answer:Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch… more »
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    What do you like most about Cisco ACI?
    Top Answer:The flexibility of adding new components with minimal impact on existing services running in the data center is a key benefit of this ACI-based solution.
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    1st
    out of 7 in Network Virtualization
    Views
    6,709
    Comparisons
    1,255
    Reviews
    19
    Average Words per Review
    444
    Rating
    8.4
    Unranked
    In Network Virtualization
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    Shunra, HPE Network Virtualization
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    Overview
    Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) reduces TCO, automates IT tasks, and accelerates data center application deployments. It accomplishes this using a business-relevant Software Defined Networking (SDN) policy model across networks, servers, storage, security, and services.

    Micro Focus Network Virtualization (NV) software enables you to capture and emulate real-world network conditions, so you can use real production data into your performance testing, and along with its powerful NV Analytics, it allows you to quickly detect and resolve performance bottlenecks before deployment. Or simply said, NV empowers you to release high quality apps by accurately testing and optimizing them for all network conditions. First, NV will discover and capture live network performance conditions, such as latency, packet loss, bandwidth and jitter and then it will test the application against the captured conditions to see how various networks affect the application's performance. Then NV will analyze results and gain insight into the root cause of the performance bottlenecks to ensure that the rolled out application is optimized for target network performance.

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    Comms Service Provider20%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Cisco ACI is ranked 1st in Network Virtualization with 96 reviews while Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Virtualization. Cisco ACI is rated 8.0, while Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL] is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco ACI writes "Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL] writes "We were able to reduce a lot of hardware calls where we used to have load generators". Cisco ACI is most compared with VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Nuage Networks, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Juniper Contrail Networking, whereas Micro Focus Network Virtualization [EOL] is most compared with .

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