What is CISCO Data Center Automation?
Cisco provides automation modules that allow for assimilation at a pace that is comfortable for your organization. Start with infrastructure automation, and when you're ready, expand your capabilities to enterprise and hybrid cloud or application automation. All modules work together and are operated using a common interface, which simplifies service lifecycle management. You can trust Cisco for data center automation that gets your business where it needs to be, as fast as it needs to be there.
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83 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
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86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Saves Time
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
- Trustworthy
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CISCO Data Center Automation Reviews
Sarah S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2025
Powering Up Automation: A Cisco Perspective
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates CISCO Data Center Automation from other similar products?
Cisco Data Center Automation brings together management, orchestration, and optimization tools under one roof. What stands out is how seamlessly it integrates with existing infrastructure—this isn’t just a bolt-on solution; it feels like an upgrade to your whole system. For us, the ability to automate across hybrid cloud environments without missing a beat was a game-changer.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
What grabs my attention every time is how intuitive the automation workflows are. You’re not stuck building scripts from scratch unless you want to; the pre-built templates cover most of the heavy lifting. Even the integration with Cisco Intersight for proactive monitoring adds another layer of value. The ability to visualize dependencies across workloads and predict bottlenecks before they escalate into issues gives us breathing room in a high-pressure environment.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike nothing about the software.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Cisco DCA has been a productivity multiplier. We’ve reduced manual interventions in repetitive tasks, which not only decreases errors but also frees up the team for strategic initiatives. It’s also helped us standardize configurations across our environment, cutting out the guesswork and ensuring compliance in audits—something our legal department loves as much as we do.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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Salman M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2025
An automation savior for repeated tasks
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates CISCO Data Center Automation from other similar products?
It has great ui and is cloud based It's quality is superior and can be scaled vertically and horizontally Workflows options are more than others competitors
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It's cloud based Smb have superior advantage of such products Ai automation is ky favourite aspect here
What do you dislike most about this product?
Small businesses cannot afford it Training videos are a must Should implement a Referral scheme for client referrals Very limited use cases as automation with specific platforms
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Build robust content programs using both human writers and AI Launching a automation should extremely easy
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Caring
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Pallavi V.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Initial Implementation
Submitted Apr 2025
Powerful Automation, strategic investment
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates CISCO Data Center Automation from other similar products?
Unified Operations Platform Automation Capabilities Analytics ans sights
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Unified Management Automation Capabilities Real time insights
What do you dislike most about this product?
Complexity Cost Steep learning curve
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Assess Network Needs Understand Features Plan Integration
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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