90% Faster Deployment Through AWS-native AMI Distribution

Aziro modernized Cisco Catalyst Center for a networking and telecommunications enterprise, moving it off an on-premises deployment model onto a virtualized, AWS Marketplace-ready platform with automated deployment and governance. The modernization cut deployment time by 90% and accelerated customer onboarding by up to 80%, transforming scalability across the client's entire customer base.

The client's on-premises deployment model for Cisco Catalyst Center was limiting scalability, slowing rollout, and increasing cost across every new customer deployment, delaying time-to-value for networking and telecom clients.

• On-Premises Deployment Model: Needed to modernize Cisco Catalyst Center, formerly DNAC, away from an on-premises deployment model that limited scalability and slowed rollout across customer environments.

• Slow Deployment and Operations: Needed rapid, simplified deployment and operations, replacing manual on-premises processes that delayed rollout and steadily increased operational overhead for networking and telecom customers.

• Time-To-Value Pressure: Improve scalability, reduce total cost of ownership, and accelerate customer onboarding and time-to-value across every new deployment for networking and telecom clients. 

Aziro virtualized Cisco Catalyst Center on AWS and rebuilt its deployment, distribution, and governance model around AWS-native automation, enabling Marketplace-ready access and simplified adoption for networking teams.

• Marketplace-Ready Deployment: Virtualized Cisco Catalyst Center on AWS and enabled AWS Marketplace deployment using a BYOL model, with AMI-based distribution simplifying access for networking and telecom customers.

• Automated Infrastructure Adoption: Automated infrastructure deployment using CloudFormation and developed a companion UI application to simplify user adoption for networking teams managing Catalyst Center environments daily.

• CI/CD Lifecycle Management: Implemented CloudWatch monitoring and AWS Config governance, backed by CI/CD pipelines for ongoing AMI lifecycle management across every customer deployment and infrastructure update.

• AWS CloudFormation
• Amazon AMI (Machine Images)
• AWS Marketplace (BYOL Model)
• AWS CloudWatch
• AWS Config
• CI/CD Pipelines 

Modernization transformed deployment speed, availability, and customer onboarding across the client's entire networking and telecom customer base, reducing infrastructure management overhead while improving application reliability.

• 90% Faster Deployment Time: Faster deployment time, reduced from weeks to just a few hours through AWS-native automation across every customer environment.

• 70-80% Accelerated Customer Onboarding: Accelerated customer onboarding, enabled by AWS Marketplace distribution and simplified deployment across the client's networking and telecom customer base.

• 50-60% Reduced Infrastructure Overhead: Reduction in infrastructure management overhead through automated CloudFormation deployment and centralized governance across every environment.

• 99.9% Improved Application Availability: Improved application availability, backed by CloudWatch monitoring and AWS Config governance across environments, ensuring consistent reliability.  
   

Aziro helps networking and telecom enterprises break free of slow, on-premises deployment models by virtualizing critical platforms for the cloud. Our teams design AWS Marketplace-ready architectures using AMI-based distribution, enabling customers to deploy complex systems like Cisco Catalyst Center in hours instead of weeks. Automated infrastructure provisioning through CloudFormation removes manual setup steps entirely. This approach dramatically reduces time-to-value for every new customer deployment.

Beyond deployment automation, Aziro builds the governance and monitoring infrastructure needed to manage AMI lifecycles at scale. CloudWatch monitoring and AWS Config governance, backed by CI/CD pipelines, ensure every deployment stays current and reliable over time. This reduces infrastructure management overhead while improving application availability across the customer base. Whether modernizing a single platform or an entire product line, Aziro delivers deployment models built for speed and scale.