Case Study: Cisco Systems achieves rapid ROI and full data center visibility with Nlyte Software

Cisco Systems - Customer Case Study

Cisco Systems, the global networking equipment leader headquartered in San Jose, operates thousands of racks across 26 data centers to support offices and cloud operations in 90+ countries. Several of those sites are highly distributed—devices and services are deployed across entire facilities rather than confined to specific areas—making management with spreadsheets and legacy tools unwieldy. Cisco faced scale-related challenges including managing device counts and types, balancing weight and cooling, and maintaining visibility and control across a complex, growing infrastructure.

Cisco deployed Nlyte Platinum Edition to provide end-to-end DCIM: physical asset and infrastructure management, cabinet planning and auto-allocation, power and temperature monitoring, alerting, and a workflow engine that automated processes and reduced errors. By following Nlyte best practices—strategic data gathering, report-driven KPIs, early workflow adoption and an MVP rollout—Cisco achieved faster ROI, improved transparency, better capacity and power management, and stronger operational accountability across its distributed data centers.

Cisco Systems

Simon Albon

Senior Engineer