This case study highlights how Beachbody, a prominent health and fitness company, partnered with Cisco to enhance its data center infrastructure and security.
Business Challenge
Beachbody faced significant hurdles due to a disparate network lacking standardization. This resulted in isolated data, security, and telecom systems, preventing a unified network view. Manual firewall configuration and management were time-consuming and inefficient.
Security Solution
To address these challenges, Beachbody implemented Cisco's advanced solutions, including the Cisco ASA 5585-X Next-Generation Firewall, Cisco Identity Services Engine, and Cisco TrustSec. These technologies were chosen for their ability to integrate, virtualize, and provide a single-pane view of network operations.
Business Results
The implementation led to substantial improvements for Beachbody:
- Reduced data center footprint by 50 percent.
- Automated management in a virtualized environment with simplified rule sets.
- Simplified security management and operations, enabling future growth.
- Consolidated threat environment view for IT staff, reducing manual configuration.
- Improved network access control and reduced downtime through Cisco Identity Services Engine.
Expert Insight
"What Cisco technology will let us do is to scale as big as the mind can imagine. I can't know everything that the business will want to do in six months, or next year, or the year after. But what I can do is build us a network that will scale and let us do pretty much anything we want to do with limited investment in the next four years."
Learn More
For more information on the Cisco ASA 5585-X Next-Generation Firewall, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/asa
