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href="https://www.skanska.com/">skanska.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="dm0 dmc-bld compact header-center description-center cta-center nopd-thm thml-1" data-stickynav-title="Summary" data-deeplink-name="summary" id="summary" data-config-metrics-group="Blade" data-config-metrics-title="Summary"> <div class="bl-cnt "> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> <div class="bld-text"> <div class = "blade-header" > <h2>Summary</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row thirds "> <div class="col third"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/cdc/dmr/tile/clientLib-v2.min.css" type="text/css"> <div class="dm0 dmc-tl icon" data-config-metrics-group="Tile" data-config-metrics-title="Challenges" data-version="DM:components/tile/tile:V3.0.3"> <div class="med ct"> <div class="dm-img" 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src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents1/tile.img.png/1718859858765.png" title="Solutions" alt="Solutions" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents1/tile.img.png/1718859858765.png" title="Solutions" alt="Solutions"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <div class="rte-txt"> <h3> Solutions </h3> <p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/application-centric-infrastructure/index.html">Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/cloud-networking/nexus-platform/index.html">Cisco Nexus Dashboard</a></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col third"> <div class="dm0 dmc-tl icon" data-config-metrics-group="Tile" data-config-metrics-title="Results" data-version="DM:components/tile/tile:V3.0.3"> <div class="med ct"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents2/tile.img.png/1677481853839.png" title="Results" alt="Results" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade/bladeContents2/tile.img.png/1677481853839.png" title="Results" alt="Results"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <div class="rte-txt"> <h3> Results </h3> <p><ul> <li>Established hybrid cloud operating model and laid the foundations for infrastructure as code (IaC)</li> <li>Accelerated network deployments from weeks to days</li> <li>Separated and secured workloads through microsegmentation</li> </ul> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="dm0 dmc-bld compact header-left description-center cta-center " data-stickynav-title="The Story" data-deeplink-name="the-story" id="the-story" data-config-metrics-group="Blade"> <div class="bl-cnt "> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> <div class="row full "> <div class="col full"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/cdc/dmr/text/text-v2.min.css" type="text/css"> <div class="dm0 dmc-text" data-config-metrics-group="Responsive Text" data-config-metrics-title="Going hybrid" data-version="DM:components/text/text:V2.2.0"> <h3><b>Going hybrid</b></h3> <p>After realizing an all-cloud computing strategy would be cost prohibitive and unworkable for a number of legacy workloads, Skanska shifted to a hybrid computing approach in 2018. But the company's IT team was wary of managing two separate domains, each with its own syntax, policies, and coding procedures.</p> <p>"We wanted the same model for managing [on-premises] and cloud resources" says Eric Nilsson, senior network engineer for Skanska.</p> <p>It's one of the main reasons why Skanska adopted Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), he adds. The world's leading software-defined networking solution is uniquely capable of extending data center networks鈥攊ncluding visibility, orchestration, and policy automation鈥攖o the public cloud.</p> <p>"Cisco ACI has enabled us to stretch our tenant environment to Microsoft Azure," Nilsson explains, noting the environment currently includes four tenants鈥攑roduction, development, test, and user acceptance testing鈥攚ith more to be added in the future.</p> <p>Skanska is also stretching production workloads like Microsoft Active Directory to the cloud, not only for redundancy but also to enable anytime, anywhere network access for internal users.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/cdc/dmr/pullquote/clientLib-v2.min.css"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/cdc/dmr/casestudy/clientLib.min.css">  <div class="dm0 dmc-bld compact cs-blade nopd-thm thml-0" data-config-metrics-group="Case Study Blade"> <div class="bl-cnt"> <div class="dm0 dmc-csb var-2 focal-L"> <div class="med"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/casestudy_blade.img.jpg/1685358309494.jpg" title="Eric Nilsson" alt="Eric Nilsson" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/casestudy_blade.img.jpg/1685358309494.jpg" title="Eric Nilsson" alt="Eric Nilsson"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <h2></h2> <blockquote class="dmc-pq dm0"> <p class="quote"><span>“</span>Because the [Cisco Cloud Network] controller is directly integrated with Azure, we don't have to use a separate GUI when configuring, deploying, and managing workloads in the cloud. It saves us a ton of time.<span>”</span></p> <cite class="attribution">Eric Nilsson, Senior Network Engineer</cite> </blockquote> <ul class="ctas"><li><a class="cta pri0" href="https://upshotstories.com/stories/simplifying-the-cloud-and-deploying-a-seamless-hybrid-data-center" data-config-metrics-item="Read Skanska's testimonial">Read Skanska's testimonial</a></li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="dm0 dmc-bld compact header-center description-center cta-center " data-config-metrics-group="Blade"> <div class="bl-cnt "> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> <div class="row full "> <div class="col full"> <div class="dm0 dmc-text" data-config-metrics-group="Responsive Text" data-config-metrics-title=""We're using the Cisco Cloud Netw..." data-version="DM:components/text/text:V2.2.0"> <p>"We're using the Cisco Cloud Network Controller to extend the application policies and constructs we have on-prem into the cloud," Nilsson says. "And because the controller is directly integrated with Azure, we don't have to use a separate GUI when configuring, deploying, and managing workloads in the cloud. It saves us a ton of time."</p> <h3><b>Security through microsegmentation</b></h3> <p>In addition to stretching its tenant environment, production workloads, and application policies to the cloud, Skanska is using the combination of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator and HashiCorp Terraform to establish infrastructure as code (IaC) and accelerate network operations. On-premises deployments that used to take a week now take less than a day, Nilsson says, and the multiweek cloud deployments of the past are now completed in a few days. </p> <p>"We're mostly doing simple things like creating application profiles, bridge domains, and endpoint groups," he explains. "But our goal is to use Nexus Dashboard and Terraform to configure and automate everything in the future, both on-prem and in the cloud."</p> <p>Although the two environments are being increasingly amalgamated, the resources within them are separated and secured through microsegmentation. Skanska's VMware footprint, for example, has been segmented into seven different endpoint groups.</p> <p>"We're segmenting lots of things鈥攖enants, endpoint groups, bridge domains, service contracts鈥攚hich is really beneficial from a security standpoint," Nilsson says. "We view and manage our on-prem and cloud environments as a single domain, with segmentation reducing the attack surfaces."</p> <p>Although there is more work to do, Nilsson says that Skanska has made significant progress aligning its on-premises Cisco ACI network with Microsoft Azure. And the company can extend the environment to additional clouds in the future using the same toolset and policies.</p> <p>"This has been a big effort, and Cisco has been a fantastic partner throughout the process," he concludes. "Everyone has been very helpful and supportive, and we've really appreciated the technical assistance we've received from the engineers and the entire Cisco team."</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="dm0 dmc-bld compact header-center description-center cta-center nopd-thm thml-0" data-stickynav-title="Related Content" data-deeplink-name="related-content" id="related-content" data-config-metrics-group="Blade" data-config-metrics-title="More for you"> <div class="bl-cnt "> <div class="row full"> <div class="col full"> <div class="bld-text"> <div class = "blade-header" > <h2>More for you</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row full "> <div class="col full"> <div class="dm0 dm-cmcl dmc-sl var-5 c-top graphic-C " data-config-metrics-group="Spotlight" data-config-metrics-title="Technology has changed how we live and work." data-version="DM:components/spotlight/spotlight:V2.5.0"> <div class="med"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight_copy_copy.img.png/1677481541555.png" title="Related technology content" alt="Related technology content" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight_copy_copy.img.png/1677481541555.png" title="Related technology content" alt="Related technology content"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <h4>Technology has changed how we live and work.</h4> <div class="rte-txt"> <p>Organizations like yours are innovating with Cisco solutions to connect, secure, and transform.</p> <ul class="ctas"> <li><a class="cta text" href="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories.html" data-config-metrics-item="Browse all stories">Browse all stories</a></li> <li><a class="cta text" href="/c/en/us/solutions/cloud-computing/case-studies.html" data-config-metrics-item="Discover more cloud and computing stories">Discover more cloud and computing stories</a></li> <li><a class="cta text" href="/c/en/us/solutions/data-center/networking-case-studies.html" data-config-metrics-item="Discover more data center and cloud networking stories">Discover more data center and cloud networking stories</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dm0 dm-cmcl dmc-sl var-5 c-top graphic-C " data-config-metrics-group="Spotlight" data-config-metrics-title="Every industry is unique." data-version="DM:components/spotlight/spotlight:V2.5.0"> <div class="med"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight_copy.img.png/1677481496103.png" title="Related industry content" alt="Related industry content" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight_copy.img.png/1677481496103.png" title="Related industry content" alt="Related industry content"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <h4>Every industry is unique.</h4> <div class="rte-txt"> <p>Each industry has its own challenges that require tailored solutions.</p> </div> <ul class="ctas"><li><a class="cta text" href="/c/m/en_us/solutions/industries/portfolio-explorer.html" data-config-metrics-item="Browse industry use cases">Browse industry use cases</a></li><li><a class="cta text" href="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/customer-stories-listing.html?flt1_general-table0=Construction" data-config-metrics-item="Discover more construction stories">Discover more construction stories</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="dm0 dm-cmcl dmc-sl var-5 c-top graphic-C no-border " data-config-metrics-group="Spotlight" data-config-metrics-title="You are a changemaker, innovator, and discoverer." data-version="DM:components/spotlight/spotlight:V2.5.0"> <div class="med"> <div class="dm-img" src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/jcr:content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight.img.png/1665462363885.png" title="Related advocacy content" alt="Related advocacy content" > <noscript class="dmimg-ns"><img src="/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/skanska/_jcr_content/Grid/category_atl_copy_co/layout-category-atl/blade_1147322882_cop/bladeContents/spotlight.img.png/1665462363885.png" title="Related advocacy content" alt="Related advocacy content"></noscript> </div> </div> <div class="cnt"> <h4>You are a changemaker, innovator, and discoverer.</h4> <div class="rte-txt"> <p>We want to help you share your story. 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