Automation

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Hybrid IT Layer 3

Instrumentationand Analytics

Virtualisation

ConvergedInfrastructure

Cloud ServiceIntegration

Automation

5 Layer StackInfrastructure: comprises converged platforms (platforms of stability) and hyper-converged platforms (platforms of change) to enable more efficient resource pooling and greater resource control.

Virtualisation: releases resources from being tied to particular physical devices in order to enable portability of services.

Automation: comprises cloud automation and Data Centre automation. Cloud automation provides on premise and off-premise self-service provisioning and lifecycle services for virtual systems and workloads.

Cloud Integration: provides authentication and authorisation services for in-house Active Directory platforms to control user access to cloud services, such as Office365, Salesforce etc.

Instrumentation: this delivers the visibility and control that is needed across the entire Data Centre. The Instrumentation layer includes element managers for the core Data Centre technologies.

With these five layers in place, the IT department will be perfectly positioned to support digital business innovation and respond immediately to changing demand. IT staff will be able to provision and control resources from the Data Centre instantly to support changing demands and priorities. They will be able to control their networks in real-time and finely tune the service available to users to match their specific needs. They will be able to operate service and software defined platforms with considerably less manual intervention. And they will be better equipped to protect against new and changing security threats. The Service Defined Infrastructure operated under the Hybrid IT model will make the Data Centre and networks less costly to run, and enable IT to deliver more choice, agility and value to the business.

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Overview

In the modern data centre, speed agility and operational efficiency are all essential if the demands of the enterprise are to be met.

Automation simplifies and accelerates the provisioning and management of data centre and cloud services, helping IT deliver the speed, agility and efficiency required.

The modern enterprise’s IT infrastructure is highly sophisticated and complex. Making even small changes to its configuration can be time consuming and costly, as well as prone to error.

IT infrastructures grow over time in both size and complexity, the administrative burden also growing as a result. This has always been a challenge for the CIO, but in recent years, with increasing pressure from the boardroom to cut IT costs, and growing demands from line of business managers for a more nimble, responsive IT service, the matter has come to a head.

To keep in pace with business demands, IT must deliver fast, flexible, and responsive services. That isn’t possible when relying on direct intervention to manage systems.

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The issues

Automation - the benefits

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Reduced: Improved:

Complexity

Costs

Operational efficiency

Speed of delivery

Introducing automation largely removes the need for direct intervention. Instead, IT specifies how services should be provisioned, using highly automated, real time, policy-driven services, across both the data centre and the cloud.

Instead of individually provisioning the various resources required for a new or changed service, the administrator clicks a button and all the necessary resources are provisioned automatically, according to the policies set.

Those policies are defined, controlled and executed in software, with a common policy framework automating provisioning and resource management. Access control is policy-based for all resources, whether local, remote, web, cloud, or wireless.

The solution - Automation

Automation comprises:

• Cloud automation, providing on-premise and off-premise self-service provisioning and lifecycle services for virtual systems and workloads.

• Data Centre automation, applying software-defined policies to perform changes to the underlying Data Centre infrastructure that would otherwise have to be dealt with by direct intervention by Data Centre administrators.

Automation allows infrastructure and application services to be deployed remotely in real time, with consistent, standardised configurations, streamlining the deployment process.

It simplifies deployment and management allowing services to be rapidly designed, created, and deployed, and managed across the full lifecycle, streamlining and automating key functions and processes. Operational efficiency is enhanced, without compromising service levels.

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