Connect IT To Your Organization’s True Needs
There are many different, powerful technologies in the data center, and each year they become more reliable and add greater value. The same is true for operations staff; there are a wide variety of expert skills, and many staff embers are indispensable local gurus. From servers to networks to storage, IT teams have made great strides in automating the management of infrastructure components and have become virtuosos. The challenge is to orchestrate these players to perform within a framework that delivers the greatest value for the business.
Orchestration is all about delivering business value, and this paper will help guide the CxO seeking better return on IT investments through the current orchestration services landscape. The past decade has seen the emergence of many products variously referred to as automation, provisioning, run book, and systems management, all of which have improved the lives of IT operators. However, none of these technologies can provide the true linkage of IT to the needs of the business. Tying business goals to IT operations requires an orchestration service with these characteristics: governs multiple infrastructure and application components, including both hardware and software; contains inherent automation and workflow controls; is policy-aware; and is as autonomous as possible, requiring little or no human intervention.
