The Automation Maturity Curve: Taking IT to New Levels

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The Automation Maturity Curve: Taking IT to New Levels

Gary Barnett

Mainframe

CitiNationwideTrizetto

Greg Payne Glenn Mullen Tom Posival Phil GasparinoSouthwest GasOvum

Industry Analyst Sr. Analyst AVP, Tech Support Architect Dir, Global Ops Support

Citi

Rajan Patel

Sr. Vice President

MFT21S


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Abstract

Today’s data center needs to combine agility and efficiency to enable growth and competitive advantage in the application economy. Automation is a key to making this happen. This session explores the stages of automation maturity – from basic siloed automation such as monitoring to more advanced unified automation that includes analytics, auditing and remediation to fully automated management of SLAs. Discover how organizations are moving from reactive to proactive and learn how you can take data center automation to the next level.

Gary BarnettOvumIndustry Analyst

Greg PayneSouthwest GasSr. Analyst/Tech Infrastructure

Glenn MullenTrizettoAVP, Technical Support

Tom PosivalNationwideArchitect

Phil GasparinoCitiDirector, Global Ops Support

Rajan PatelCitiSr. Vice President


Agenda

THE AUTOMATION MATURITY CURVE: FROM PROCEDURE TO POLICY

DATA CENTER AUTOMATION: OUR JOURNEY

Q & A

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The Automation Maturity Curve

Measure → Predict → Prescribe SLAs and advanced analytics

Dynamic infrastructure

Cross enterprise / platform agnostic

Business service orchestration

Systems to application lifecycle

Desired end state / business policy

WHERE ARE YOU ON

THE CURVE?

POLICY DRIVEN

RULE AND EVENT BASED

PROCEDURE DRIVEN

Business Value

Reduce Cost Reduce Risk Remediate Problems Increase IT Efficiency Optimize IT Investment

Sense → Prioritize → Respond Event management workflows

Link elements

Dynamic: if / then / else

Relationships, sequencing

Exception-based management

IT system integration

Element → Action Single step, reactive Siloed / platform-centric Static workload placement Tooling / language / IT centric No logical relationships Remediation-based monitoring

Mat

uri

ty L

evel

From Procedure to Policy


Data Center Automation:Our Journey

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What are your primary automation goals?

What are your strategies to move “up” the curve?

How is your organization taking data center automation to a new level?

Where are you on the Automation Maturity Curve?

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What are your primary automation challenges?

How is your organization overcoming those challenges?

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What advice would you offer companies who are struggling to meet the challenges posed by implementing more sophisticated automation?

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SummaryA Few Words to Review

Key Topics

Automation has grown up!

The Automation Maturity Curve presents opportunities for enterprises looking to reduce cost and risk while optimizing IT investments.

Findings

There is no “right” or “wrong” approach to automation.

If an organization wants to move “up” the automation curve, investment is necessary.

Experiences

Customers are meeting the automation challenges they face today.

Where are you on the curve today and where do you want to be tomorrow?

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Q & A


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