automation

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Automation use is still low in most organizations, but it is top of mind for DevOps. 451 analyst, Eric Hanselman, believes Infrastructure as Code can help, and it doesn’t have to be scary.

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Read the third installment of a Cisco-commissioned study by Forrester Consulting: Automation Is Not Without Challenges, But They Can Be Overcome. The study spotlights some of the challenges and how they differ for operationally mature organizations versus those with low-maturity operations. The message to both: Don’t be discouraged!

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Cisco does not see Cloud as a destination, but as an operating model for IT services. We set out to build and deliver a cloud-SaaS platform with Automation, Observability, and Cloud native capabilities built right in.

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Learn what sets leaders apart when it comes to operational maturity. The Second Installment of our automation strategy blog series: Operational Maturity Is Critical to Business Success, focuses on four areas of competency: strategy, technology, process and governance.

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This is the first installment of our automation strategy series, based on a Forrester Consulting thought leadership paper commissioned by Cisco: Modernize Operations To Digitally Transform And Weather Any Storm. The research focuses on how enterprises can modernize their operations to boost agility — which is key to their ability to weather adversity.

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We wanted to understand how automation enables operational maturity and – ultimately – the business itself. We partnered with Forrester Consulting to research organizations of varying sizes and across industries with a global footprint.

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What is Cisco ACI? Since its development in 2012, Cisco ACI has been the industry’s most secure, open, and comprehensive software-defined networking (SDN) solution. ACI enables automation that accelerates infrastructure deployment and governance, simplifies management to easily move workloads across a multifabric, hybrid cloud or multicloud framework, and proactively secures against risk arising from anywhere. […]

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Common IT tasks that are straightforward on a small scale can quickly prove overwhelming at larger scales. Intersight Cloud Orchestrator allows administrators to more easily manage what lies ahead.

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Cisco Intersight and HashiCorp Terraform Cloud Business are like peanut butter and jelly, better together. With the general availability of Intersight Service for Terraform, IT Ops teams are now able to bring infrastructure as Code (IaC) securely and easily to their on-prem environment.