Automation has become the mantra for business owners looking to move away from a reactive, break-fix model that has been the legacy trademark of the traditional IT infrastructure. In the past, management has [reluctantly] accepted the notion that random IT downtime is an expected part of running their business. That notion is no longer acceptable by management and consequently IT departments have responded by putting into place service level agreements (SLA) and other metrics in order to satisfy management.

While establishing SLA’s is obviously a step in the right direction, that alone does not address the issue. The issue being, how to go from a reactive, break-fix model to a proactive, automated approach. The fact is, automation offers cost-saving potential to any business willing to adopt an automation-centric model. So the question is, where do you begin?

Where Do You Begin?

A centralized process is the key to a company's automation success. Whether you're looking to automate the provisioning of virtual machines, Active Directory compliance, event handling, data governance, or to just automate reporting, it should be done from a central source. The last thing any company wants are IT staff members running amok deploying their personal scripts, potentially jeopardizing the security and continuity of a business. It’s important that all automated processes be accounted for and managed from a central location.

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