Solution Brief

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Cloud Automation & Orchestration

OVERVIEW
When thinking about your IT staff time and resources, how much time is spent on maintaining your environment
versus time actually spent on value-added activities? If you spend significantly more time on maintaining, you are
not alone and have a prime environment for automation.

By automating everything in your data center, you can create an easy to use interface to discover and manage
business service topology that will change your IT infrastructure from cost centers, into a strategic business
provider. The OnX Cloud Automation & Orchestration services are specifically tailored to help you reach the heart
of the cloud computing value proposition. Automation enables quick, reliable and repeatable application and
server deployment, rapid response to changing business conditions, and optimized use of valuable resources and
budget. Without automation and orchestration, it would be nearly impossible to realize the full value of cloud
computing.

Gain Control and Automate your critical IT Tasks, Processes & Service Delivery
Automate tasks Automate IT Processes Automate Service Delivery
Replace routine manual tasks Standardize on best practice Automate provisioning
Free up resources for new Increase IT agility and quality Private Cloud
projects Define the services Cut service delivery time

We can help you automate your tasks, IT processes and service delivery for the following:

> Data Center Automation

o Transform your data center to effectively manage your business services by automating manual
processes and consolidating disparate tool sets
> Provisioning
o Accelerate approval and build processes across heterogeneous environments with controlled
provisioning
> Audit, Compliance & Remediation
o Capture and record all operational data associated with change to quickly generate audit trails
for patching, security policies, device access and change management compliance
o Mitigate the risk of downtime caused by configuration errors or manual processes which are the
source of 80% of network problems
> Application Patching, Upgrades & Release Management
o Automate routine tasks like patch management to improve server to administrator rations to
levels up to 200:1 or more
o Roll out new functionality within days versus months
o Stop running the risk of delayed releases, high cost and too many outages by automating your
application release process
> Service Delivery Lifecycle
o Enable new revenue resources with improved service delivery

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This OnX Professional Services driven solution seeks to understand the customers needs for automation and
orchestration, then provides design and implementation based on customers requirements. The service takes a
solution-oriented approach, and the design and deliverables are tailored to specific use case requirements.
Solutions can range from simple IaaS projects to complex multi-tiered application based delivery software.

ONX APPROACH
The OnX Professional Services engagement will address the business and technical drivers for automating your data
center operations and help you get the most value out of your automation initiatives.
> Requirement Analysis and Use Case Definition Workshop
> Requirements Definition and Test Plan Development
> Proof of Concept Execution
> Production Solution Design and Architecture
> Production Deployment (install, config, test)
> Customization and Development Assistance
> Optimization
> Staff Augmentation

RELATED SERVICES
OnX Professional Services can assist you with your datacenter technology services needs. Whether you need help
planning a new infrastructure, upgrading an existing infrastructure, or want to optimize your existing infrastructure,
OnX Professional Services personnel have the skills and expertise to assist. OnX offers a complete portfolio of related
services, including assessments, planning and design, implementation, and troubleshooting and support services.

In addition to a full spectrum of datacenter services, OnX can also offers the following related services:
Cloud Discovery Workshop
o This service provides customers with interactive workshop for customers looking to migrate to public,
hybrid or private cloud.
Cloud Strategy Development
o This services assists customers with defining the business drivers and objectives that drive the cloud
requirements
VMware Cloud Automation Accelerator
o This service provides customers with a turn-key pilot deployment of vCloud Automation Center.
OpenStack Proof of Concept (PoC)
o Our PoC services provide a test bed where private cloud solutions can be efficiently tested and
evaluated.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
OnX includes project management as part of all projects to manage the overall project team, create and maintain
the project plan, communicate status on a recurring basis and facilitate escalations as needed. This helps to minimize
risks and ensure timely and successful service delivery. Additionally, OnX maintains a knowledgebase of lessons
learned comprised of feedback from all service deliveries to help prevent unforeseen delays and other impact on
the project.

WHY ONX?
Our experience designing and integrating enterprise data center solutions gives our clients access to skills and
expertise beyond their in-house IT teams and traditional resellers.
OnXs industry certifications across a broad selection of best-in-class IT manufacturers and technologies gives
us access to information, tools, techniques, and enablement beyond those available to in-house IT teams.
Our proven success delivering ~900 projects annually.
We utilize Industry, OEM, and OnX Best Practices and capture and apply lessons learned to reduce client risk.
OnX methodology and project management applied to all projects.

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