HP Business Service Automation
Encyclopedia
HP Business Service Automation is a collection of software products for data center
automation from the HP Software Division of Hewlett-Packard
Company. The products can help Information Technology
departments to create a common, enterprise-wide view of each business service; enable the automation of change and compliance across all devices that make up a business service; connect IT processes and coordinate teams via common workflows; and integrate with monitoring and ticketing tools to form a complete, integrated business service management
solution.
and Software as a Service
(SaaS) providers and hosts. To remain competitive, and to determine what to retain and what to outsource, IT needs to make all of its systems and applications perform better and more efficiently. IT also needs to automate the applications and systems to keep complexity and costs in line. Visibility, automation and management are essential, regardless of the underlying infrastructure. They also allow IT to function as the best broker of services, regardless of where the servers may reside.
The efficiencies of having this type of integration, automation and management have led to the rise of Converged Infrastructure
environments. This type of data center
environment allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster, with easier manageability and less maintenance, and enables IT to more rapidly adjust IT resources (such as servers, storage and networking) to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand.
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HP Server Automation software automates the server lifecycle for physical and virtual servers and automates the deployment of applications.
HP Application Deployment Manager (ADM) software automates the release process to bridge the gap among development, quality assurance and operations teams.
HP Network Automation software delivers network change and configuration management through real-time visibility, automation and control for network compliance, security and cost savings.
HP Operations Orchestration software is an IT process automation platform that provides a single view for automating IT processes in hybrid IT infrastructures, including cloud computing environments.
HP Client Automation Software
automates key IT processes across the PC lifecycle.
HP Storage Essentials software, standards-based storage resource management software, provides visibility into applications, drilling down from host to storage infrastructure.
HP Database and Middleware Automation software, from the acquisition of Stratavia
automates the provisioning, patching, compliance and configuration management of heterogeneous databases and application servers.
HP Service Automation Visualizer software presents a global, interactive picture of an IT environment, including all servers, software, network devices, storage, configurations and interdependencies.
HP Business Service Automation (BSA) Essentials provides content, infrastructure and services for users. It includes a portal for security updates, compliance policy checks and content, and application management profiles.
BSA Essentials reporting is a reporting engine for ad hoc and cross-domain analysis and compliance reports.[
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
automation from the HP Software Division of Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
Company. The products can help Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
departments to create a common, enterprise-wide view of each business service; enable the automation of change and compliance across all devices that make up a business service; connect IT processes and coordinate teams via common workflows; and integrate with monitoring and ticketing tools to form a complete, integrated business service management
Business Service Management
Business service management is an approach used to manage business-aligned IT services. A BSM philosophy promotes a customer-centric and business-focused approach to Service Management, aligning business objectives and priorities with IT or ICT from strategy through to operations and continual...
solution.
Need for Automation for Today’s IT Environments
IT no longer competes against past practices and cost structures. IT now competes against the costs structures of cloud computingCloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
and Software as a Service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
(SaaS) providers and hosts. To remain competitive, and to determine what to retain and what to outsource, IT needs to make all of its systems and applications perform better and more efficiently. IT also needs to automate the applications and systems to keep complexity and costs in line. Visibility, automation and management are essential, regardless of the underlying infrastructure. They also allow IT to function as the best broker of services, regardless of where the servers may reside.
The efficiencies of having this type of integration, automation and management have led to the rise of Converged Infrastructure
Converged Infrastructure
Converged infrastructure packages multiple information technology components into a single, optimized computing solution. Components of a converged infrastructure solution include servers, data storage devices, networking equipment and software for IT infrastructure management, automation and...
environments. This type of data center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
environment allows enterprises to get their applications up and running faster, with easier manageability and less maintenance, and enables IT to more rapidly adjust IT resources (such as servers, storage and networking) to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand.
Products
HP Business Service Automation consists of several software products that encompass both data center automation and client automation with runtime visibility and control over the data centerData center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
.
HP Server Automation software automates the server lifecycle for physical and virtual servers and automates the deployment of applications.
HP Application Deployment Manager (ADM) software automates the release process to bridge the gap among development, quality assurance and operations teams.
HP Network Automation software delivers network change and configuration management through real-time visibility, automation and control for network compliance, security and cost savings.
HP Operations Orchestration software is an IT process automation platform that provides a single view for automating IT processes in hybrid IT infrastructures, including cloud computing environments.
HP Client Automation Software
HP Client Automation Software
HP Client Automation software is a PC configuration lifecycle management tool from Hewlett-Packard for automating routine client management tasks such as operating system deployments and upgrades, patch management, application software deployment, application usage monitoring and remote...
automates key IT processes across the PC lifecycle.
HP Storage Essentials software, standards-based storage resource management software, provides visibility into applications, drilling down from host to storage infrastructure.
HP Database and Middleware Automation software, from the acquisition of Stratavia
Stratavia
Stratavia, formerly known as ExtraQuest, was a software company that specialized in enterprise Database and Data Center Automation, and private cloud computing enablement...
automates the provisioning, patching, compliance and configuration management of heterogeneous databases and application servers.
HP Service Automation Visualizer software presents a global, interactive picture of an IT environment, including all servers, software, network devices, storage, configurations and interdependencies.
HP Business Service Automation (BSA) Essentials provides content, infrastructure and services for users. It includes a portal for security updates, compliance policy checks and content, and application management profiles.
BSA Essentials reporting is a reporting engine for ad hoc and cross-domain analysis and compliance reports.[