Your automation and orchestration roadmap has some mandatory costs (Part Three)
An automation roadmap has pre-requisites and implicit costs that have an impact on TCO: integration with existing systems, infrastructure, testing.
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Automation cost drivers are more relevant (Part Two)
Two costs components drive the TCO and its evolution: the automation/orchestration software cost and the service modeling costs.
Don’t bypass the automation journey business case (Part One)
A business case is the best way to convince your executives. Hence it is important to ensure a good TCO calculation prior to the project kick-off.
Graph module to visualize models
The open-source graph module is an internal tool we use at Inmanta to turn models into pictures. In this blog post, we explain how you can use it.
Inmanta Service Orchestrator Release 3.4.0
Version 3.4.0 of Inmanta Service Orchestrator comes with following new features: root cause analysis, embedded entities, emergency stop, improved plugin modularity and more.
It is Imperative to be Declarative
Most automation applies imperative programming as they execute in a specific sequence. This complicates the automation of multi-domain service delivery.
Cover all the Bases
Multi-domain use cases are the new normal and require an end-to-end automation solution. Most tools in the market have a specific focus and do not suffice.
The Path to Hell is Paved with Good Automation Steps
Ansible got very popular for network automation, but why is there still a large backlog of semi-manual network engineering and service provisioning tasks?
Open-source Release 2020.1
Open-source version 2020.1 of the Inmanta Orchestrator introduces major improvements to the compiler and the OpenAPI specification of the orchestrator.
Open-source Release 2019.3
Open-source version 2019.3 of Inmanta Service Orchestrator introduces improved support for plugin-in extensions to the orchestrator.