The Cloud360 success story
continues…
I am happy to announce that Cognizant's Cloud360 has been awarded by UP-CON
as the Best Cloud Automation Solution of 2013. Having been selected for this
award from among some of the best next-generation cloud computing companies is
a very prestigious recognition for us. The cloud automation feature of Cloud360
is creating quite a stir in the cloud world giving us impetus to enhance it
even further.
The ability to automate application environments is one of
the primary features of Cloud360 that is drawing more and more customers
towards it. Its customizable automation policy makes it a unique offering
giving customers full control of their environments. Its Instance and
Application profiles allow for automated deployment enabling the customers to
standardize and simplify the automation of application deployments. The
automation policies cover a range of automated activities from how provisioning
happens to where the provisioning happens to how a monitoring event needs to be
handled to how cost control is enforced in an environment. This was never a
luxury that the IT users enjoyed before.
The technology that is behind Cloud360’s automation
capability is "Xi - Experience Intelligible", an easy-to-use English-like language that
enables IT users to automate their everyday operations. It empowers
Administrators and Business users to dynamically control the behavior of their
Enterprise Applications. We recognized the fact that different enterprises have
different management, monitoring and automation needs and one type of policy
may not work for all. With Xi Configurator, users have the flexibility to
create policies based on their requirement, thus giving them greater
decision-making power and control over their environment. Users can also keep a
check on the resource utilization and consumption by different group and
implement timely actions to avoid misuse and contain costs.
Cloud360’s automation capability enables Business
users as well as Administrators to collaborate and customize the hosting of
applications for their end user. There was a time when the Business users had
no control over the applications during run-time even though they were the owners
of the business. With Cloud360, the enterprises are experiencing greater
synergy between the Business users and the administrators. With the help of
policies, the users can easily automate processes, thus saving the time spent
on configuring and troubleshooting environments, reducing the element of manual
error and investing the time and resources in more productive activities
instead.
This technological innovation of Cloud360 has
significantly simplified the usage of the Cloud technology and management of
environments. Making automation easily accessible and customizable has provided
users with greater decision-making power at their finger-tips, thus providing a
powerful virtual canvas for automation. This unique technological breakthrough
that has redefined the way Cloud environments are managed and monitored. It is
an extremely rewarding experience as this technology is gets more recognition
each day with increasing number of accolades and awards. This eggs us to
further enhance the Cloud360 platform with newer innovations.
