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Codeless task automation Application lifecycle management

With a few clicks , you can link intelligent signals with automated actions to eliminate mundane tasks and intelligent operations make it easy to improve the productivity of operations by requiring zero coding .

Automated optimisation

The ability to provision , configure , scale , upgrade , and delete applications across cloud environments to design complex blueprints that span multiple environments and teams .

Hybrid multicloud orchestration

Intelligent operations understand the performance behaviour of all cloud workloads by constantly monitoring the system . An anomaly alert is issued if a workload deviates from normal behaviour , no configuration is required .

Ticketing integration

Seamless integration with IT service management tools to track infrastructure shortages , automate ticket creation , and resolve alerts and incidents within these ITSM systems .

Capacity usage and scenario analysis

The ability to automate the provisioning of hybrid cloud architectures , managing multi-tiered and distributed applications across different cloud environments from a single control plane .

Integrating IoT

IoT is also being used in the fast food world as technology-savvy solutions that help boost efficiency and customer satisfaction . Smart devices are used in fast food environments to deliver real-time insights , predict maintenance , and act as an autopilot for controls . These IoT wonders are saving the day , and some dough while serving up top-notch service .

Predictive analysis that foresees application capacity needs and cluster capacity runways for pay-as-yougrow scaling and better capacity usage with rightsizing optimisations .

With automation capabilities , a smart cloud platform enables automation and cloud orchestration capabilities like :

Self-service provisioning

Blueprints can be published directly to end users through a Marketplace . In addition , blueprints can be created in a user interface or via Python code .

In technology , enterprise cloud platforms are incomplete until they integrate the edge . A smart cloud experience completes the hybrid multicloud platform by delivering a truly universal cloud operating model to include consistent management across public clouds , on-premises , hosted and edge environments .

Real-time applications rely on local sensors , cameras , processing and storage in edge locations , many of which are unmanned . In particular , edge data centres often process streaming data to support emerging IoT and AI-driven analytics and automation applications .

The ability of a cloud platform to seamlessly build , run , manage , secure and protect applications at the edge is what makes it a smart cloud .

Smart cloud platforms need to drive the reduction of micro waste , the wasted resources of underutilised workloads , such as those built up in native-VM deployments , with granular on-the-fly workload rightsizing . High-performance NVMe-based storage ensures that applications are fast and responsive , and infrastructure and application automation accelerate the delivery of IT services .

Furthermore , with smart cloud platforms , IT has the potential to make significant impacts on sustainability efforts by modernising infrastructure to address environmental , energy , and economic demands . p

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