Stratavia
Introduces Data Palette 5.0 For Data Center Automation
Released
on: March 27, 2008, 10:49 am
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Release Author: Sbrown/Stratavia
Industry:
Computers
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Release Summary: Fortune 1000 Organizations Streamline IT Administration
with an AJAX Web Based Console and Automate Data Center Tasks
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Release Body: Denver, CO, March 26, 2008 --Stratavia™,
the leading provider of data
center automation software for Fortune 1000 organizations,
today announced the immediate availability of its latest release,
Data Palette™ 5.0. This new version introduces
a groundbreaking AJAX-based user interface design,
providing a rich user experience for centralized global IT administration.
It also features advances in standardizing and automating complex,
error prone tasks that traditionally require days, of manual intervention
and oversight.
“Consider
the average data center network – its comprised of nearly
1000 servers and growing 30 percent per year; they’re highly
heterogeneous and support over 5000 desktops for up to 7000 employees,”
said Andi Mann, research director, Enterprise Management
Associates. “Customers are concerned with siloed
approaches to data center automation. Building a centralized,
web-based console for global coordination and standardization
can greatly reduce inconsistencies. We predict data automation
solutions that address this will deliver substantial benefits.”
Data
Palette is Stratavia’s award-winning patent-pending
platform that automates complex, manually intensive but repetitive
IT administration tasks. It has been recognized for its unique
approach to “intelligent” run book automation, having
evolved from a managed service operation, where it served as the
database automation platform for over 40 customers. This latest
version includes those database automation capabilities and provides
further innovations in the areas of:
•Policy
Driven Automation, to further standardize and streamline IT administration
tasks. For large IT organizations, it is no longer possible to
manage servers individually, nor rely on ad hoc “best practices”
of an individual user. Operations can be managed much more efficiently
by using policies which span hundreds of servers. This process
sharply reduces system outages and saves significant man hours.
• Automated Server
Provisioning for physical and virtual Linux, Windows and Solaris
environments. Customers adding new servers to their data center
can use Data Palette to recognize and integrate
the new hardware into the network and automatically provision
requisite operating systems, applications, patches, among other
elements. Customers which have already deployed this capability
have realized 60-80 percent efficiency gains in provisioning both
physical and virtual servers.
• Automated Virtualization Management enables IT operations
teams to achieve the highest levels of efficiency, simplicity
and quality in managing their virtualized environments. Data
Palette provides comprehensive virtual life cycle management
to accelerate enterprise deployments, seamlessly managing physical
and virtual environments with technologies such as VMware, Microsoft
Virtual Server, Sun Solaris 10 and XenSource.
• Centralized Web-based Administration that allows users
to create standard operating procedures through a intuitive “digital
whiteboard.” IT administrators can create workflows for
specific tasks, using a drag and drop approach, rather than hard
coding. Data Palette features an internal search
engine capability to tag and track these workflows, increasing
the ease for team members to collaborate by sharing steps or workflows
across common tasks. Data Palette 5.0 is the
only server provisioning platform to be 100% web based –
both the administrative and user console are hosted on a web server,
eliminating the need to download thick-client consoles which are
traditionally required to communicate with server components.
As software versions are upgraded, there is no longer a need to
ensure that all administrators download and install updated software
to their desktops.
Leveraging
information about the environment in which it resides, Data
Palette is the only automation platform to provide decision
automation – the ability to drive more intelligent automation
based on variables throughout the data center. Coupled with its
innovative rules engine, Data Palette empowers
IT administrators to:
“Data
Palette 5.0 is designed for organizations with globally
distributed data center operations running a heterogeneous universe
of applications and databases,” said Thor Culverhouse,
CEO, Stratavia. “Given this model, it is no
longer possible for large IT organizations to manage servers individually,
no matter what level of standardization and asset tracking exists.
With Data Palette’s introduction of policy-driven
automation, Data Palette dramatically streamlines
operations and lowers operating costs, by as much as 80 percent.”
About
Stratavia
Stratavia is a leading provider of Data
Center Automation software. Stratavia's
flagship platform, Data Palette, automates complex,
error-prone, manually intensive yet repetitive IT administration
tasks, while providing predictive analytics to detect and resolve
issues before they can impact operations. Fortune 1000
companies rely on Data Palette to define,
build and orchestrate standard operating procedures, and report
on mission-critical applications and IT operations. Founded in
2001, Stratavia is headquartered in Denver, Colorado
and is privately held and venture funded by Adams Street Partners,
Asset Management Company and Vista Ventures. For more information
go to www.stratavia.com.
Web
Site: http://www.stratavia.com
Contact
Details: Michael Puterbaugh
Stratavia, Inc.
Denver, CO United States
sbrown@seowhat.com
303-991-4844
http://www.stratavia.com