Why Orchestrate Software Upgrades?
Due to the manual effort required, network device software upgrades tend to stay in the backlog or only happen once a year. With orchestration, organizations can automatically determine which devices are the most vulnerable and optimize upgrades to increase efficiency by 10X+ so networking teams can focus on bigger projects and security teams can sleep better at night.
Network orchestration helps to:
- Effectively and efficiently run new technology and software.
- Support new services and architect the network to the desired state.
- Reduce risk for an outage or an intrusion to the entire company by a missed or failed vulnerability patch.
- Decrease cycle time and increase the number of devices upgraded in a single maintenance window
- Save over $200K+ cost reductions per upgrade cycle.
Orchestrating Software Upgrades with Itential
The Itential Platform simplifies the orchestration of a software upgrade use case by providing capabilities for:
Software Upgrades for Any Network Device or Type
Build, manage, and run workflows for software upgrades across all different network vendors in one single platform.
Robust Pre-Check & Post-Check
Create robust pre-check and post-check policies with automatic rollback that can be leveraged as part of your orchestrated workflow.
Integrate with your IT Environment
Build orchestrated workflows using drag-and-drop integration with your IT ecosystem: ITSM, IPAM, notifications, and more.
Itential Pre-Built Workflows for Software Upgrades
With Itential’s Pre-Built Workflows, organizations can rapidly onboard simple and reusable end-to-automations that support any device type.
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