Itential Selected by Cisco as Member of SolutionsPlus Program

Atlanta, Georgia, USA September 27, 2017 – Itential, an innovative software company focused on model-centric network automation, proudly announces that it has officially become a member of the Cisco SolutionsPlus Program.

Through a long standing relationship with Cisco, Itential has built robust integration with the Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) ecosystem supporting complex customer automation programs. This approach utilizes NSO capabilities built around NETCONF/YANG and market-leading orchestration capabilities.

According to Chris Wade, CTO of Itential, “The adoption of orchestration is key to supporting an API & model-first automation strategy.  Itential is focused on driving automation capabilities utilizing programmable network concepts and NSO as a foundational orchestration platform.”

A key benefit of selection to the SolutionsPlus Program is the tighter integration of the Itential development team to Cisco APIs and availability of Cisco labs to test and certify its products as Cisco Compatible.

Itential’s flagship product will also be available to purchase through Cisco, and approved Cisco Partners, as part of an integrated solution with NSO.  Initial  applications available include:

• Service Lifecycle Management – Uses Service Model & YANG definitions to provide Operational and Workflow capabilities supporting Order & Lifecycle Management.
• Maintenance Automation – Extend automation capabilities to traditional manual and scripted maintenance activities while using the transactional capabilities of NSO.
• Golden Config and Compliance – Remove reconciliation by using NSO with configuration rules to maintain network state and validation.

According to Itential CEO Ian Bresnahan, “The demand for network automation continues to show strong growth.  The selection to the Cisco SolutionsPlus program further strengthens our relationship and allows Itential to work within the Cisco ecosystem and accelerate adoption.”

“Network automation is essential to help drive digital business transformation as the industry moves towards cloud, IoT, and 5G,” said Kip Compton, VP of Cisco Cloud Platform and Solutions, Cisco. “Itential’s integration with Cisco NSO and membership in Cisco’s SolutionPlus program support advanced network capabilities and accelerate the adoption of network automation.”

A webcast session on “Fast Tracking Network Automation – Leveraging Itential  and Cisco NSO for Simplified Automation” will be hosted on October 3, 2017. Please click here to register.

For more information on Cisco NSO and Itential, please contact info@itential.com or the Cisco NSO team at http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/buy.html.

About Itential

Itential simplifies and automates the journey toward the Modern Network. Our Intelligent Network Automation solution bridges the gap between IT and networking teams, enabling users to easily build, execute and visualize Network Intelligent Workflows. Our low-code environment provides a vendor agnostic, turnkey solution, connecting all your orchestrators and controllers with your IT Service Management applications and configuration tools. Itential’s solutions leverage the latest thinking, open standards, open architectures, partners and best practices to drive network operations and maximize the impact of automation. Companies worldwide from Fortune 500 telecommunications and financial services companies to enterprises of all sizes, trust Itential to mitigate risk, automate operations, accelerate change and fuel their journey toward the Modern Network. Learn more at www.itential.com

About Cisco SolutionsPlus

Cisco SolutionsPlus is a program that places a carefully selected set of Cisco compatible products on the Cisco price list with the goal of Cisco customers being able to order these products directly from Cisco or via the existing reseller network.