Automation whether their aim is to maintain a

automation, whether their aim is to maintain a virtualized cloud infrastructure, support
the application development and deployment lifecycle, or move application or data
workloads through a hybrid cloud. Any time savings achieved through automation can
have high returns for the business in financial and resource utilization terms, especially
as clouds scale up in the path to hybrid IT. Aside from automation, the ability to perform
cloud management tasks from a “single pane of glass, ” i.e. a single UX interface for all
management aspects, can simplify an IT organization’s daily management load.
Cisco
Cisco has an open approach to management packages as Cisco cloud
management tools can, in some cases, directly manage cloud infrastructure from other
vendors. The goal of Cisco hybrid cloud management tools is to offer a single,
straightforward, and customizable interface for managing cloud conglomerates and
seamlessly moving workloads. The Cisco cloud management and mobility portfolio
includes a number of technologies, centered on the Cisco ONE Enterprise Suite. This
suite includes Cisco Intercloud Fabric (ICF), Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco Prime Service
Catalog and adds Cisco Virtual Application Container Services, which provides polices
and network templates that can manage virtual and logical networks through Cisco UCS
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Cisco IAC features tools that allow management of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
EC2 instances, VMware vSphere installs, and more. 92 93 IAC installs as a virtual appliance
and offers a self-service portal, tenant segregation, provisioning automation, and
integration with Cisco UCS, VMware vCloud Director, and other tools in addition to AWS
and OpenStack integration.
Cloud service providers, partners, and businesses can all use Cisco Intercloud
Fabric (ICF), a hybrid cloud framework and management dashboard that allows for
automated workload mobility and migration, for cloud management. ICF can provide
seamless workload portability across third-party public cloud vendors. For businesses,
this means Cisco ICF installs as a virtual appliance and can offer seamless networking for
Cisco partners, Azure, and AWS.
IT staff can use Cisco UCS Director to create and manipulate virtual machines,
hosts, and virtual network resources.