A new collaboration between Hitachi Vantara and Virtana is bringing AI-powered monitoring and observability to hybrid infrastructure environments. The solution integrates the Virtana infrastructure observability platform with the Hitachi EverFlex infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) portfolio to deliver advanced consumption-based infrastructure solutions for workload management and hybrid cloud operations.
Growing IT Complexity Drives Up Costs
Organizations are adopting hybrid cloud architectures to accelerate their digital transformation journeys with IT solutions that best fit their business needs, but they often discover that the resulting environment, which comprised of multiple public cloud and private data center resources, is highly complex to manage. That complexity leads to rising costs and operational inefficiencies for both enterprise customers and their IT solution providers.
According to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), 45% of organizations are increasing their adoption of IT automation and AIOps to accelerate and automate operations, while 45% are also boosting IT hiring to address the growing demands for accelerated operations.
Traditional management tools typically lack the visibility and automation needed to address the growing complexity of migrating, optimizing, and monitoring application workloads across multiple cloud environments. Leveraging AI-powered insights and controls is quickly becoming an essential strategy to simplify and scale.
By integrating AI-driven insights with IaaS capabilities, Hitachi Vantara with Virtana can streamline operations and reduce costs, helping IT solution providers and their customers improve their cloud efficiency and agility, while optimizing resource utilization and mitigating inefficiencies.
Visibility and Automation Bring Clarity and Simplicity
Solution providers and their customers can leverage the Hitachi EverFlex IaaS portfolio for scalable and cost-efficient hybrid infrastructure that’s tailored to organization’s specific requirements. A key capability is EverFlex Control, which acts as a centralized SaaS integration and management portal to allow teams to manage infrastructure resources holistically and more effectively. EverFlex Control provides real-time data visibility and automates scaling, enabling IT teams to optimize costs and manage their operations more efficiently.
By combining EverFlex Control with Virtana’s AI-powered insights, IT teams can gain a comprehensive view of their hybrid infrastructure. The integration enables scaling and automation, allowing businesses to better navigate the complexities of their hybrid cloud environments.
The solution delivers benefits including:
- IT infrastructure efficiency and cost optimization: Leveraging AI-enabled data to identify inefficiencies, reduce costs, and maximize ROI.
- Advanced observability: Providing extensive coverage of diverse infrastructure types, making it a comprehensive solution that meets a wide range of needs in the market.
- Accelerated digital initiatives: Streamlining hybrid cloud management to enable faster time-to-market for new applications and services.
- Improved operational efficiency: Automating routine tasks, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
- Increased agility and scalability: Quickly adapting to changing business needs while ensuring optimal performance and resource utilization.
Partners can leverage the Hitachi EverFlex portfolio for an advanced IaaS solution that streamlines IT operations and reduces costs, and empowers customers with scalable, flexible, and cost efficient hybrid cloud solutions to meet their evolving needs.
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