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Red Hat Ansible Not Just For NetworkingSteve WelgossJune 21, 2019

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• Ansible is an automation engine for configuration management and deployment.• Ansible works by connecting to nodes and pushing out small programs called "Ansible

modules". These programs are written to be resource models of the desired state of the system. Ansible then executes these modules (over SSH by default), and removes them when finished

• Ansible brings simplicity and agentless architecture to network automation to include network teams in DevOps initiatives while simultaneously gaining better control and understanding of how existing networks are configured and managed.

What is Ansible?

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By 2021, productized network automation tools will be used by 45% of organizations, which is an increase from fewer than 10% today.

Gartner Market Guide for Network Automation – March 2018, ID: G00328743

The Opportunity

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The Advantage

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Components

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• Forrester Study• Study subject went from mostly manual processes to Ansible

automation across IT infrastructure• Operational efficiency savings of $1,321,364. The

interviewed organization used Ansible to streamline core business activities for its managed cloud service operations. The organization automated the process of bringing servers online and provisioning them to customers, cutting delivery lead times by 66%. The efficiency gains in delivery accelerated revenue recognition, delighted customers, and drastically reduced the man hours required to meet customer demands, representing a three-year PV of $1,321,364.

Economic Impact of Ansible Tower

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• Infrastructure appliance savings of $389,707. Rather than purchase name-brand appliances for its data centers, the interviewed organization created an Ansible Playbook and ran the automated functionality using generic Linux systems. The organization avoided purchasing 10 name-brand infrastructure appliances, representing a three-year PV of $389,707.

Forrester Economic Impact Study (cont.)

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• Automated reconfiguration, reducing man hours by 94%. The organization automated the recovery and reconfiguration process following security incidents. Automating the process reduced its incident response time by 94% and eliminated the need to call in expensive hourly contractors. Automating recovery and reconfiguration resulted in a three-year savings of $12,049.

• Automated security updates, reducing man hours by 80%. Prior to using Ansible, the organization required FTE (full-time equivalent) resources to manually update security for the Linux environment — a task required with increasing frequency to comply with new regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Ansible automated and simplified this task — requiring 80% less time and making it easy enough for in-house resources to complete. Automating security updates resulted in a three-year PV of $6,521.

Forrester Economic Impact Study (cont.)

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• Avoided hiring additional staff. Simplifying and automating common IT tasks allowed the organization to avoid hiring additional staff to meet demands of its growing customer base.

• Accelerated revenue recognition. By automating server delivery, the organization accelerated the speed at which it recognized revenue from clients.

• Improved security standards. The organization adopted CIS (Center for Internet Security) Controls and Benchmarks into its automated scripts, which were easy to edit and enabled the organization to keep up with rapidly evolving standards.

• Avoided costly errors. With process automation, the organization avoided potentially costly errors committed during the manual provisioning and configuration of servers.

Unqualified Benefits

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Financial Summary and 3 year Benefit

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ROI

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