Automation can change business as usual to business on demand
IBM has established automation guidelines that are designed to help businesses build upon and improve their IT infrastructures today. These guidelines are a roadmap to automation solutions - comprised of products that simplify the way businesses manage and adapt IT environments.
Availability Ensuring the health and appropriate functioning of IT environments
Business Service Management Visualizing IT environment in business service terms, managing service levels to business objectives, and architecting IT services to business terms.
Orchestration Sensing, triggering, and responding according to business goals
Provisioning Making the right resources available to the right processes and people.
Security Ensuring that information assets, confidentiality, and data integrity are protected
