HP Cloud Service Automation: Intelligent automation for building, managing, and securing cloud services

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Many lines of business are now procuring cloud services on their own because cloud computing professes to do what IT has long promised: deliver more for less and act as a business enabler. This method of acquiring services often leads to shadow IT—uncontrolled purchasing, dangerous security breaches, and poor service quality brought on by a lack of IT governance. On the other hand, the alternative traditional IT approach with its manual processes requires so much effort for managing infrastructure and applications that it prevents IT from innovating and delivering value to the business. It also results in IT complexity and resource constraints that deprive businesses of the agility they need to scale up as the business grows and to respond to changing business requirements. A planned, formal shift from traditional methods to an internal private-cloud model could solve both problems, but many organizations are reluctant to make such a move because of legacy investments, and concerns about security, performance, availability, and total cost of ownership. The key to making that shift safely is HP Cloud Service Automation. Combining award-winning HP technology and best practices, HP Cloud Service Automation is a unique blend of software and services, providing a flexible cloud solution to deliver infrastructure and applications as a service.