Data Palette
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Data Palette is a patented IT process and decision automation platform developed by Stratavia
. It is intended as a highly scalable and flexible means for automating repetitive data center tasks, such as software upgrade and patch management, database and application provisioning
, database
maintenance, application software rollouts, incident remediation, etc. The objective is to automate the everyday tasks that IT teams are faced with so they are able to focus on more important areas. Theoretically, this would reduce operational costs for those IT teams.
The SOP module within Data Palette lets users define and deploy Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recurring, time consuming or complex tasks. This is the basis for IT Automation. These SOPs provide a means of standardizing business rules and a method for centralizing those standards so they can be used by team members across a company.
According to Tony Baer of DataMonitor
Computerwire, "Data Palette correctly recognizes that the root cause analysis of an outage often boils down to more than just a single exceeded threshold".
The technology was included in the analyst firm Gartner
's list of Cool Vendors for 2009.
released Data Palette 4.0. According to a Network World product review, Data Palette 4.0 can now discover the state of the target environment, such as a server, and determine which if any action should be taken to restore the server to its desired state. For instance, the software could detect if the server is missing a patch that is required to make the server compliant with company policies.
Stratavia
Stratavia, formerly known as ExtraQuest, was a software company that specialized in enterprise Database and Data Center Automation, and private cloud computing enablement...
. It is intended as a highly scalable and flexible means for automating repetitive data center tasks, such as software upgrade and patch management, database and application provisioning
Provisioning
In telecommunication, provisioning is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide services to its users. In NS/EP telecommunications services, "provisioning" equates to "initiation" and includes altering the state of an existing priority service or capability.In a...
, database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
maintenance, application software rollouts, incident remediation, etc. The objective is to automate the everyday tasks that IT teams are faced with so they are able to focus on more important areas. Theoretically, this would reduce operational costs for those IT teams.
The SOP module within Data Palette lets users define and deploy Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for recurring, time consuming or complex tasks. This is the basis for IT Automation. These SOPs provide a means of standardizing business rules and a method for centralizing those standards so they can be used by team members across a company.
According to Tony Baer of DataMonitor
Datamonitor
Datamonitor is an international company providing market intelligence, data analysis and opinion via a worldwide network of in-house analysts. According to the organization's website in 2011, Datamonitor assists over 6000 of the world’s leading corporations in making strategic and operational...
Computerwire, "Data Palette correctly recognizes that the root cause analysis of an outage often boils down to more than just a single exceeded threshold".
The technology was included in the analyst firm Gartner
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
's list of Cool Vendors for 2009.
Data Palette Version 4
On October 1, 2007, StrataviaStratavia
Stratavia, formerly known as ExtraQuest, was a software company that specialized in enterprise Database and Data Center Automation, and private cloud computing enablement...
released Data Palette 4.0. According to a Network World product review, Data Palette 4.0 can now discover the state of the target environment, such as a server, and determine which if any action should be taken to restore the server to its desired state. For instance, the software could detect if the server is missing a patch that is required to make the server compliant with company policies.
Features
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) building blocks and libraries for automating repetitive tasks
- Process work-flow & decision-point builder
- Predictive analytics
- Root cause analysis, monitoring & event correlation
- Cross platform support (application, database and hardware automation)
- Simplified IT compliance and reporting
- Supports adherence to Information Technology Infrastructure LibraryInformation Technology Infrastructure LibraryThe Information Technology Infrastructure Library , is a set of good practices for IT service management that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business. In its current form , ITIL is published in a series of five core publications, each of which covers an ITSM lifecycle stage...
(ITIL) best practices and systems - Mobile 'Nerve Center' allows for alerts and reports to be viewed with BlackBerryBlackBerryBlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
devices. This feature also allows users to execute Standard Operating Procedures from the device - SNMPSimple Network Management ProtocolSimple Network Management Protocol is an "Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more." It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor...
module allows Data Palette to interface with other network devices and systems
Integrations
- CA Unicenter
- BlackBerryBlackBerryBlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
by RIM (User Interface) - BMC SoftwareBMC SoftwareBMC Software, Inc. is a multinational corporation specializing in Business Service Management software, with record annual revenue in fiscal 2009 of $1.87 billion...
Patrol - BMC SoftwareBMC SoftwareBMC Software, Inc. is a multinational corporation specializing in Business Service Management software, with record annual revenue in fiscal 2009 of $1.87 billion...
Remedy - EMCEMC CorporationEMC Corporation , a Financial Times Global 500, Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure hardware, software, and services. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA.Former Intel executive Richard Egan and his...
Storage - HP OpenView
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Tivoli - MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Operations Manager - Oracle CorporationOracle CorporationOracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
's OEM / Grid Control
See also
- Database Management SystemDatabase management systemA database management system is a software package with computer programs that control the creation, maintenance, and use of a database. It allows organizations to conveniently develop databases for various applications by database administrators and other specialists. A database is an integrated...
- Information Technology Infrastructure LibraryInformation Technology Infrastructure LibraryThe Information Technology Infrastructure Library , is a set of good practices for IT service management that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business. In its current form , ITIL is published in a series of five core publications, each of which covers an ITSM lifecycle stage...
(ITIL) - Run Book Automation
- Predictive analyticsPredictive analyticsPredictive analytics encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from modeling, machine learning, data mining and game theory that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future events....