Tideway, represented locally by Blue Turtle Technologies, recently announced the availability of Foundation™ 7.3 – the latest version of its award-winning automated software appliance. Foundation 7.3 discovers all of a business’ servers, software, dependencies and business applications, providing a single, automated view of application topology. It takes the cost and risk out of data centre migration, consolidation and software licence auditing projects.
Foundation 7.3 can now automatically group servers into likely business applications without manual intervention. This removes uncertainty from project planning processes and significantly decreases business risk, and reduces the auditing costs of a data centre move. An industry first, Foundation 7.3 is also available for a three-month licence as a pre-packaged service, enabling companies to easily deploy it on a project basis.
“A major challenge of a data centre move is determining which hosts support specific business services. Having this critical information will minimise business disruptions,”
One of the largest gaps in application dependency mapping tools’ capabilities, according to Gartner, is that in many cases they don’t have the ability to discover and map automatically “home-grown”
Communication during a data centre move is critical, particularly for making sure everyone is on the same page and talking about the same infrastructure in the planning process, as well as during the move itself. Tideway Foundation now generates server passports – PDF documents that contain all of the important details about each server in the data centre. These can be shared as discussion documents during the planning phase and physically attached to servers in the execution phase.
By making Foundation 7.3 phase zero for data centre initiatives, businesses can perform migration and consolidation projects with confidence, ensuring they have an accurate audit and inventory assessment of their IT infrastructure. The introduction of grouping features and server passports transform traditionally labour intensive, manual processes, into completely automated ones.
According to Martyn Healy, Marketing Director, Blue Turtle Technologies, data moves can be difficult. “What is needed is an accurate inventory to ensure the integrity of the project planning, make sure that there are no service disruptions and that the project meets deadlines. Foundation 7.3 offers numerous resources for customers, assisting in the elimination of risk and providing a seamless data move.”
About Blue Turtle Technologies
Blue Turtle Technologies provides and supports best-in-class software solutions that optimise, enhance and leverage existing IT investment and assist in the cost-effective delivery of new technology. The company offers an extensive product range, sourced through its strategic partnerships with leading local and international software providers, augmented by best-practice implementation services.
