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Energizing Service Delivery Speed and Agility with Private Cloud Automation
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 私有云
适用行业
- 公用事业
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 基础设施检查
- 过程控制与优化
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
挑战
REN 在国内和国际上取得了长足的发展,同时还致力于进一步提高性能和服务质量,因此他们于 2018 年启用了两个新数据中心,用于托管该国的关键信息和电信系统。REN 的原始数据中心彼此孤立,相距数百公里,主要使用灾难恢复 (DR)。配置新应用程序或虚拟机需要两到三周的时间,需要将不相连的技术拼接在一起,而且需要手动操作,容易出错。此外,由于专注于虚拟机 (VM) 配置而不是应用程序架构、缺乏遥测和分析以及分布式员工和承包商之间知识共享的困难(这是可以理解的),REN 团队在努力为未来发展做好准备时面临巨大挑战。面对技术债务和遗留流程,REN 意识到实施统一的应用程序编排和自动化方法所带来的可能性。他们的新使命是实现单一的端到端工作流程,让所有利益相关者都能完全了解情况。
关于客户
Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) 是一家葡萄牙能源行业公司,拥有该国两大基础设施网络的特许经营权:国家电力传输网和国家天然气运输网。REN 还负责液化天然气 (LNG) 的接收、储存和再气化,天然气的地下储存和运输,并且是一家公共电信服务提供商。作为葡萄牙唯一的输电系统运营商 (TSO),它负责规划、建设、运营、维护和全球管理这些电网和相关基础设施;服务人口达 1000 万。此外,REN 正在通过不断扩大在南美洲的能源业务来实现其国际化。
解决方案
REN 团队对多个云管理和自动化平台进行了全面评估,重点关注技术解决方案和业务关系。REN 的理想平台是与 VMware、Nutanix、Microsoft DNS、Cisco ACI、Ansible 和 GitLab 等开箱即用的无代码集成的组合;以及在没有内置集成的情况下提供工作流自动化的简单定制。REN 的 Morpheus 概念验证在不到一天的时间内启动、运行并全面部署;很大程度上,95% 的技术集成都是开箱即用的。其余 5% 的技术集成由易于使用、可扩展的插件 SDK 覆盖。REN 团队发现用户界面和报告确保了透明度和可见性,并且该平台被证明可靠且易于使用。Morpheus 团队在实施期间和实施后提供的建议和专业知识为建立牢固的业务关系奠定了稳定的基础。
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