Itential Extends Cloud-Native Network Automation Platform, Launches SaaS Offering for the Enterprise

Itential©, the leader in network and cloud automation software, today announced at ONUG Spring 2021 the general availability of its cloud-native network automation solution, the Itential Automation Platform. Designed to help reduce the operational burden for enterprises and accelerate network automation initiatives, the Itential Automation Platform is a fully managed services offering. By extending the powerful capabilities of its platform to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, Itential makes it even easier for enterprise organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management associated with automating physical and cloud network infrastructure.

With an increased acceptance of hybrid and remote work, enterprises are rapidly adopting cloud-managed networking (CMNs) to enable centralized configuration and management of their network infrastructure. In fact, Gartner expects over 10,000 data center customers to be using CMN by 2023, up from about 250 in 2020. Recent Futuriom end-user research also confirmed demand for software-based network offerings from the cloud. In a recent survey of 120 enterprise end users, 92.5% of respondents said that value-added SaaS and security offerings play an important role in their consideration of managed services such as software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN).

“The networking market is clearly moving toward a software-driven environment that leverages Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which Itential understood very early in the game,” said Scott Raynovich, Chief Research Officer at Futuriom Research. “Itential’s launch of its SaaS-based offering to automate and integrate networking capabilities is an exciting demonstration of leadership and makes cloud networking and network automation more user-friendly for enterprises.”

The Itential Automation Platform provides a low-code interface that enables network teams to simplify and accelerate network operations, configuration management, and compliance automation. Now available as a SaaS offering, additional benefits include easy extensibility and consumption for enterprise organizations, a decreased total cost of ownership (TCO), reduction in operational burden, and accelerated time to value.

About Itential

Itential is committed to building world-class products that accelerate the move toward software-driven networks and next generation, agile network operations. We provide powerful network automation software to organizations worldwide, from Fortune 500 telecommunications and financial service companies to enterprises of all sizes. The cloud-native Itential Automation Platform is an enterprise-grade Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering that supports our customers in their network automation journey by seamlessly connecting to any IT system, cloud, or network technology, enabling the freedom and flexibility to choose the right tools and best solutions for their needs. It helps ensure network compliance, reduces manual operations, and simplifies network management associated with automating physical and cloud network infrastructure.