Infrastructure Configuration
GOAL: Improve performance and compliance
HOW:
- Maintain consistent configurations
- Reduce complexity when introducing VNFs and network services
- Detect and maintain appropriate patch levels
- Scan for security, change control, and compliance requirements
Operations and Processes
GOAL: Increase efficiency and consistency
HOW:
- Automate manual tasks like configuration, deployment, integration and migration
- Deliver self-service capabilities
- Minimize human errors
- Increase choice: be vendor agnostic
Performance and Availability
GOAL: Gain understanding into operations
HOW:
- Understand dependencies
- Anticipate capacity requirements
- Autoscale seamlessly
- Track and chargeback IT-resource use
- Increase flexibility by testing multiple vendors and network functions and services
