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CFENGINE NOVA BENEFITS

Cfengine automates data center operations ensuring compliance and bringing substantial cost-savings.

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Cfengine Nova belongs to the next generation of data center automation. A true self-repairing solution to ensure consistency and compliance throughout the organization. Quick installation and low entry barriers means rapid results throughout the data center.

Better DEPENDABILITY and QUALITY of IT-Service
Cfengine Nova ensures a policy-defined desired state for IT-services, bringing business value to the whole IT eco-system. Policies are maintained continuously and outages are therefore reduced on all managed platforms.
Increased FLEXIBILITY and improved RESPONSE TIME
Automation through policies means a faster response to change-requests. Cfengine agents make light work of updating server settings and enforcing security updates on specified machines. Automation enhances your ability to adapt to the dynamics of your business.
Improve STANDARDIZATION and organizational KNOWLEDGE
When you adopt Cfengine Nova, you are adopting better Knowledge Management. Policies make system intentions clear to the wider organization. Compliance with policy can be seen simply by browsing reports on the web, and the underlying assurance of compliance comes from knowing the Cfengine keeps its promises on a continuous basis. You don't need to look over its shoulder to know that the system is in the best possible state.

Ensure compliance
  • Self-repairing - Cfengine makes sure that promises are kept
  • Cfengine automatically ensures policy compliances (SAS70, SOX, ISO17799, etc.)
  • Quickly audit and report configuration settings and compliance levels
  • Define policies and compliance demands.
Reduce risk of change
  • Cfengine makes sure that changes comply with defined policy
  • Track all changes or customize reporting
  • Have Cfengine report change consequences before deploying
  • Have Cfengine make the changes, thereby reducing errors
Free operational time
  • Automate operations, reports and audits
  • Cfengine automatically fixes the problems, no need for human interactions
  • More servers per administrator
  • Spend time on proactive planning instead of reactive troubleshooting
  • Save $3000 per host per year in labor
High return on investment
  • No sky-high licence fees
  • Increase the probability of achieving SLAs
  • Higher utilization of existing resources
  • Free human resources for strategic planning