Leveraging SaaS for Enhanced Network Monitoring and Automation
The Rise of Cloud-Based Network Monitoring
The advent of cloud-based network monitoring has revolutionized how businesses manage their networks. COMSovereign, a U.S.-based developer of 4G LTE Advanced and 5G communication systems recently entered into a reseller agreement with SIFF LLC for its cloud-based network change monitoring and compliance software.
This software is sold as a recurring subscription (Software-as-a-Service or SaaS), allowing COMSovereign to offer this service as an integral part of its future hardware and software solutions portfolio. The move highlights the growing trend towards leveraging SaaS for complex tasks such as network monitoring.
Understanding Configuration Incidents
A significant number of network disruptions can be traced back to planned or unplanned configuration changes often resulting in substantial service outages. IT departments need more than just simple monitoring; they require tools that help them understand these incidents' root causes while ensuring policy compliance across their entire infrastructures in real time.
The SIFF platform allows users to collect, monitor, and analyze configuration data from all network sources in a centralized configuration repository. This capability facilitates easy searching, auditing, and compliance checks. The platform also distinguishes between planned and unplanned changes to help identify complex incidents' root causes.
Enhancing Network Visibility and Control
The increasing complexity of wireless networks necessitates more comprehensive solutions that enhance visibility and control. By adding the SIFF software service to their portfolio, COMSovereign can provide wireless network operators with a solution that enhances their operational visibility while ensuring secure and reliable connectivity.
David Knight, CEO of COMSovereign, emphasized the importance of this move stating that it allows them to uniquely address their customer's evolving needs for secure and reliable connectivity.
The Power of Automation in SaaS
Automation is another area where SaaS is making significant strides. Companies like UiPath Inc are focused on building and managing automations, developing computer vision technology, and providing customers with a set of capabilities that allow them to discover opportunities for automation.
UiPath's Approach to Automation
UiPath provides its customers with a platform that builds automations for both existing and new processes. It utilizes software robots to perform an array of actions, including logging into applications, extracting information from documents, moving folders, filling in forms, and updating information fields and databases.
The company offers a managed multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) version called Automation Cloud. This service enables its customers to begin automating without the need to provision infrastructure or install applications.
Leveraging SAP BTP Use Cases for Business Outcomes
In May 2023, attendees at SAP Sapphire sessions worldwide discovered the advantages of use cases in effectively utilizing the features of SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). A use case describes how customers can address a business challenge by leveraging SAP BTP. It consists of customer-proven missions that guide each customer’s implementation journey on SAP BTP.
Future Evolution: Automating Implementation Steps
An important measurement applied when implementing SAP BTP use cases is the overall time-to-value to consume business outcomes. To accelerate this process further, SAP plans to introduce actionable use cases with "one-click deployment" that can reduce prerequisite setups by up to 50%. This move towards automation empowers developers and architects to focus more on realizing business outcomes and less on setting up infrastructure.
