Software DevOps
Nathan
Software DevOps Developer
Nathan sees himself as a Software Build Engineer but recently his role has been taking on a web operations focus too. With IT embracing DevOps, Nathan is striving to make his experience relevant and is working to streamline interactions between development and operations. He sees that his development team is constantly asking the operations team for access to environments to work on which can take days. Due to this delay, many of his team spin up their own environments in cloud to try and be more efficient with their time.
Searching for ways to better manage this process, Nathan is keen to change the way his team manage infrastructure both in the public and private clouds.
Before Buttonwood
How can I have flexibility in where I work from?
Nathan often needs easy access to environments to deploy his projects, however when working in private cloud he needs to be at his office which isn’t as flexible as he would like. How can Nathan work from anywhere effectively?
With Buttonwood
Multi-cloud provisioning
Nathan can now deploy environments in private and public cloud from his home office. Through the multi-cloud integration, Nathan could successfully maintain security and compliance with the flexibility he needed.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I keep my IaaS projects on budget?
Nathan understands that a project over budget is not a good way to get face time with his senior manager. He needed a way to track his cloud spend and set a budget so he didn’t go over his allocated funds.
Set Budgets
Nathan can now feel safe knowing that cloud budgets were set on all of his projects. Establishing these budgets meant there was no longer a risk of bill shock with a clear vision and forecast of all cloud spend.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I ensure my IaaS application is tracked as I want it to be?
Nathan enjoys developing applications but he also loves to see how they perform once launched to his target audience. How can he set up his projects to be as successful as possible in cloud?
Scalable and flexible cloud environments
Nathan feels safe that his applications are hosted in scalable and flexible environments, ready for any spike or reduction in data use.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow do I keep track of all my SaaS log in details?
As a developer, Nathan has hundreds of SaaS apps that he has a licenses for. How can Nathan remember all of his username, passwords, access URLs and security check answers?
The Workspace
Buttonwood provides one screen (the Workspace) for Nathan to access all of his SaaS applications. He can now use a single sign-on to access all of his apps with piece of mind that his data is secure.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
How can I choose a different IaaS provider if I need to?
Nathan has his favourite providers and products to work with but he is always on the lookout for better options. How can he see what options are available without having to do hours of complex research for each deployment?
With Buttonwood
Choice over Cloud Providers
Buttonwood is vendor agnostic and shows Nathan the bids that conform with each workload’s requirements. With the ability to sort and review all options, Nathan now has access to relevant information to make the best decision in seconds.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I have flexibility over the IaaS architecture I need?
Nathan understands what his workloads need to be successful. How can he have access to the operating systems, servers and plugins that he needs for each project?
Reusable Blueprints
Nathan now has access to the Buttonwood catalog of Blueprints. He can choose a Blueprint that best suits his project and deploy this environment into the cloud that conforms with his requirements.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I access my SaaS apps easily on any of my devices?
Nathan spends most of his time at his desk working on software and often forgets to do his administration and communication from his desktop. How can Nathan access the SaaS applications he needs to catch up out of hours on his phone and tablet?
Full accessibility
Nathan can now easily access his apps through his Buttonwood Workspace through his smart phone and tablet. With the single sign-on, he can quickly access all of his work without any delays.
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeHow can I make sure my current apps are supported?
Nathan currently uses many SaaS applications through his workday. How can he make sure that he can keep using these after a SaaS management platform is implemented?
BYO apps
Buttonwood allows Nathan to bring his own apps and add them to his Workspace. The IT team could see these requests and approve the apps to ensure they are compliant with the governance policies. Not true - Alan
Learn More About Cloud ExchangeBefore Buttonwood
How can I deploy IaaS quickly?
Nathan has been called impatient in the past but he sees that he is just careful with wasting his time. How can Nathan’s cloud deployments keep up with his speed of work?
With Buttonwood
Quick click to deploy
Nathan has dramatically increased up his speed of delivery through Buttonwood. With one click he can now deploy into private or public clouds and get to work quickly.
Learn More About Cloud BrokerHow can I get my access provisioned quicker?
Nathan doesn't like to wait. When he can do something himself, it is frustrating when others delay his tasks. How can Nathan get licenses as soon as he needs them?
Integrated applications
Through the Buttonwood Cloud Exchange, apps such as Office 365 are fully integrated which means that licenses can be provisioned within the Exchange. This allows Nathan to quickly get access to apps that used to take days to move through the process.
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