AppLabs Infrastructure Management

AIM at a Glance

Leveraging proven virtualization technology, AppLabs delivers as much as two to five times more testing capacity with your existing hardware resources, resulting in unmatched utilization. Developers and testers worldwide can reliably request and securely access test configurations which are automatically provisioned (24x7) – all from a self-service portal and without burdening IT.

After testing, AppLabs automatically tears down the configuration, making the resources immediately available for other testing needs. In addition, the entire state of a configuration can be easily saved and restored later for analysis.

Providing simple, secure, and safe interface to users : 

Self-service’ is among the very few paradigms that have proven to provide substantial value to both consumers and service provider. Be it the automated teller machine in the banking industry, “pay-at-the-pump” at convenience stores, self-service check-out at grocery stores and retail outlets, and self check-in kiosks as part of the airline boarding process, etc. Therefore, the argument for self-service is powerful and a win: win for both customers and service providers.

AppLabs AIM Platform provides an easy-to-use and effective self-service experience and has been proven to enable high levels of user adoption. This is accomplished by seamless integrated remote access, automated reservation system, and the application centric model.

AppLabs Automation Platform with Self-Service meets all of the criteria and conditions of a true self-service solution for IT Operations teams supporting the application lifecycle process and solving the IT Service dilemma.

Provisioning controlling and monitoring cloud assets

The biggest bottleneck in testing enterprise software today is the time and cost of setting up environments against which tests are run. In fact, the time spent provisioning test configurations can easily consume 50% or more of the total test cycle.

The reason - The infrastructure required to support diverse testing needs and the manual processes that employees perform to provision test configurations, can’t keep pace with the growing complexity and rate-of-change of today’s software.

AppLabs’ platform automates the process for provisioning business services in support of the application lifecycle process. This is accomplished by the following AppLabs Platform capabilities: access control system, policy management, resource and capacity management, automated reservation system, application centric model, and the platform API and SDK.

Also, AppLabs' QA/Test Solution is an enterprise application that dramatically accelerates functional, configuration, and regression testing by automating the setup and teardown of test configurations 24x7. As a result, our customers benefit with shorter test cycles, increased team productivity, broader test coverage, and ultimately better software quality.

Test lab centralization and private cloud creation

The IT Operations team has the primary responsibility in delivering and maintaining business-critical applications and systems in production for their users who are using Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Email, and other business systems. However, a vital mission for IT operations, which mostly takes the backseat, is to provide systems and infrastructure to non-production users and groups mostly in support of the application lifecycle process – design, evaluation, development, and QA-test. Providing efficient services to this group of users may not be urgent but is critical in ensuring that the enterprise continues to retain its customers and acquire new ones.

With the advent of software as a service (SaaS) and enterprise cloud computing solutions, many of these lifecycle users are experimenting with IT outsource providers and bypassing their own IT Operations teams to get the service that they desire. By definition, cloud computing services are self-service solutions which attempt to empower users and promise the recovery of control of their own projects and timelines. However, there are significant drawbacks and limitations to all of these solutions. There are concerns around data security and stability, limited functionality, etc. None of these solutions provide a full self-service experience – they require too much technical knowledge and cannot handle the breadth of needs for enterprise users. In summary, these services fall short of providing lifecycle users the solution they need and introduce potential risk as users bypass IT Operations who have the mission to control and secure IT resources.

AppLabs offering brings to customers the best of both worlds though centralization and private cloud creation.

The AppLabs platform effectively transforms IT Operations into a cloud computing provider for non-production users. Implementing the AppLabs platform enables compelling business benefits such as reducing operating costs and capital expenditures, improving productivity, and increasing business agility. Finally, a successful self-service solution best addresses a significant service gap. The AppLabs Automation Platform with Self-Service is designed and architected to solve the IT Service dilemma by providing the administrative control needed by IT Operation to be a successful service provider while empowering their users via a compelling self-service experience – effectively transforming IT Operations into a cloud computing provider for their non-production users minus the worries of being on the cloud.