The purpose of this white paper, written by the ONUG Orchestration and Automation Working Group, is to describe the taxonomy and terminology for orchestration and automation so that enterprise IT organizations can communicate using well-described terms and methods.

Feedback from the ONUG community is that there are a lot of individual automation solutions available and in use in their organizations, but there is a lack of orchestration and integration capabilities to move from task-based to process-based. This document will also look to highlight the areas of need and suggested features and capabilities required when selecting solutions.

We hope you find this white paper to be an invaluable resource on your journey to digital transformation. 

Be sure to join us for the next ONUG Fall, October 14-15 in New York and available digitally to our global ONUG community.

ONUG Orchestration and Automation Working Group Members 

• Ted Turner, ONUG Board Member

• Brian Silverman, Sr. Architect, Network and Cloud, McKesson

• Carlos Matos, Executive Director, Cybersecurity and Risk, JP Morgan Chase

• Bruce Pinsky, Distinguished Engineer, Intuit

• Michael Haugh, VP, Product Marketing, Gluware

• Kiran Sirupa, Director, Marketing

• Nikhil Vyakaranam, Product Management

• Chris Wade, Co-Founder, CTO, Itential

• Dave Hegenbarth, VP Systems Engineering, Pliant.io

• Mike Kouri, Product Manager, Megaport

• Rich Martin, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Itential