What is IT Automation and Why is it Used? | Definition from TechTarget
Summary
For example, an IT automation platform -- such as Microsoft Windows PowerShell -- combines cmdlets, variables and other components into a script to mimic the series of commands and steps that an administrator would invoke one line at a time through the command-line interface (CLI) to provision a virtual machine (VM) or create a backup process. A similar tool -- BMC Softwares BladeLogic Server Automation -- includes preconfigured compliance policies for the Center for Internet Security, Defense Information Systems Agency, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and other regulations. For example, an automation tool can synthesize data on configurations, performance and other information across an IT deployment and process these inputs to discover a normal system operations benchmark, a deviation from which would trigger corrective actions. By offering a one-minute self-test to employees, it checks for any impairments, such as sleep deprivation, fatigue, medications and drugs to eliminate human errors, which are the biggest contributors to workplace accidents. For example, some warehouse operators have discovered that using AR systems that work with voice commands, such as Googles smart glasses, can shorten the employees training period by displaying customer order information and product location directly in the wearers field of vision.