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Delta Airlines, VMware, and SovLabs co-presented Session MGT2191BU at VMworld US 2018.
The session addressed how Delta was able to implement a new cloud automa on pla orm with
vRealize Automa on, SovLabs modules and Ansible Tower from incep on to produc on in just
three months. Delta also integrated Infoblox and F5 BIG-IP via SovLabs integra on modules.
Here is the full length video session.
New Technology Ini a ves Require Cloud Automa on Tools
Delta Airlines was working on two technology ini a ves. The first was an applica on
moderniza on including a tech stack upgrade, upgrading OS/middleware, and delivering APIs. They
also were working on a data center moderniza on/migra on ini a ve featuring new converged
hardware and a new so ware defined networking (SDN) implementa on. These ini a ves required
automa on to build new infrastructure for their development teams.
Delta was experiencing several challenges in the current environments, including:
• Inconsistent turnaround - users experienced in the request process might receive a new VM
in 3 days while other users might wait up to 180 days to receive a VM.
• Inconsistent automa on - some processes involved manual work, some mes because the
teams were not using the APIs available.
• Heavy Opera onal Overhead - more than 6 teams were involved in some virtual machine
deployments requiring coordina on and mul ple points for delay.
• Snowflake Deployments - many builds were "ar san", one-off crea ons.
Addi onally, there was a push to u lize more off-the-shelf and vendor-supported solu ons to
reduce the demand on the internal development teams.
C A S E S T U DY
