Flip IT Data Sheet 2015
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Flip IT is an automation tool that provides powerful computing and communication through easy-to-use but advanced web tools based on NIL's powerful orchestration engine. It includes a Flip IT management portal, infrastructure administration portal, end customer self-service portal, help desk portal, and NIL Monitor. The key components provide integrated administration, management, control, and monitoring of the virtual desktop infrastructure, network, servers, and storage.
Flip IT Data Sheet 2015
- 1. Flip IT Data Sheet Powerful computing and communication automation tool
- 2. Easy-to-usebutadvancedwebtools,arebasedonNIL’spowerfulorchestrationengine: ≥≥ Flip IT management portal: central part of the service provides integrated administration, management and control ≥≥ Infrastructure administration portal: manages and provisions the entire virtual desktop infrastructure ≥≥ End customer self-service portal: manages customer resources, user groups and user profiles, as well as the application store ≥≥ Help Desk portal: provides user help, knowledge base and FAQ ≥≥ NIL Monitor: tracks system health and monitors the user experience VoiceServersNetwork Flip IT tools Flip IT management portal Network Infrastructure administration portal Servers Flip IT orchestration engine End customer self-service portal (with application store) Storage Help Desk portal NIL Monitor Voice NIL Monitor probes A central part of the product, the Flip IT management portal provides automated virtual desktop and user provisioning via an easy-to-use web interface. It also offers control of the user desktop experience, a help desk and monitoring tool, and a one-click application store. To provide complete asset management, the Flip IT management portal is divided into two web portals: ≥≥ Infrastructure administration portal ≥≥ End customer self-service portal Flip IT management portal Flip IT infrastructure NIL Monitor engine
- 3. The End customer self-service portal is web-intuitive, enabling end users to manage resources for individual company and user profiles. Each customer designates an administrator with sufficient permissions to perform administrative actions. Key features Information management by company administrator • manage company information: personnel addresses, contact numbers, etc. Administrative provisioning of users and workplaces • easily add/manage workplaces and users • password management for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) environments • administrator control of infrastructure costs • user control of workplace costs Software and application provisioning • address application requests according to user needs • one-click application installation on virtual desktops Provisioning of additional hardware and user services • set up custom hardware by user request: IP phone, monitors, etc. • remote hardware management: disk space, hardware models and sizes, etc. • control remote access, monitoring access, etc. End customer self-service portal The Infrastructure administration portal is an advanced tool that gives Service Provider fully automated hosted infrastructure provisioning, controlled via a simple and intuitive web interface. ThishighlyefficienttoolforSPsreducesthetimeandresources needed to manage your customers’ ICT infrastructure. Infrastructure administration portal Key features Customer management and profile settings • easy to add customers via different configuration profiles • customer management: information about service management, prices, discounts, equipment, configurations, inventory, etc • security and permission control: easy to manage user’s roles and permissions Automated network infrastructure provisioning • manage the physical network infrastructure: physical switches, routers, firewalls • manage virtual networks: virtual switches Automated virtual desktop infrastructure • easy to add and manage users’ virtual desktops • manage the complete user interface and desktop experience Automated virtual server provisioning • easy to add and manage virtual servers to reduce equipment cost Automated service provisioning • easy services configuration: Microsoft Active Directory, printing, file sharing • centralized management of antivirus and spyware protection • easy-to-manage mail policy and user mailbox creation Integrated application store • easily manageable application policies with granular access control • add, remove and update applications in repository Device inventory management • device distribution control: IP phones, RSA tokens, thin clients, laptops Support for process flows • create and manage flows for user processes Integrated billing system • internal billing for real-time operations • flexible options for integrating SP billing solutions Request management • manage customer needs via request queues and confirmations, order tracing
- 4. Help Desk portal The Help Desk portal is an easy-to-use web-based interface for first-level Help Desk support. It enables the Help Desk support team to access certain parts of the Flip IT product without having access to the complete infrastructure. Knowledge base articles are included for faster problem resolution. The knowledge base includes extensive content and is continually being expanded and updated. Key features ≥≥ Intuitive user interface and search functions ≥≥ Detailed information about resource usage per virtual desktop ≥≥ Control the desktop virtual machine (reboot, reset) ≥≥ Control processes inside the desktop virtual machine (kill runaway processes, etc.) ≥≥ Searchable knowledge base ≥≥ APIs integrate with a variety of ticketing systems NIL Monitor is a core service to ensure high-quality and stable DaaS. This solution provides an overall view of infrastructure health and predicts possible system, hardware or component failures, as well as helping to identify future growth requirements. Performance of whole Flip IT product can be monitored 24/7 by SP. Key features End-to-end monitoring of equipment and applications • monitor physical network equipment: data center, CPE devices • monitor physical and virtual servers • monitor desktop virtual machines and end-user equipment • monitor VMware View Manager, DNS, Internet access Performance visualization • customers can access graphs and statistics Physical and virtual equipment inventory • track serial numbers, server types, installed OS, network interface cards, etc. Monitoring specific parameters and performance • track CPUs, disk and memory usage, network traffic, storage network performance, service availability, etc. NIL Monitor
- 5. Benefits All-in-one ICT product • With Information and Communication Technology as a Service (ICTaaS) model company gets security, Help Desk, backup, support maintenance, equipment service, Internet, IP telephony, equipment and upgrades. • Subscription-based system is simplified with one provider, one bill and fully predictable costs. Cost savings • With self-provisioning, administration and maintenance costs are dramatically reduced. Time savings • Costs related to workplace setup time are reduced by up to 90%. Enhanced security • Standardized approach provides better desktop and network security. Better control over corporate assets • Service Providers and corporations centralize management of their technology assets. Simplified desktop and application management • Installs and updates can be performed easily and rapidly. Simplified and standardized OS and application migrations • Eliminate problems caused by multiple versions of OS and applications Main technical characteristics of Flip IT automation Characteristics Description User, operator and administrator access • Provisioning and monitoring can be managed through the intuitive web-based interface. Access is secured with an automated password-generation engine and the SSL protocol. Security • Flip IT uses role-based access control to restrict access for different user types. Different roles can be assigned to users, operators or administrators for accessing the provisioning portal. Integration with other systems • Powerful and customizable API engine enables integration with other external management systems. Existing CRMs, ERPs and billing systems can be used with Flip IT. Monitoring • The NIL Monitor component retrieves health information using SNMP and alert operators based on detected failures or the crossing of configured thresholds. NIL Monitor monitors all physical and virtual components; all actions and events are logged from all devices. Troubleshooting • Flip IT provides a Help Desk application for troubleshooting most common issues. Other issues require direct access to the various systems that comprise the solution, as well as expert knowledge of those systems. Application and Service Management • The provisioning portal contains a customizable number of items that can be provisioned or self-provisioned, including applications from the application store, services such as remote access and IP telephony. Scalability and Performance • The server components can be multiplied to meet the scalability and performance requirements in large environments. Network-based load balancers provide a single point of access for multiple back-end systems. High Availability • The product depends on high-availability functionality provided by VMware vSphere. flipitcloud.com info@flipitcloud.com +1 (631) 885 7280Member of NIL Group