Optimize & Secure Your Hybrid Cloud with Runecast (September 2021)

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Optimize & Secure your
Hybrid Cloud
September 2021

Agenda
• Problems in IT Operations
• Runecast to the Rescue
• Quick Time to Value
• Voice of the Customer
• Talk to Us

Problems in IT Operations

90% of VMware SDDC problems
caused by known issues
Why not apply these
vast resources proactively?
Remediation usually takes hours of searching,
reading and filtering through documentation in:
VMware Knowledge Base
Best Practices
Security Hardening Guides
This great wealth of knowledge is only being
leveraged reactively, after issues happen.
90%
of issues
CAN BE
PREVENTED

Typical problems
in a modern IT environment
All that info, but your
environment is a minefield
VMware HCL
Huge amount of Syslogs
CVEs/ VMSAs
Remediation
Knowledge Base (KB)
Vendor Best Practices
Security Standards
Config Drift

Problems in IT operations
Over 90% of issues are
already documented, but
documentation is used
only reactively.
It is no longer humanly
possible to monitor known
knowledge sources
(knowledge bases, best
practices, blog articles,
social media).
Automation in this area is
essential for a proactive
approach.
Break/Fix reactive troubleshooting cycle
Manual Security Compliance efforts
Best Practices not used
Increasing complexity and decreasing
transparency of IT systems; declining
efficiency of IT teams
Skills gap and costly mistakes in
public/hybrid cloud setups

Runecast to the Rescue

Founders
VCDX #74
IBM Redbook author
VCI Mentor
Design and architecture
Stanimir Markov
CEO
"We used to be Admins, and we wasted a lot of time
firefighting. After years of that, we did an analysis
and realized that over 90% of the root causes were
already documented somewhere online.“
VMware VCAP DCA & DCD
Six Sigma
ELK stack expert
ITIL
Aylin Sali
CTO
VMware VCAP DCA & DCD
Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer
Constantin Ivanov
R&D Lead
Microsoft Certified IT
Professional
ITIL
Ched Smokovich
VP of Marketing & Sales
VMware VCAP
Microsoft specialist
MCTS Hyper-V
Ionut Radu
Data Scientist

Runecast overview
Proactive ITOM platform for AWS,
Azure, Kubernetes & VMware
vulnerability and configuration
management, best practice
alignment, security compliance
and remediation.
Using AI-assisted knowledge
parsing and a patented rules
engine, it analyzes the IT
infrastructure and exposes
potential issues before they can
cause major outages or lead to
security breaches.
Best Practices
Blogs
Social Media
Security Hardening Guides
BSI, CIS, Cyber Essentials,
DISA STIG, Essential 8,
GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001,
NIST, PCI DSS
VMware HCL
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
Horizon
AWS
K8s
vCD
Azure

Social Media
HW Compatibility List
Best Practices (vendor)
• SAP HANA on vSphere
• Pure Storage on vSphere
• vSphere on Nutanix
Security Standards
• BSI IT-Grundschutz
• CIS
• Cyber Essentials
• DISA STIG
• Essential 8
• GDPR
• HIPAA
• ISO 27001
• NIST
• PCI DSS
• Vendor guidelines
Admin
vCenters
NSX Managers
Horizon Connection
Servers
Runecast Analyzer
appliance
PATENTED RULES
ENGINE
AI ASSISTED
KNOWLEDGE PARSER
offline updates
online updates VM VM VM
vSphere w/K8s
VM VM VM
VMware ESXi Host
VM VM VM
VMware ESXi Host
Internet
Company network
Kubernetes Cluster
VMware Cloud Director
ServiceNow
How Runecast works
Runecast Central Repository

Core capabilities
Runecast proactively identifies the
known causes of issues before they
occur, does all the root cause analysis
work for you and provides the
solution to remediate.
Proactive ITOM
aligned to best practices.
Upgrade Simulations
against VMware HCL
to see future impact.
Log Analysis
in real-time against KBs to
find problematic logs.
Configuration Analysis
to get ahead of drift.
Security Compliance Checks
to keep you audit-ready.
All of that with REMEDIATION
for major time savings.

Choose from a multitude of compliance options

Quick Time to Value

Ease of deployment
• Proactive detection of all known issues and recommendations
• Automated security compliance
• Eliminates complexity and the need for strong technical
expertise and manual efforts
• Validates and simulates hardware against current HCL and
upgrades
• Secure architecture, highly scalable with a single virtual
appliance. All data stays under your control
• 5-minute deployment, near real-time results, intuitive UI
Download
1.6 GB OVA
Connect
to Systems
See Results
in minutes

Immediate ROI
Save time
Less time troubleshooting. Faster time to resolution.
Reduce outages
Discover and remediate hidden issues before they cause outages.
Improve Security
Continuous security compliance, security KBs, secure architecture.
Minimize risk with continuous compliance
Your environment now follows industry best practices and is optimally configured.
Reduce costs
Prevent outages, save time and avoid audit penalties.

CIOs and IT teams that
benefit from Runecast
intelligence
• 75% to 90% time saved on troubleshooting
• Up to 100% increased uptime to AWS, Azure,
Kubernetes & VMware systems
• Increased operational efficiency and
observability
• 100% security audits passed successfully
THEY REPORT:

A few key features
Deploy and configure in the time it takes for
a cup of coffee
Never uploads data from your environment
Deploys as an OVA, Helm chart or natively
from cloud marketplaces
Extremely fast and Easy-to-use
Covers all supported versions of VMware and
Kubernetes
RESTful API
vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Horizon &
VMware Cloud Director
Remediation through Power CLI and Ansible scripts
vSphere Client plugin
Certified for VMware Cloud on AWS
Insights for AWS, Azure, Kubernetes & VMware
ServiceNow integration

Voice of the Customer

“Runecast Analyzer has helped us to
mitigate risk by improving our security
and ensuring we are compliant. We can
now also prove our compliance when
necessary.”
Renan Avni
IT Group Manager
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
• Runecast revealed +30 issues (some Critical or
Major) in a single week
• Team is now able to resolve issues proactively
• Able to more efficiently utilize current staff
• 90% time savings on reactive troubleshooting
• Customizable reporting options demonstrate
compliance
• Time freed up to deliver more value from IT ops
NEAR EAST BANK
Banking/Financial
North Cyprus

“We didn’t really know that we had such
a problem of addressing issues only
reactively until we saw the contrast[...]
With Runecast, we can now look at one
screen and have the visibility and
transparency to know what we are
working on and why.”
Nathanael Pearson
Head of IT & Telecoms
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
• About 10 minutes to deploy & get a first scan
• Revealed pre-Runecast approach as reactive at
best
• Critical issues now visible, able to be worked on
proactively
• Know exactly which issues to prioritize and work
on first
• Stability of mission-critical urgent-healthcare
systems (i.e. NHS 111 emergency call service)
• Easy to justify the investment
DHU Health Care
Healthcare (NHS service provider)
UK

“Runecast Analyzer was a no-brainer, we
instantly saw that it would save us a
whole lot of time, and for us time is
money.”
Luke Mulcahy
Solution Architect / Director
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
• Minimum of 60-70% time savings
• Expected 90% time savings in upgrade planning
• Deployment and first analysis report took only 15
minutes
• Prevented an ESXi host crash and post-incident
review (PIR)
• Provides a proactive security compliance posture
• Extends value back to clients
FLEXdata Solutions Pty Ltd
IT Services
Australia

“We use Runecast Analyzer mostly as a
solution to warn us of potential
problems with new versions or updates
before they manifest as real issues.
Runecast Analyzer increases the
stability and performance of our
environment.”
Michael Szczuka
Senior Engineer
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
• Early, proactive information about potential bugs
and security risks that could lead to severe or
critical operational problems
• More leverage in keeping vSphere environment
up to date
• Advance warning of potential problems
• Increased stability and performance
• Helping them to stabilize greenhouse mission to
grow food in space
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Aerospace
Germany

“Runecast saves us from issues before
they happen, the value of which cannot
be overstated. In addition, Runecast’s
real-time data saves us weeks and
months that were previously spent on
dealing with VMware support.”
Michal Kopecny
IT Administrator
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
• VMware related incidents reduced by 80% (from 5
a month to 1 a month)
• Identified and prevented 10 VMware issues in the
first two weeks
• Full FTE was freed up to focus on business critical
issues rather than issue troubleshooting
• Minimum savings: 78,000 EUR per year (VMware
Support) + FTE
• Less reliant on external support
NOTINO
Retail/eCommerce
Global

“Runecast was up and running within a
couple of hours. It is a very simple, yet
powerful, cost-effective solution.”
Jason Cormie
Technical Architect
Success story
HIGHLIGHTS
 80% reduction in monthly incidents and issues
 Identified/Corrected misconfigured NTP & syslog
settings
 Visibility over configuration & adherence to best
practices
 75-85% troubleshooting time savings
 Simple, functional tool that requires very little
configuration
 Runecast team “impressively responsive” to
feedback
University of St Andrews
Education
Scotland

Visit runecast.com
to request your 14-day trial
Or talk to us at innovate@runecast.com

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