When you think of air-gapped security, you imagine a protective distancing that separates your sensitive data from those who would steal it. In practice, the separation is a disconnection from the Internet. If no one can get to your data, no one can steal it. However, air-gapped deployments that are completely disconnected from the Internet are not the case in all instances. It’s true that many clusters are fully air-gapped, particularly in classified government installations.

Using real-time asset tracking, data centers can identify the exact location of any given asset at any given time. This can be extremely useful in ensuring that available resources are optimally utilized. For instance, understanding the current status and location of servers, racks, and other hardware can streamline maintenance operations and reduce downtime.

If you wanted to switch from one project management tool to another, what would happen to your data? As more and more business operations undergo digital transformations and move online, organizations have become more reliant than ever on their digital data. Many take for granted that their data is their own and that they can take it with them if they change tools. But for those who rely on third-party tools, control of data may not be so simple.

It’s one of the main use cases fit for network automation: the load balancer sanity reboot. Not to be left to manual executions, this long, tiresome task creates too much possibility for errors. Negative effects like unnecessary time and money spent are detriments that organizations can avoid, simply by automating the types of tasks—like load balancer sanity reboots—that include loads of repetitive steps.