VMware NSX Automation and Management With The New cITopus Version 3.5, Created By SPJ Solutions Inc.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SPJ Solutions Inc. today announced the release of version 3.5 of cITopus - VMware NSX Automation and Management, and shared details of new and expanded features of the powerful NSX automation platform.

A new key feature is the micro-segmentation "What-If Scenario". Now organizations can perform micro-segmentation of their production servers through the "What-if Scenario" feature of cITopus, and test the effectiveness of the micro-segmentation scenario without using a firewall. Once the analysis is completed, security constructs for the micro-segmentation can be deployed into an NSX Firewall.

cITopus continues to grow its automation and management feature-set for VMware NSX. Using cITopus, customers can easily interact and engage with their NSX environments, in a less intimidating, but more productive manner. cITopus maximizes the value and potential of NSX, while improving the time-to-market and reducing the risk of implementation. cITopus facilitates the operationalization and adoption of NSX, increasing customer value realization and reducing the need for outside knowledge experts. The result, a significant increase in NSX end-user experience where they can expand their NSX use cases on their own, and accelerate their time to value recognition of NSX.

The cITopus technology provides graphical views to perform NSX design, deployment, and management tasks. cITopus performs complex NSX tasks behind the scene while allowing users to interact with user-friendly drag-and-drop icons, graphical views, and "widgets".

SPJ Solutions' CTO, Sudhansu "Suds" Pati stated, "cITopus is an equivalent of having an "NSX Advanced Engineer in a box". Complex NSX tasks, that previously required highly skilled NSX engineers, can now be performed by beginner to intermediate level network engineers. This is resulting in customer value realization and quicker time to market. This is a huge benefit for VMware and their NSX customers."

cITopus version 3.5 introduces a new level of simplicity to the management of VMware NSX. The new features for this version will include:

➢ Registration for NSX-v or NSX-T, and associated vCenter environments.

➢ Unprecedented Visibility Into NSX/vCenter Environment(s)

• NSX datacenter introspection / WYSIWYG graph
• Available for single NSX data center, or two 'synced' data centers
• Export topology graph view to PDF
• Configuration Workbook for NSX environments. Includes information for:
• NSX Manager & Controller
• Segment Ranges & Logical Switching
• Edge configuration

➢ Staged network virtualization topology creation and extension - create the NSX topology from scratch and review, prior to deploying to NSX    

• 'Drag and Drop' Templated Creation (NSX SDN Individual Objects)
• Transport Zones
• Logical Switches
• Edges
• 'Drag and Drop' Templated Creation (NSX SDN Object Configurations)
• Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) routing
• Active/Standby (HA)

➢ Reporting

• Export to Excel - Configuration Workbook
• Export to PDF - Detailed Diagrams

➢ "What-If" Micro-segmentation Scenario

• Build "What-If" Micro-segmentation scenarios on production environments with no risk (and no outage windows), to perform what-if scenario analysis and testing with Micro-segmentation.
• Deploy graphical Micro-segmentation designs into NSX-T by using "point-and-click". cITopus performs the heavy lifting of building policies and underlying security constructs using VMware best practices.

➢ Automate Key Tasks and Design Processes

• Migrate VMs (virtual machines) from physical environment to NSX using graphical wizards. cITopus performs: impact analysis, migration, and validation, reducing the risk of the operation, and reducing the length of outage windows needed.
• Network Failover from one datacenter to another, for application migration and disaster recovery.
• Migration of firewall rules from one NSX environment to another.

"The 3.5 version of cITopus is our most advanced and feature rich version yet. It creates a powerful but easy to use NSX experience, that is otherwise complex and, quite frankly, intimidating. We are very excited about this new version release!" explained SPJ Solutions' President, Paul Wong.

About SPJ Solutions
SPJ Solutions specializes in VMware NSX and other VMware technologies, and has implemented over 130 SDDC/SDN/NSX engagements worldwide, over the past 4 years. SPJ Solutions is a leader in delivering and developing IT technology solutions and services.

For more information:
http://www.spjsolutions.com or http://www.citopus.com
or contact Paul Wong at pwong(at)spjsolutions(dot)com

SOURCE SPJ Solutions Inc.

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