Stratus Technologies, a Global Leader in Simplified, Secure, and Autonomous Edge Computing Platforms, Today Launched Enhancements to its Computing Platform ztC Edge with the release of Stratus Redundant Linux (SRL) version 2.2 and the preview of a new comprehensive edge systems management solution, ztC Advisor. These enhancements help optimize infrastructure performance, utilization, and faster time-to-value to ensure simple, secure, and autonomous business operations.
Stratus Redundant Linux 2.2, the main operating system of ztC Edge, features an improved application interface, REST API, which provides more information via the web about ztC Edge virtual machines (VMs) and their current status. This capability allows teams to remotely optimize infrastructure performance and utilization. SRL 2.2 also includes additional software and security updates.
ztC Advisor: Complete management of remote systems
With ztC Advisor, Stratus introduces a new edge systems management solution to simplify centralized monitoring and management of a customer's entire ztC Edge IT infrastructure. The new solution offers a secure web-based portal that anyone in operations or IT can use to quickly and easily view the health and usage status of the entire ztC Edge inventory, to remotely manage triage issues, improve productivity, and mitigate risk.
“These ztC Edge platform enhancements, including the introduction of ztC Advisor, represent our continued investment in edge innovation and our commitment to providing simple, secure, and autonomous zero-touch edge computing solutions,” said Jason Andersen, Vice President of Business Line Management at Stratus. “With ztC Advisor, we are simplifying the way customers manage their fleet of ztC Edge platforms – and they don't need to be operational or IT experts. Customers report comprehensive edge management tools and dashboards that anyone can use as critical to their success.”
Customer quotes on ztC Advisor
- “With a clean and easy-to-use dashboard, ztC Advisor helps us efficiently monitor and manage our growing multi-ztC Edge environment,” said Andreas Linn, Support Manager, Nonstop Technologies GmbH
- “Because it is so easy to set up and use, ztC Advisor helps administrators of all environments become productive quickly,” said Hans-Jürgen Rux, Consultant/Analyst, DIVENTUS GmbH
- “With an intuitive interface, ztC Advisor is very easy to use – for administrators of all environments,” said David Edwards, Cybersecurity Systems Engineer, Velta Technology
Released in preview, the first ztC Advisor features include:
- A comprehensive asset management overview of all customer-owned ztC Edge platforms, including systems that have been deployed but not shipped. The overview makes it easier for administrators to maximize holistic resource utilization and optimize their hardware upgrade and software patch schedules.
- A centralized dashboard view of individual system status and resource usage presented in real-time, allowing administrators to easily see platform status at a glance.
- User-defined groups to allow customers to assign individual systems to groups and use the sorting and filtering functions built into the ztC Advisor dashboard to quickly access information from specific platforms.
- Secure-push technology between ztC Advisor and ztC Edge. The web-based solution is architected so that ztC Edge platforms initiate sessions and periodically push information to ztC Advisor, minimizing cyber-security risk by limiting data transfer.
- Integration with Stratus Service Portal and ztC Edge platforms, allowing customers with access to the portal to use their own credentials to access ztC Advisor. One-click enablement from the ztC Edge Console automatically sets the corresponding ztC Edge platform to be visible and present data through the ztC Advisor, minimizing setup and configuration time.