# IT automation

> IT automation, DevOps and process orchestration. Protección case: deployments cut from 15 days to one morning. Red Hat, AWS and Google Cloud.

URL: https://www.summan.com/en/solutions/it-automation/

## What is IT automation?

It is the use of tools and practices such as **DevOps, infrastructure as code and process orchestration** so that IT tasks (provisioning infrastructure, deploying applications, configuring servers, coordinating teams) run in a standardized, fast and controlled way instead of relying on manual steps.

## What you can achieve

- **Shorter deployment times** for business projects.
- **Full control** over every activity in the process, from start to finish.
- **No more delays** caused by poor coordination between teams.
- **Fewer human errors** and stronger security.
- **Lower operating costs** for IT operations.

## Proven results: Protección

Deploying a business technology project used to take about 15 days and involved several teams. Today, a kickoff meeting takes one morning, and every deployment process is defined and running.

!kpi 15 days → 1 morning | deployment time
!kpi Full control | over every process activity

[See the full Protección case study](/en/case-studies/proteccion-it-automation/)

## Experience

We have worked with **Red Hat** since 2005 and received the **Red Hat Innovator of the Year award (2012)** for the EPM Telecomunicaciones project. We implement automation on Red Hat, AWS and Google Cloud.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which IT processes can be automated?
Infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, server configuration, change management and task coordination between teams.

### Can we automate on the infrastructure we already have?
Yes. We work on on-premises and cloud infrastructure, with Red Hat, AWS and Google Cloud.