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Application Centric Management Works

• Model based approach—blueprint directs both
infrastructure and application automation

• Model is interpreted by engine to provision infrastructure and cloud services
based on application’s needs

• Engine abstracts and directly calls cloud API CloudCenter

• Application is deployed and configured

Pro con

-Fast adoption, time to value -Lacks Infrastructure control
-No vendor lock-in
-No need for multiple tool stacks or deep
knowledge of cloud