Organizations face the challenge of balancing speed, scale, and quality with the complexity of hybrid IT environments, which can overwhelm IT teams and hinder business agility. This study evaluates the impact of using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to streamline IT operations, provisioning, and processes across public and hybrid cloud environments.

Based on interviews with current Red Hat customers, IDC calculates that organizations will realize $1.481 million in annual benefits per organization ($24,300 per 100 employees) through robust automation with the Ansible Automation Platform.

These benefits come from:

• Increased Agility and Flexibility: Reducing time spent on provisioning, configuration, and security, enabling more effective development and faster business responses.
• Improved IT Reliability and Scalability: Ensuring higher system reliability, better user/customer experiences, and reduced business risks.
• Enhanced IT Efficiency: Day 2 efficiencies free up IT staff to focus on innovation and activities that have a direct impact on business growth.
• Better Business Outcomes: Boosting revenue capture, speeding up business opportunities, and delivering more value to existing customers.

Ansible Automation drives faster, more reliable operations while improving business agility and performance.