A no-cost introduction to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

In today’s economic landscape, IT automation has become a strategic imperative for businesses looking to move faster, optimize productivity and simplify operations. Organizations that embrace automation gain a competitive edge by speeding up processes, reducing errors, enhancing security and allowing their IT teams to focus on higher-value projects. Taking it a step further and moving to enterprise-wide automation helps organizations decrease costs, maximize their return on investment (ROI) and increase cross-collaboration between teams.

An introduction to Ansible Automation Platform

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform helps you achieve enterprise-wide automation while mitigating risk and accelerating innovation. Ansible Automation Platform is flexible, security-focused and capable, helping IT teams create, manage and scale automation initiatives. And there is no need to install software, so teams can start automating time-consuming, repetitive workflows right away. Teams can also share automation scripts and access Red Hat Ansible Certified Content from a wide variety of vendors through the Ansible automation hub and Ansible Content Collections.

Empowering your team through training

According to a paper from The Futurum Group sponsored by Red Hat, "skills gaps in the workforce can significantly impact the implementation and utilization of new technologies, leading to decreased productivity and potentially missed opportunities for innovation." In fact, they cite that "50% [of respondents] admitted that they do not have sufficient skill-development strategies in place to address this gap in their organizations."

Training in Ansible Automation Platform can help bridge this skills gap, freeing up IT staff so they can focus on more innovative projects while simultaneously handling routine and repetitive tasks. Through training on Ansible Automation Platform, teams can manage complex environments while helping organizations remain competitive.

Red Hat Training can help you get started

Ready to kick off your journey towards enterprise-wide automation with Ansible Automation Platform? Start with the newly updated "Ansible Basics: Automation Technical Overview (DO007)," which includes a series of introductory videos available at no cost. This overview provides an introduction to Ansible Automation Platform's essentials, allowing teams and individuals to learn at their own pace.

This overview is ideal for organizations on a budget, those new to automation or anyone interested in transitioning from community Ansible to the enterprise version. It's also a valuable resource for IT leaders, administrators, engineers, architects and other professionals who want to explore the potential of Ansible Automation Platform.

What’s covered?

The introductory videos cover all of the basics of Ansible Automation Platform 2.5, including how to simplify IT tasks like configuration management, application deployment and orchestration using Ansible Automation Platform. In this recently updated overview, you can expect to learn more about Ansible Automation Platform 2.5, including a teaser about Event-Driven Ansible. Additionally, the videos cover essential topics, such as understanding modules, tasks, and playbooks, exploring enterprise features and mastering automation controller.

Ready to dive in? Download the no-cost introductory Ansible Basics: Automation Technical Overview to begin your organization's journey towards enterprise-wide automation.

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