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href="https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/the-evolution-of-it-process-automation-a-move-toward-service-oriented-orchestration"><h4 class="base-margin-bottom"> The Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented Orchestration </h4></a> <p class="read-time">4 min read</p> <p class="card-paragraph"> Let’s talk about Cisco Process Orchestrator. We recently released version 3.0 — and there are a lot of exciting features that have been introduced with this new release of our IT Process Automation (ITPA) / Run Book Automation (RBA) software. Cisco Process Orchestrator is the foundational engine on which Cisco has built a number of data center-, […] </p> </div> <div class="card-social-footer" id="social-foot-135477"> <div class="card-social-icon-container">  <a href = "https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/the-evolution-of-it-process-automation-a-move-toward-service-oriented-orchestration" aria-label="Share on LinkedIn" data-title=" " data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='linkedin_shares' data-config-metrics-item='linkedin_share' onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/linkedin.svg"></a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/the-evolution-of-it-process-automation-a-move-toward-service-oriented-orchestration&text=The Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented Orchestration&via=CiscoDC" target='_blank' aria-label="Share on Twitter" data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='twitter_shares' data-config-metrics-item='twitter_share'><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/X.svg"></a>  <a href = "http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/the-evolution-of-it-process-automation-a-move-toward-service-oriented-orchestration&title=The Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented Orchestration" aria-label="Share on Facebook" data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='facebook_shares' data-config-metrics-item='facebook_share' onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/facebook.svg"></a>  <a href="mailto:?subject=Cisco Blog: The Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented Orchestration&body=I saw this post on Cisco Blogs and thought you might like to read it.%0A%0AThe Evolution of IT Process Automation: A Move Toward Service-Oriented Orchestration%0A%0Ahttps://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/the-evolution-of-it-process-automation-a-move-toward-service-oriented-orchestration%0A%0A****Disclaimer****%0A%0ACisco is not responsible for the content of this email, and its contents do not necessarily reflect Cisco’s views or opinions. 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In fact, today we announced the latest release of our cloud management software solution: Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cisco IAC) version 4.0. I recently wrote about the […] </p> </div> <div class="card-social-footer" id="social-foot-135279"> <div class="card-social-icon-container">  <a href = "https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-cisco-intelligent-automation-for-cloud-4-0" aria-label="Share on LinkedIn" data-title=" " data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='linkedin_shares' data-config-metrics-item='linkedin_share' onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/linkedin.svg"></a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http://bit.ly/1zVeYwi&text=Introducing Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0&via=CiscoDC" target='_blank' aria-label="Share on Twitter" data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='twitter_shares' data-config-metrics-item='twitter_share'><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/X.svg"></a>  <a href = "http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-cisco-intelligent-automation-for-cloud-4-0&title=Introducing Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0" aria-label="Share on Facebook" data-config-metrics-group='social_shares' data-config-metrics-title='facebook_shares' data-config-metrics-item='facebook_share' onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="/wp-content/themes/ciscowordpress/svg/facebook.svg"></a>  <a href="mailto:?subject=Cisco Blog: Introducing Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0&body=I saw this post on Cisco Blogs and thought you might like to read it.%0A%0AIntroducing Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 4.0%0A%0Ahttps://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-cisco-intelligent-automation-for-cloud-4-0%0A%0A****Disclaimer****%0A%0ACisco is not responsible for the content of this email, and its contents do not necessarily reflect Cisco’s views or opinions. 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And as I’ve blogged about in the past, we have a growing portfolio of cloud and infrastructure management software solutions. Now Cisco is getting recognition as a strong performer in cloud software innovation and strategy. 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