Cisco Process Orchestrator is the foundation on which to standardize, unify, and automate best practices
for IT processes in complex, heterogeneous environments. Through its unique ability to automate the
end-to-end service delivery process across the entire IT landscape, Cisco Process Orchestrator allows
organizations to improve business alignment and adaptability, rapidly provision new services, achieve
vendor interoperability, and reduce risk. Automating tasks that IT staff would otherwise perform
manually improves alignment to best practice and improves security, quality, and productivity.

Traditionally, tools in this category focus on a sequence of IT processes that achieve automation. The
process is the focal point of automation. Processes act on lower-level IT elements such as devices,
servers, or specific tools. The set of elements on which automation acts are typically delivered in the
product and through adapters connecting to various layers of the IT technology stack. IT, on the other