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Red Hat today announced major innovations to Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform designed to operationalize AI agents at enterprise scale. By establishing the trusted execution layer for IT operations in an agentic era, Red Hat provides an industrial-grade connection between AI intelligence and IT action. As organizations move from AI experimentation to production, they require a reliable way to connect model outputs to their existing infrastructure.
Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 and new automation orchestrator (technology preview) connect AI intelligence to IT action.
MCP server for Ansible enables AI tools to connect to automation without custom integrations.
Automation orchestrator combines deterministic, event-driven, and AI-driven automation in single workflow canvas.
IDC predicts by 2027, 85% of Global 500 will deploy agentic AI for autonomous IT cloud operations.
New automation portal features visual execution environment builder and content catalog.
Integration with HashiCorp Vault using OIDC authentication for zero trust environments.
“As AI rapidly shifts the scale and speed of ITOps, Red Hat delivers the governed automation foundation that turns intelligence into trusted action,” said Sathish Balakrishnan, vice president and general manager, Ansible, Red Hat. “Ansible Automation Platform serves as the control plane for task-based, event-driven and AI-driven, multi-step automation, allowing the focus to shift from deterministic automation to comprehensive outcome-based orchestration. By intelligently orchestrating when to use AI-driven reasoning versus proven deterministic automation, we help customers maximize efficiency and innovation while managing AI token and compute costs effectively.”
These innovations mark a significant evolution for Ansible Automation Platform, positioning it as the definitive automation platform for organizations operationalizing AI in IT operations. Organizations do not need to start over to adopt AI. Instead, they can harness their existing library of trusted playbooks as a governed foundation, allowing AI agents to investigate and recommend actions that are executed through human-approved, deterministic workflows.
Deploy context-aware AI: Generate more contextual AI responses with the automation intelligent assistant by injecting organization-specific information via “bring-your-own-knowledge” functionality.
Establish a universal AI bridge: Simplify AI-driven automation using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Ansible Automation Platform to seamlessly connect AI tools and automation, without the need for custom integrations.
Accelerate AIOps at scale: Use opinionated solution guides for ecosystem partners like IBM Instana, ServiceNow and Splunk to simplify AIOps implementation.
Streamline automation consumption: Scale and consume automation more efficiently across teams through the automation portal’s simplified workflows for creating and packaging content.
Drive data-informed decisions: View performance and ROI metrics directly in the automation dashboard to quantify automation's impact across the enterprise.
Introduce multi-mode orchestration: Connect deterministic, event-driven and AI-driven automation through the new automation orchestrator. This single workflow canvas uses shared data and advanced workflow logic to extend the platform’s capabilities for the agentic era.
“The challenge for IT leaders isn't just generating AI insights; it’s moving those pilot projects into production-ready workloads safely and cost-effectively,” said Jevin Jensen, research vice president, IDC. “An automation orchestrator acts as a critical bridge, providing a trusted execution layer that allows AI agents to interact with complex infrastructure through a single, governed workflow. This capability is essential for organizations looking to move beyond AI experimentation toward true autonomous operations.”
Bridge the observability and action gap using Ansible Automation Platform as a trusted execution layer for AIOps.
Extend existing investments by using established playbooks as foundational building blocks for long-term AI innovation.
Implement seamless orchestration unifying task-based, event-driven and AI-driven automation into a single, visible workflow.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 will be available in the coming weeks. The automation orchestrator will be available later this year.
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