No, Anuta ATOM does NOT need an agent on the device. It accesses the device via telnet/SSH/API/NETCONF/SNMP.   

ATOM Provides some out-of-box device groups like Switch, Router, Firewall, etc., Custom device groups can be added.

ATOM also supports dynamic device groups, which provides a rule-driven device classification. Rules can be written using XPATH expression on the device attributes at any depth in the device data tree – Device, interface, or other. Rules can match configuration, operation, or any data attached to the device.

ATOM supports LDAP, AD, TACACS for user authentication. In TACACs, we have full support for authentication and authorization, and partial support for Accounting. ATOM supports Single Sign-On (SSO) as well. Role-based access control (RBAC) definitions need to be locally defined in ATOM

Yes, Anuta ATOM supports Multi-Tenancy. All ATOM Functionality including User Interface support complete Vertical Isolation for Tenants. Multi-Tenancy can be used within in an Enterprise or Service Provider across business units or network domains or can be used by MSPs for external customers. ATOM Cloud leverages Multi-Tenancy for Shared instances.

ATOM is an open and API driven platform and it is not mandatory to use ATOM’s native user interface to achieve your automation goals. ATOM can integrate into any of the ITSM tools such as ServiceNow and you can drive all the operations and features from your existing tools.

ATOM Software is microservices based, containerized and runs on the Kubernetes platform. ATOM components are stateless, resilient and support cluster mode active-active). Database in ATOM support cluster mode and will be highly available.

ATOM Deployment specs can be fine tuned to accommodate High availability across all elements or some based on the requirements.

ATOM runs on Docker and requires Kubernetes. It can be deployed either on-prem or any of the public clouds such as AWS, GCP, Azure etc

ATOM can be installed directly on any vanilla Kubernetes environment. If it is a different flavor of Kubernetes, then minor customizations may be required. If Kubernetes is not available, ATOM deployment comes with a set of scripts that can install Kubernetes on ESXi or KVM machines and then install the necessary microservices of ATOM. However, it does not come as an appliance but can be packaged into one if needed.

Yes, Anuta’s ATOM is available as a SaaS-based solution as well.

Yes, ATOM supports IETF YANG, IETF NACM, BPMN, and TMF and will continue to support open standards where feasible.

Anuta ATOM has a very modular microservices based architecture. Every feature in ATOM has its own lifecycle and can be consumed independently based on your requirements.

Anuta Networks offers ATOM SDK where customers with DevOps skill sets can create or extend service models.