Automating the Chaos: How a New Partnership Tames Network Complexity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – December 02, 2025 – In the engine rooms of modern enterprise, a quiet crisis is brewing. The digital infrastructure that powers everything from e-commerce to hybrid work has become a sprawling, chaotic web of on-premise data centers, multiple public clouds, and countless devices from different vendors. Managing this complexity manually is no longer just inefficient; it's a direct threat to security, stability, and innovation. It is against this turbulent backdrop that a new strategic partnership between intelligent automation leader Gluware and veteran infrastructure provider Vandis, Inc. emerges, not merely as a business deal, but as a significant step toward a new paradigm for network management.

The Unseen Burden of Digital Transformation

For years, the mandate for IT leaders has been clear: digitize, modernize, and innovate. The result is a hybrid, multi-vendor reality that, while powerful, is exceedingly difficult to manage. Industry data reveals a startling disconnect between ambition and execution. Despite the clear need for automation, an estimated 67% of all network activities are still performed by hand. This reliance on manual configuration and change management is a primary driver of risk, with human error cited as a leading cause of network outages and security breaches.

This challenge is compounded by a severe, industry-wide skills gap. A recent IDC survey found that 42% of organizations see a lack of skilled personnel as a major barrier to adopting automation. The complexity is only growing, with the global network automation market projected to surge from around $31 billion in 2025 to over $84 billion by 2030. Enterprises are caught in a difficult position: the very technology needed to manage their complex environments requires an expertise they struggle to find and retain.

This leads to what experts call “islands of automation”—fragmented efforts using multiple, disconnected tools that fail to provide the end-to-end visibility and control required. Without a unified approach, organizations can't establish a reliable “source of truth” for their network, making it nearly impossible to ensure that the network’s actual state matches its intended, secure design.

A Strategic Synergy to Tame Complexity

The partnership between Gluware and Vandis is designed to directly address this operational gridlock. The alliance combines Gluware’s sophisticated, intent-based automation platform with Vandis’s more than 40 years of experience in designing, building, and managing secure network infrastructures. Vandis will now offer Gluware's platform both as a standalone solution and, crucially, as an integrated component of its Managed Services portfolio.

This synergy offers a potent solution. Gluware provides the technological muscle, an intelligent platform trusted by Global 2000 firms to handle millions of network changes flawlessly. Its platform is built to be multi-vendor from the ground up, capable of enforcing configuration policies, performing real-time compliance checks, and orchestrating complex changes across disparate systems safely and at scale.

"Today's hybrid, multi-vendor networks require intelligent automation that is safe, reliable, adaptable, and built for scale," said Jeff Boone, CTO and VP of Engineering at Gluware, in the official announcement. "With Gluware, Vandis can deliver those capabilities from day one."

Vandis brings the human expertise and established client trust. By integrating Gluware into its service offerings, the company can move beyond traditional infrastructure management to deliver a more strategic, proactive service. "Our clients want smarter ways to manage their networks while enhancing security and performance," explained Andrew Segal, CEO at Vandis. "Gluware's automation intelligence reduces overhead and accelerates transformation."

The Rise of Managed Automation as a Service

Perhaps the most impactful aspect of this partnership is the shift it represents in how enterprises can consume advanced technology. By embedding Gluware’s platform within its Managed Services, Vandis is effectively offering “automation as a service.” This model provides a practical on-ramp for businesses that recognize the need for automation but lack the internal resources or expertise to implement it themselves.

For many organizations, the prospect of building an in-house automation practice is daunting. It requires significant upfront investment, a lengthy implementation cycle, and the recruitment of highly specialized, expensive talent. The managed services model bypasses these hurdles, allowing clients to achieve outcomes—like reduced outages and guaranteed compliance—without the operational burden.

Ryan Young, CTO at Vandis, highlighted this value proposition. "By integrating Gluware into our Managed Services, we use automation frameworks and policy-based orchestration to simplify multi-vendor environments, enforce consistency, and reduce risk—so clients gain speed, precision, and the freedom to innovate."

This approach allows internal IT teams to offload the tactical, repetitive work of network maintenance and troubleshooting. Instead of being bogged down by manual ticket resolution and configuration checks, they are freed to focus on higher-value strategic initiatives that directly support business growth. It transforms the IT department from a cost center focused on keeping the lights on into an engine of innovation.

Reshaping the Future of IT Service Delivery

The Gluware-Vandis alliance is a microcosm of a larger evolution in the IT industry. It signals a move away from simply selling technology or billable hours toward delivering guaranteed business outcomes. As digital infrastructures become ever more critical and complex, the value lies not in the tools themselves, but in the results they can produce: 100% security policy compliance, a 95% reduction in outages, and the agility to deploy new services in minutes, not months.

For Gluware, the partnership provides a powerful new channel to market, leveraging Vandis's established relationships and reputation to reach a wider enterprise audience. For Vandis, it represents a significant enhancement of its value proposition, differentiating it in a crowded market by offering a solution that is not just managed, but intelligently self-operating.

This model, where a best-in-class technology platform is delivered through the curated expertise of a service provider, offers a sustainable path forward. It democratizes access to powerful automation, helping to close the skills gap and enabling a broader range of companies to secure their networks, accelerate their digital journeys, and ultimately, compete more effectively in a rapidly changing world.