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Unlock the full potential of your IT infrastructure.

One operational view across hybrid and multi-vendor environments. Architect Explorer normalizes telemetry, automates policy lifecycle, and turns dashboards into decisions.

AE collapses tool sprawl into a single pane that drives both operations and compliance reporting. Architects, SOC analysts, and auditors work from the same source of truth.

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Architect Explorer · liveBTA · v1.0
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Policy lifecycle
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Compliance
  • HIPAA
  • PCI
  • SOC 2
  • GDPR
StatusOne pane, multi-vendor
Outcomes

One pane. Less noise. Faster decisions.

AE replaces five-tab pivots with one operational view shared across SOC, ops, and compliance.

  • 1
    Pane of glass across multi-vendor stack
  • On-demand
    Compliance reports, no deck-build cycle
  • ↓
    Mean time to detect and decide
How it works

Powering scalable, secure, insight-driven IT operations.

Six capabilities, one platform, the same data driving operations and compliance.

  • 01

    Streamlined policy visualization

    AE converts complex configurations into clear, actionable visuals so IT teams identify inefficiencies and reduce policy conflicts in minutes.

    • Multi-vendor
    • Hybrid
    • Visual-first
  • 02

    Automated policy lifecycle

    Automate creation, testing, enforcement, and retirement of policies. Save engineering hours while ensuring consistent enforcement across hybrid IT environments.

    • Lifecycle automation
    • Testing built in
  • 03

    Conflict detection and resolution

    Maintain operational harmony by automatically identifying and resolving policy conflicts, reducing risks from misconfiguration before they reach production.

    • Drift detection
    • Auto-remediation
  • 04

    Comprehensive compliance reporting

    Pre-built templates and detailed audit reports keep environments aligned with HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CMMC, and SOC 2.

    • HIPAA
    • PCI DSS
    • GDPR
    • SOC 2
  • 05

    Real-time monitoring and alerts

    Streaming telemetry across endpoint, network, and cloud, with prioritized alerts that operators can act on instead of triage.

    • Streaming telemetry
    • Prioritized alerts
  • 06

    Integration-ready

    Connect to existing tools and Cisco technologies through APIs, expanding capability without rip-and-replace migrations.

    • API-first
    • Cisco-deep
    • Open ecosystem
“Saves a LOT of time for engineers to compile and compare policies for approvals. We should've started with this.”
ACAE customer·Network engineering,
Case study

Real Architect Explorer™ work, in the field.

A representative engagement showing how BTA scopes, deploys, and hands off.

Case study
Software
Global software company
  • Data center fabric
  • Operational runbooks
  • Visibility

Modernizing the data center with embedded enablement.

A leading social impact software provider serving millions of users across 100+ countries needed to modernize its data center but lacked the people, tools, and processes to deploy a new fabric. AE supported the rollout with visibility and policy lifecycle while BTA paired engineers with the customer team and delivered operational runbooks.

  • Deployed
    Functional fabric in production
  • Owned
    Future deployments by customer team
  • 100+
    Countries served by the customer
Read the case study
What makes us different

We're architects who execute.

Three principles every BTA engagement runs on. Visible in the work itself.

  • We architect, deploy, and stay through Day-2.

    Every engagement is end-to-end. We design the target environment, deploy it in stages, and remain on hand through the operational handoff.

  • We train your team to own the outcome.

    Training is part of every engagement. By the close of an engagement, your operators can run, maintain, and defend the system to an auditor.

  • We measure success when your team runs it alone.

    An engagement closes when your team is operating the solution without us in the room. SIMPLE methodology enforces this exit criterion on every project.

SIMPLE Methodology
See how SIMPLE works
Engagement models

We meet you where you are.

Some teams want the full BTA delivery from architecture to handoff. Others bring us in for a single advisory window or a fully managed operations contract. Pick the model that fits and adjust as the business changes.

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Full Service Lifecycle

Architect, deploy, train, hand off.

The complete BTA engagement. We design the target environment, deploy in stages, and train your operating team along the way. SIMPLE methodology end to end. Your team owns Day-2.

  • SIMPLE methodology
  • 1,000+ projects
  • 0 project failures
  • End-to-end project management
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AE · FAQ

Architect Explorer™, answered.

Direct answers to what most evaluators ask before deployment.

  • What is Architect Explorer?

    Architect Explorer is BTA's IT operations platform. It simplifies complex environments through automated policy lifecycle, real-time insights, and analytics that drive both security and compliance from one source of truth.

  • How does AE transform IT operations?

    AE streamlines policy creation, enables dynamic segmentation, and provides deep visibility into network and application behavior, helping teams reduce risk and make faster decisions.

  • How does AE help with policy management?

    AE automates the full policy lifecycle (creation, testing, enforcement, retirement) while detecting and resolving conflicts to ensure consistent enforcement across hybrid environments.

  • How does AE support compliance?

    Pre-built compliance templates and detailed audit reports keep your environment aligned with HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CMMC, and SOC 2, with the same telemetry pipeline driving SOC dashboards and audit reports.

  • Can AE monitor IT environments in real time?

    Yes. AE provides streaming telemetry and prioritized alerts so IT teams detect anomalies, optimize performance, and proactively maintain a secure IT ecosystem.

  • Does AE integrate with existing IT tools and Cisco technologies?

    AE is integration-ready. It connects through APIs to existing tools and enhances Cisco technologies for a unified, automated approach to IT management.

  • How does BTA implement AE?

    BTA uses a structured, tailored implementation approach grounded in the SIMPLE methodology, aligning AE adoption with business needs and accelerating time-to-value.
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Schedule a call. We’ll scope it in 30 minutes.

Bring your hardest architecture problem. We’ll tell you what we’d do, what it costs, and how long it takes.

  • 30-minute scoping call
  • 1,000+ projects shipped
  • Training in every engagement

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