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Cross-domain orchestration is a process by which information technology operators ensure that IT workflows span otherwise siloed digital ecosystems. The point of cross-domain orchestration is to unite fragmented tools and capabilities into a single system, creating a more holistic user experience for both employees and end users. The lowered friction and greater speed that cross-domain orchestration allows makes it a topic of interest to operators within a variety of technical domains, especially intelligent automation and agentic AI.
History
[edit]The need for cross-domain orchestration dates back to the emergence of the first enterprise software. These programs enabled organizations to achieve greater efficiency and a stronger bottom line, but they also created digital environments that became more fragmented with the addition of every new tool or application. This fragmentation began threatening enterprises' business gains, and so research on coordinating tools and resources began in earnest. 
The need for cross-domain orchestration became more urgent with the emergence of more sophisticated digital technologies. First, organizations needed to contend with coordinating resources across different cloud platforms in the late 2000s/early 2010s. Then, in the mid-to-late 2010s, enterprises witnessed the rise of hybrid cloud environments. More recently, in the 2020s, agentic AI further empowered, but also complicated, organizations' digital environments. 
While all of these technologies offer lucrative business opportunities, they often prove difficult to fully leverage, let alone scale effectively, without a holistic coordination approach to desilo all of these tools and environments. This is why cross-domain orchestration has become a topic of vital importance within not 'just' IT, but also user experience, business software, AI, and more.
Traits
[edit]At its best, cross-domain orchestration doesn't restrict itself to a single type of digital application. Whether it's a set of disparate tools or multiple cloud environments, cross-domain orchestration is intended to unite an organization's every digital asset and capability. In this way, cross-domain orchestration also unites the entire enterprise, because employees can leverage a desiloed business ecosystem to deliver a better customer experience.
More specifically, organizations can achieve cross-domain orchestration by leveraging three key capabilities: intelligent automation, event-driven architecture, and versatile application programming interfaces (APIs). There isn't a one-size-fits-all approach here; every business's digital environment looks different and therefore demands a different implementation approach. Failure to take proper time and effort here is often what causes cross-domain orchestration to fail to scale.
All told, cross-domain orchestration aims to turn an organization's digital capabilities into a single layer of versatile digital power. Various standards organizations, including TM forum, have described cross-domain orchestration as opening the door for end-to-end and zero-touch operations, but this definition is somewhat fluid between industries, domains, and verticals.
Design
[edit]Although cross-domain orchestration looks different for every organization, there are a few design principles that apply to nearly every iteration of it. Operators can and should leverage intelligent automation, event-driven architecture, and APIs to facilitate the mechanics of cross-domain orchestration, but there are other elements to consider, like company policy and event triggers.
Perhaps most importantly, while the point of cross-domain orchestration is to increase interoperability within digital ecosystems, it should do so without sacrificing local control. At its core, cross-domain orchestration is about ensuring a shared, 360-degree view of an organization and its capabilities. This means that operators must orchestrate workflow engine, policy engine, service catalog, and Identity and access management, among other functions.
Applications
[edit]Cross-domain orchestration is a versatile capability that can be applied to a wide variety of fields and functions. In the enterprise, cross-domain orchestration unites the tools and platforms that facilitate everything from employee onboarding to monitoring sales lifecycles. Meanwhile, in telecom, it's used to help manage the network operations center (NOC), improve uptime, and prevent unnecessary wheel rolls.
Although these are among the most common examples of cross-domain orchestration's usage, it can be applied to any digital environment comprising multiple cloud environments, tools, and workflows. It can be wielded to improve digital provisioning, incident management, IT service management, and more in an industry-agnostic manner.
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