TO KEEP UP WITH TODAY’S ACCELERATED PACE OF
change, companies are reinventing their data
centers to make better, faster decisions. As an
increasing number of IT infrastructures sup-
port hybrid and remote working models, these
advanced data centers will become even more
crucial.
“Now more than ever, IT solutions and
the core data center behind them are the
central nervous system of business,” says
Allen Clingerman, chief technology strategist,
PowerEdge+Workloads, NA Channels, for Dell
Technologies at leading IT solutions and services
provider CDW. “It’s important to maintain them
and grow their capabilities to be more agile, not
only to ensure business uptime and continuitybut also to leverage them as market
differentiators.”
Indeed, a radical high-tech
transformation is happening across
the business landscape. Virtual
desktop infrastructures (VDIs, or
user desktops that are accessible
remotely from distant servers
and storage systems via online
networks) are expected to become
a $25.5 billion business within
three years, per Market Research
Future. At the same time, more
than four in five company leaders
expect employees will continue to
work remotely at least part-time,
according to a survey from Gartner.
Due to these new collaboration
and connectivity needs, along with
technological advancements in
cloud storage and laptop hardware,
as well as a growing need to parse
massive amounts of data, the de-
mand for cutting-edge IT solutions
is increasing.
The data center of tomorrow
needs to provide supercharged
computing and storage capabilities,
while being able to fuel complex
analytical capabilities. But it won’t
just offer organizations heightened
power and performance—it will also
equip them with more flexibility and
room to maneuver, which will con-
vey a greater ability to future-proof
their business. To help companies
do just that, Dell Storage solutions
with IT Orchestration by CDW has
developed a modern platform that
can enable intelligent automation
for any enterprise through next-gen hardware
and software.
“Imagine a data center that intelligently
learns about and adapts to the workloads run-
ning on it—and automatically maximizes its
configuration without IT staff having to react,”
says Clingerman. “ We remove the complexity
from IT operations so business leaders can shift
their focus away from managing platforms to
driving innovation.”
Most of today’s organizations exist in a world
of hybrid cloud environments, increasingly
complex applications, and growing network de-
mand. Likewise, they also operate in a business
environment where it’s necessary to maximize
IT investment without inadvertently pushingHOW TO REDESIGN YOUR DATA
CENTER TO BE MORE RESILIENT
The cutting-edge tools and high-tech building
blocks organizations need to automate IT
infrastructures that meet the challenges of
an ever-changing business world.
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