Modernize the Data Center with Software-Defined Infrastructure
Take a page from the cloud architecture playbook and develop an on-premises infrastructure that is elastic, agile, highly available, and ready for the hybrid future.
- The business is demanding agility, with elastic resources and faster time to value.
- The public cloud is considered to be more responsive and efficient.
- Data center managers struggle with the cost and complexity of legacy infrastructure.
- Data centers are trending toward consolidation and convergence.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Start the migration to SDI now: the cloud has quickly become an alternative to traditional infrastructure. Deliver the agile products and services the business needs, or the cloud becomes a viable option.
- Modernize more than technology: people and process changes need to occur to get the most of new technologies.
- Plan for hybrid infrastructure: modernization does not happen all at once. Take advantage of SDI benefits and support minimal legacy platforms.
Impact and Result
- Use software-defined technologies to pool your resources. Break down the physical barriers that prevent your compute, network, and storage resources from working together.
- Start your modernization efforts with the technologies that are near their refresh cycle and that require immediate attention.
- Align the modernization of your data center technologies with required changes to your people and processes.
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What Is a Blueprint?
A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Get the help you need in this 3-phase advisory process. You'll receive 8 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.
Guided Implementation 1: Know what you have
- Call 1: Establish a vision for the modern data center
- Call 2: Current IT assessment
- Call 3: Current people, process, and technology assessment
Guided Implementation 2: Find what you need
- Call 1: Assess virtualization maturity
- Call 2: Explore SDI-enabling technologies
- Call 3: People, process, and technology project creation
Guided Implementation 3: Get there
- Call 1: Plan, prioritize, and pilot the modernization projects
- Call 2: Communicate the data center modernization
Contributors
- Paula Phipps, Senior Manager, Hitachi Data Systems
- Brian Cohen, CEO, StrataCloud
- 3 anonymous company contributors