FEATURE
FEATURE
FEATURE
With 2019 now behind us, it’s time to
focus on the key trends and themes
which are set to be front of mind for
data centre and infrastructure teams
in the new year. We hear from several
industry experts who offer their insight
into some of these trends to help IT and
data centre leaders prioritise for the
year ahead.
2020 trends in the
infrastructure space
G
artner has detailed trends that infrastructure and
operations (I&O) leaders should start preparing for
to support digital infrastructure in 2020. Trends
include considering an automation strategy, a review
of Disaster Recovery plans with a hybrid infrastructure model
in mind, as well as the impact of IoT and a need to investigate
the concept of HDIM, which looks to address the primary
management issues of a hybrid infrastructure. same time. While those demands are still present, our 2020 list
of trends reflect their ‘cascade effects,’ many of which are not
immediately visible today.”
Ross Winser, Senior Research Director at Gartner, said: “This
past year, infrastructure trends focused on how technologies
like Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Edge Computing might support
rapidly growing infrastructure and support business needs at the The full list is available at Gartner.com
www.intelligentdatacentres.com
Winser encouraged I&O leaders to take a step back from
‘the pressure of keeping the lights on’ and prepare for 10 key
technologies and trends likely to significantly impact their
support of digital infrastructure in 2020 and beyond.
Meanwhile, other industry experts have provided their views on
the trends for the year ahead.
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