Intelligent Data Centres Issue 09 | Page 15

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Introduction
Data has more value today than ever before. In
the case of newly emerging digital businesses, the
data has become the business itself. But even for
companies that generate their revenue in more
traditional ways, their data can make them better.
It helps them understand their customers better
than before. They support their end-users better
by running a more agile IT function. Even logistical
operations such as manufacturing, shipping,
and billing improve measurably. A company’s
competitive success today depends greatly on how
well it harnesses the value of its data.
However, it can be challenging to keep pace with the
increases in the scale of data being generated as well
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as users’ demands for accessibility. And modern data
accessibility requirements extend well beyond the
data centre, from the edge to the cloud. Maximising
the transformational value of digital information
requires data to be leveraged at both the optimal time
and the optimal place. This new requirement poses a
challenge—since data has “weight,” it is costly and
time consuming to move across locations.
A modern data storage infrastructure that spans
both on- and off-premises resources, with the
intelligence to empower data, is absolutely
necessary if a business wants to harness data’s
value fully. Older, siloed storage environments limit
efficiency and cost-effectiveness too greatly. They
are just too expensive to procure, too expensive to
manage and too expensive to scale. ◊
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