THE EDGE
centre is no longer about empirical metrics
of hardware and software. It is about
delivering real services that help businesses
to accomplish their expectations.
The future of infrastructure is everywhere
and anywhere and will be business-driven
by nature, according to remarks made by a
Gartner specialist.
According to Gartner, to drive success
through this transformation, data centre
heads can leverage various enablers:
• Artificial Intelligence: These tools will
help the IT organisation to do vastly
more with less resources, building
suitable models for predictive failures
and recovery.
• Severless computing: This is also
known as function platform as a
service and is an emerging software
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architecture pattern that reduces the
need for infrastructure management
and planning.
• Network agility: Internal networking
specialists must incorporate 5G
technologies to enable the organisation
to meet modern use cases and the
customer’s digital expectations.
• Edge Computing: This technology
meets the expectations of the resident
country and use cases, by bringing the
workloads closer to the end customer.
• Technology partnerships: The IT
organisation must enter into
multiple supplier relationships to
help scale operations and meet
business expectations.
The data centre of the past may have
been a custodian of infrastructure but,
going forward, it will need to play the role
of a provider of leading-edge services for
enhanced digital business performance. ◊
TRANSFORMATION
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DATA CENTRE INTO
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WORKING ON
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