Intelligent Data Centres Issue 09 | Page 70

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 70 Issue 09 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 OF THE LEGACY DATA CENTRE INTO TOMORROW’S MULTI-FUNCTION DIVERSIFIED ROLE REQUIRES WORKING ON NUMEROUS FRONTS. www.intelligentdatacentres.com