The document discusses 5 ways that implementing a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) can help reduce costs and modernize infrastructure. It describes how SDDC can standardize and virtualize compute, network, and storage resources to reduce capital expenditures, streamline operations, improve security, cut disaster recovery costs in half, and enable automated delivery of services at the speed of business. Implementing SDDC is presented as a journey that provides increasing benefits at each stage through more efficient use of resources and more intelligent, automated management of infrastructure.