This document discusses a study by IDC on the business value of VCE Vblock converged infrastructure systems. The study found that Vblock customers achieved significant benefits including improved IT agility, increased innovation and business enablement, higher application development and service delivery, reduced costs, and improved customer experience. On average, customers saw a 518% return on investment and payback period of 7.5 months. Key benefits included faster provisioning, improved productivity, and more time spent on strategic initiatives rather than infrastructure maintenance. [/SUMMARY]
Modernizing the Enterprise Monolith: EQengineered Consulting Green PaperMark Hewitt
Are you an enterprise that recognizes the business liability inherent in the monolithic or otherwise dated enterprise software applications you have built? Does your technology represent an impediment to the needed agility and flexibility required to meet the needs of today’s business environment?
Historically, enterprise software development focused on an approach that incorporated all functionality into a single process, and replicated it across servers as additional capacity was required. Today, these large applications have become bloated and unmanageable as new features and functionality are added. And, as small changes are made to existing functionality, the requirements to update and redeploy the server-side application becomes an intractable juggernaut.
Forward-thinking organizations like Amazon and Netflix led the way toward agile processes, deconstructed software stacks, and efficient APIs. Both large and small organizations serious about embracing modern practices have followed by decoupling the front and back end of their enterprise applications, employing microservices and cloud technologies, and adopting agile methodologies. These very steps can serve to highlight additional technical deficits in old solutions and codebases, which in turn become stumbling blocks to modern development practices.
As these technology trends continue to evolve, how can your company keep pace and remain viable?
In this green paper, we discuss how CIOs, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering can lead the needed modernization with their counterparts in marketing and the business to ensure that their organizations remain competitive in today’s customer-driven and technology-led economy.
Key questions addressed include:
• Why is technical modernization vital for the business?
• What types of modernization projects are there?
• How does modernization fit into your organization?
Modernizing the Enterprise Monolith: EQengineered Consulting Green PaperMark Hewitt
Are you an enterprise that recognizes the business liability inherent in the monolithic or otherwise dated enterprise software applications you have built? Does your technology represent an impediment to the needed agility and flexibility required to meet the needs of today’s business environment?
Historically, enterprise software development focused on an approach that incorporated all functionality into a single process, and replicated it across servers as additional capacity was required. Today, these large applications have become bloated and unmanageable as new features and functionality are added. And, as small changes are made to existing functionality, the requirements to update and redeploy the server-side application becomes an intractable juggernaut.
Forward-thinking organizations like Amazon and Netflix led the way toward agile processes, deconstructed software stacks, and efficient APIs. Both large and small organizations serious about embracing modern practices have followed by decoupling the front and back end of their enterprise applications, employing microservices and cloud technologies, and adopting agile methodologies. These very steps can serve to highlight additional technical deficits in old solutions and codebases, which in turn become stumbling blocks to modern development practices.
As these technology trends continue to evolve, how can your company keep pace and remain viable?
In this green paper, we discuss how CIOs, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering can lead the needed modernization with their counterparts in marketing and the business to ensure that their organizations remain competitive in today’s customer-driven and technology-led economy.
Key questions addressed include:
• Why is technical modernization vital for the business?
• What types of modernization projects are there?
• How does modernization fit into your organization?
Besides the benefits are there possible challenges government agencies are likely to encounter should they
decide to adopt cloud computing? What strategies should be deployed to overcome the inhibitors of cloud
computing? These are but few questions this paper aims to investigate. Studies have shown that, cloud
computing has become a strategic direction for many government agencies and is already being deployed
in many critical areas of the government's cyber infrastructure. The benefits and the challenges of cloud
adoption have heightened interest of academic research in recent times. We are however uncertain, per
literature factors that hinder successful cloud adoption especially in the Ghanaian context. We posit that,
understanding the challenges of cloud adoption and overcoming them must accompany the use of the
technology in order to prevent unwanted technical consequences, and even greater problems from
government information management. This study is based on unstructured interviews from selected
government agencies in Ghana. The study is grounded on the theory of technology, organization and
environment (TOE) framework. Major inhibiting factors identified include lack of basic infrastructure for
cloud take-off, data security, unreliable internet connectivity, and general lack of institutional readiness
IDC Study on Enterprise Hybrid Cloud StrategiesEMC
White Paper discussing IDC Survey of over 650 enterprise IT decision makers that was designed to understand the evolution of the cloud across world’s largest IT organizations.
Cloud computing is now a viable option for businesses seeking to outsource part or all of their IT operations. But in this new era — where the power of the Internet is harnessed for IT tasks — outsourcing to the cloud can be a strategic maneuver, not just a cost-cutting measure.
Is Your Organization Ready to Embrace a Digital Twin?Cognizant
Before industrial organizations invest in technologies for creating data-driven product design strategies, they need to reassess their operational maturity and technology readiness to compete in a world where the virtual and physical seamlessly fuse as digital twins.
The Cloud Playbook showcases how Booz Allen’s Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture can be utilized to build technology infrastructures that can withstand the weight of massive data sets - and deliver the deep insights organizations need to drive innovation.
AGILE CLOUD: MANAGING THE EMPOWERED USERdinCloud Inc.
As important as the back end technologies of virtual data center operations, application virtualization
and orchestration may be, a substantial portion of cloud’s ‘magic’ is its ability to provide new forms of
support to line-of-business staff, providing advanced automation options for functions that were
previously poorly automated or entirely manual.
¿Cómo las manufacturas están evolucionando hacia la Industria 4.0 con la virt...Denodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3cbpipB
Uno de los sectores en los que la transformación digital está teniendo un efecto más disruptivo es el de la fabricación. Líderes del sector manufacturero están apostando por el Big Data, la computación en la nube, la inteligencia artificial y el Internet de las Cosas (IoT) entre otras tecnologías, además de contemplar la llegada de la 5G, con el fin de:
- Automatizar los procesos de manera eficiente, para permitir una mayor producción en menor tiempo
- Crear valor añadido en los productos manufacturados
- Conectar la planta industrial con el punto de venta
- Impulsar el análisis en tiempo real de datos provenientes de diferentes cadenas de producción
Sin embargo, para alcanzar estos objetivos y llevar a cabo esta revolución tecnológica, también conocida como industria 4.0, las manufacturas tienen que enfrentarse a una serie de desafíos no negligentes. El sector industrial es el que genera más datos en el mundo, y en la era digital, la velocidad, la diversidad y el volumen exponencial de los datos pueden superar las arquitecturas de TI tradicionales. Además, la mayoría de los fabricantes se enfrentan a silos de datos, lo que hace que su tratamiento sea lento y costoso. Necesitan entonces una plataforma de TI fiable que permita integrar, centralizar y analizar datos de distintas fuentes y diferentes formatos de manera ágil y segura para poner la información al servicio del negocio.
Los expertos de Enki y Denodo te proponen este seminario online para descubrir qué es la virtualización de datos, y por qué líderes del sector apuestan por esta tecnología innovadora para optimizar su estrategia de TI y conseguir un ROI significativo gracias a un acceso más rápido, simple y unificado a los datos industriales.
70% of today's IT budget is spent on simply managing and maintaining the IT infrastructure, with only 30% funding strategic initiatives to fuel innovation. IT managers need to address today's operational challenges and find ways to leverage IT infrastructure to transform spending - putting more dollars to work to solve new problems.
Data Virtualization, a Strategic IT Investment to Build Modern Enterprise Dat...Denodo
This content was presented during the Smart Data Summit Dubai 2015 in the UAE on May 25, 2015, by Jesus Barrasa, Senior Solutions Architect at Denodo Technologies.
In the era of Big Data, IoT, Cloud and Social Media, Information Architects are forced to rethink how to tackle data management and integration in the enterprise. Traditional approaches based on data replication and rigid information models lack the flexibility to deal with this new hybrid reality. New data sources and an increasing variety of consuming applications, like mobile apps and SaaS, add more complexity to the problem of delivering the right data, in the right format, and at the right time to the business. Data Virtualization emerges in this new scenario as the key enabler of agile, maintainable and future-proof data architectures.
Besides the benefits are there possible challenges government agencies are likely to encounter should they
decide to adopt cloud computing? What strategies should be deployed to overcome the inhibitors of cloud
computing? These are but few questions this paper aims to investigate. Studies have shown that, cloud
computing has become a strategic direction for many government agencies and is already being deployed
in many critical areas of the government's cyber infrastructure. The benefits and the challenges of cloud
adoption have heightened interest of academic research in recent times. We are however uncertain, per
literature factors that hinder successful cloud adoption especially in the Ghanaian context. We posit that,
understanding the challenges of cloud adoption and overcoming them must accompany the use of the
technology in order to prevent unwanted technical consequences, and even greater problems from
government information management. This study is based on unstructured interviews from selected
government agencies in Ghana. The study is grounded on the theory of technology, organization and
environment (TOE) framework. Major inhibiting factors identified include lack of basic infrastructure for
cloud take-off, data security, unreliable internet connectivity, and general lack of institutional readiness
IDC Study on Enterprise Hybrid Cloud StrategiesEMC
White Paper discussing IDC Survey of over 650 enterprise IT decision makers that was designed to understand the evolution of the cloud across world’s largest IT organizations.
Cloud computing is now a viable option for businesses seeking to outsource part or all of their IT operations. But in this new era — where the power of the Internet is harnessed for IT tasks — outsourcing to the cloud can be a strategic maneuver, not just a cost-cutting measure.
Is Your Organization Ready to Embrace a Digital Twin?Cognizant
Before industrial organizations invest in technologies for creating data-driven product design strategies, they need to reassess their operational maturity and technology readiness to compete in a world where the virtual and physical seamlessly fuse as digital twins.
The Cloud Playbook showcases how Booz Allen’s Cloud Analytics Reference Architecture can be utilized to build technology infrastructures that can withstand the weight of massive data sets - and deliver the deep insights organizations need to drive innovation.
AGILE CLOUD: MANAGING THE EMPOWERED USERdinCloud Inc.
As important as the back end technologies of virtual data center operations, application virtualization
and orchestration may be, a substantial portion of cloud’s ‘magic’ is its ability to provide new forms of
support to line-of-business staff, providing advanced automation options for functions that were
previously poorly automated or entirely manual.
¿Cómo las manufacturas están evolucionando hacia la Industria 4.0 con la virt...Denodo
Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3cbpipB
Uno de los sectores en los que la transformación digital está teniendo un efecto más disruptivo es el de la fabricación. Líderes del sector manufacturero están apostando por el Big Data, la computación en la nube, la inteligencia artificial y el Internet de las Cosas (IoT) entre otras tecnologías, además de contemplar la llegada de la 5G, con el fin de:
- Automatizar los procesos de manera eficiente, para permitir una mayor producción en menor tiempo
- Crear valor añadido en los productos manufacturados
- Conectar la planta industrial con el punto de venta
- Impulsar el análisis en tiempo real de datos provenientes de diferentes cadenas de producción
Sin embargo, para alcanzar estos objetivos y llevar a cabo esta revolución tecnológica, también conocida como industria 4.0, las manufacturas tienen que enfrentarse a una serie de desafíos no negligentes. El sector industrial es el que genera más datos en el mundo, y en la era digital, la velocidad, la diversidad y el volumen exponencial de los datos pueden superar las arquitecturas de TI tradicionales. Además, la mayoría de los fabricantes se enfrentan a silos de datos, lo que hace que su tratamiento sea lento y costoso. Necesitan entonces una plataforma de TI fiable que permita integrar, centralizar y analizar datos de distintas fuentes y diferentes formatos de manera ágil y segura para poner la información al servicio del negocio.
Los expertos de Enki y Denodo te proponen este seminario online para descubrir qué es la virtualización de datos, y por qué líderes del sector apuestan por esta tecnología innovadora para optimizar su estrategia de TI y conseguir un ROI significativo gracias a un acceso más rápido, simple y unificado a los datos industriales.
70% of today's IT budget is spent on simply managing and maintaining the IT infrastructure, with only 30% funding strategic initiatives to fuel innovation. IT managers need to address today's operational challenges and find ways to leverage IT infrastructure to transform spending - putting more dollars to work to solve new problems.
Data Virtualization, a Strategic IT Investment to Build Modern Enterprise Dat...Denodo
This content was presented during the Smart Data Summit Dubai 2015 in the UAE on May 25, 2015, by Jesus Barrasa, Senior Solutions Architect at Denodo Technologies.
In the era of Big Data, IoT, Cloud and Social Media, Information Architects are forced to rethink how to tackle data management and integration in the enterprise. Traditional approaches based on data replication and rigid information models lack the flexibility to deal with this new hybrid reality. New data sources and an increasing variety of consuming applications, like mobile apps and SaaS, add more complexity to the problem of delivering the right data, in the right format, and at the right time to the business. Data Virtualization emerges in this new scenario as the key enabler of agile, maintainable and future-proof data architectures.
Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital AgeCapgemini
The Digital Transformation Institute has launched its latest research report titled “Faster, Better, Smarter: Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital Age.” The report highlights why organizations need robust and seamless IT infrastructure that keeps pace with evolving market and technology demands. IT infrastructure has always been known as a “keeping the lights on” function but now it has evolved into a core catalyst of Digital Transformation. However, as a function, IT infrastructure is yet to undergo a core transformation. The report discusses why a reboot is critical.
Netmagic solutions, leading IT Managed service provider with Data centers & Cloud Computing in India fulfills your entire IT infrastructure requirements: from collocation services to dedicated hosting, diaster recovery & data Storage solutions.
The cumulative effect of decades of IT infrastructure investment around a diverse set of technologies and processes has stifled innovation at organizations around the globe. Layer upon layer of complexity to accommodate a staggering array of applications has created hardened processes that make changes to systems difficult and cumbersome.
Over the past five years, companies of all sizes have been under increased pressure to improve IT efficiency and effectiveness.
IDC customer-based studies show that each year, the average midsize company experiences 15–18 business hours of network, system, or application downtime. Causes of downtime vary, but aging systems can have components or software that fail, while network connections and power grids can fail at any time because of external causes (e.g., weather, construction work, or natural disaster). Outages occurring during business hours result in revenue loss, as orders are dropped, customers move on, and employees cannot access critical applications. IDC research found that revenue losses per hour averaged $75,000. However, the adoption of best practices has allowed midsize companies to reduce downtime significantly in recent years. Solutions that improve system management, protect data assets from loss and unauthorized access, strengthen network security, and ensure availability directly reduce these losses at customer sites.
Software-Defined Storage Accelerates Storage Cost Reduction and Service-Level...DataCore Software
In this White Paper, IDC, a major global market intelligence firm assesses DataCore in the Software-Defined Storage (SDS) space.
DataCore is one of the leading providers of hardware independent storage virtualization software. Its customers are actively leveraging the benefits of software-defined storage in IT environments ranging from large datacenters to more modest computer rooms, thereby getting better use from pre-existing storage equipment.
This White Paper further discusses the emerging storage architecture of software-defined storage and how DataCore enables its customers to take advantage of it today.
Download this IDC White Paper to learn about:
- The four major forces that have led to a major transformation in changing the way we use IT to do our jobs and how datacenters need to adapt.
- Why companies are switching to SDS and the benefits, including significant reductions in cost, that they can expect upon adoption.
- An Overview of DataCore’s SDS solution and the key differentiators that make it well equipped to handle the next generation of storage challenges.
How Intelligent Operations Enables Proactive Data Center ManagementITOutcomes
CIOs often live and die by the data center’s performance and availability numbers.
Nine out of 10 respondents to a 2014 survey of data center professionals showed that service availability is highly critical to their performance.
But at the same time, 41 percent of organizations missed their service availability goals for mission-critical systems in 2013. Not surprisingly, organizations with higher service availability goals were significantly less successful in meeting their goal.
But here’s a new way of thinking about improving data center metrics: IT departments should no longer be concerned with improving system performance and reducing downtime for its own sake. Rather, consider these as metrics for enabling IT to deliver more of what the business needs, when it needs it.
In other words, it’s time to transform infrastructure and application measurements from tactical to strategic metrics.