IT infrastructure is a lot like any of the utilities in your home. You don’t give a lot of thought to running a hot shower or turning on a light switch, that is until you notice that the hot water isn't running and the light never turned on to brighten the room. IT infrastructure is not only critical to the functioning of your enterprise but also the push for innovation and competitive advantage. What is IT infrastructure? Put simply, it’s the components that support the … [Read more...]
Why IT Infrastructure Upgrades Are Essential
If you’re not prioritizing your infrastructure to support digital transformation, your competitors could soon leave you in the dust. IT infrastructure upgrades are proving essential for handling the data-driven, personalized customer experience that is becoming the expected standard. By investing in IT infrastructure upgrades that allow the harnessing of customer data, some enterprises are easily outpacing their competitors. Consider companies such as Lyft and Uber, who don’t own a fleet of … [Read more...]
Putting Data at the Center of IT Infrastructure
The volume and the importance of data are growing, and the generation of it is multiplying at an astounding rate. The challenge is that much of this data is being created at the edge of the network, and in general, IT infrastructure has not been built to handle the increased flow of data back to a central hub for processing. For data to be at the center of business, it should also be at the center of IT infrastructure. But instead, infrastructure has been built over time, with data siloed by … [Read more...]