IT transformation requires adoption of modern data center technology pillars, adoption of modern IT processes, and a focus on IT and business alignment. The result is increased IT agility and responsiveness; enhanced IT spending efficiency; shifts in IT funding to new projects and innovation; and higher levels of internal stakeholder satisfaction and improved competitiveness and business outcomes

 

This paper focuses specifically on modern technology pillars: how and why software-defined technology in the form of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is being deployed.