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Hyperconvergence is a term that is gaining rapid interest across the manufacturing industry due to the undeniable benefits it has delivered to IT professionals seeking to modernize their data center, or as is a popular buzzword today ― "transform." Today, in particular, the manufacturing industry is looking to hyperconvergence for the potential benefits it can provide to its emerging and growing use of IoT and its growing need for edge computing systems.
In today’s data-driven world, business success and data have become inexorably intertwined. Consequently, the cost and impact of system downtime continue to rise. In the past, if systems went down people simply reverted to manual methods or “patiently” waited for operations to come back online.
For some enterprises, a “cloud-first” policy can seem like a no-brainer, especially when compared to the quagmire of traditional data center infrastructure. Yet new software-defined infrastructure solutions like hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) also offer IT agility, as well as greater security and control than what’s available in a public cloud. Perhaps surprisingly, many actually cite cost as the key incentive for using public cloud, despite the fact that, in most cases, it is significantly more expensive than on-premises HCI solutions like Enterprise Cloud.
IDC published a study that found predictable workloads, which account for the majority of all enterprise workloads, on average were about twice as expensive to run in the public cloud as compared to running on-premises on Nutanix. And a 2018 IDC survey entitled Cloud Repatriation Accelerates in a Multicloud World reported that 80 percent of organizations had repatriated applications out of the public cloud back to on-premises, and that 50 percent of all public cloud applications installed today will move back on-premises over the next two years.
By now, you’ve likely heard of “hyperconverged infrastructure,” and you and your team may even be considering adopting it. As you work through that decision, chances are you’ve wondered what sorts of problems hyperconvergence could solve for you.
Or, you might be in the camp of folks who’ve used legacy 3-tier architecture for so long that it’s a part of your DNA — and you might not be too keen on uprooting something that’s worked “just fine” for so many years.
Time for a check-in: how well are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? If you answered with a sharp inhale and a shake of the head, you’re not alone. In fact, about 80 percent of folks aren’t able to stick to their resolutions.
But when it comes to your data center, resolutions are not something to give up on easily. Have you made some for 2019? To help you along, we’ve compiled 5 of the top data center resolutions you might have on your list — and most importantly, how to achieve them.
With hyperconvergence adoption on the rise, it’s hard to believe HCI is a relatively new player in the grand scheme of IT. In fact, according to the State of the Enterprise Datacenter report, 67% of respondents are either using or are planning to adopt a hyperconverged infrastructure.
Growing demands for simplified management, increased performance, and reduced time-to-market mean that now, technologies like hyperconvergence are business necessities, not just “nice to haves.” Maintaining a competitive advantage is an increasingly difficult task, so benefits like scalability, operational efficiency, and reduced costs that help foster innovation and drive execution are integral in reaching that goal.