2011 Trends To Watch: Data Center Technologies --- Aarkstore Enterprise

The demand for increased flexibility from an organizations IT capability is creating new challenges for data center management

. Much of this new demand is coming from the changing nature of operating in an increasingly interconnected global market, where an organizations performance is influenced by events that are mostly outside its direct control.

Scope of this research

The explosion in end-user technology and the influence from the consumer market The role of the data center and its strategic significance to the organization The transformational impact of virtualization extends beyond the IT department IT organizations will need to evolve to reflect the change in focus caused by new disruptive technologies Re-engaging with the environmental debate and the growth of automation and its role in cloud governance

Research and analysis highlights

During 2011, the role of the data center will begin to witness a dramatic shift, as the cloud computing era heralds a new dawn in the delivery and operation of IT services.

Key reasons to purchase this research

IT must understand and develop business-focused metrics that can be used to clearly articulate the value derived from using any new technology. The role of IT within the organization is at a tipping point in terms of the direction it takes, and the significance it has on strategic decisions

Table of Contents :

SUMMARY

Catalyst

Publishers View

Key messages

BUSINESS TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY ENABLERS

Analysis

UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE DATA CENTER AND ITS STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ORGANIZATION

The significance of IT to the organization is changing

Changing the discourse to a business-focused value proposition remains a challenge for many in IT

Avoiding fragmented islands of technologies may restrict vendor choice

THE EXPLOSION IN END-USER TECHNOLOGY AND THE INFLUENCE FROM THE CONSUMER MARKET

The changing nature of the end-point device

Mitigating the risks to the organization of client-side virtualization requires a new approach to management

Type-1 bare metal hypervisor or type-2 hypervisor on the client?

Type-1

Type-2

THE TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT OF VIRTUALIZATION EXTENDS BEYOND THE IT DEPARTMENT

IT must move from being a cost of doing business to a value creator

Orchestrating IT supply in line with business demand requires business processes to be prioritized

Changing the relationship between IT and business users requires a common language and a dialog of mutual benefit

IT ORGANIZATIONS WILL NEED TO EVOLVE TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN FOCUS CAUSED BY NEW DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Redefining the "run the business" (RTB) operational cost model through the use of technology

Ensuring that all processes operate at the required level of performance needs a holistic view of delivering IT

VM usage chargeback

VM resource chargeback

RE-ENGAGING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE

Data center power and cooling appears a low priority for many organizations

Virtualization is seen as the driving technology in the environmental debate

THE RELEVANCE OF THE MAINFRAME IN DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGIES

The mainframe will continue to be part of the current heterogeneous data center environment

The ability to transform corporate data into actionable information

The mainframe as the brains of the data center

THE CONVERGENCE OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

The network is becoming the critical component in the data center

Secure remote management (SRM) will assume greater significance in 2011

IPV6 presents a new set of management challenges

THE GROWTH OF AUTOMATION AND ITS ROLE IN CLOUD GOVERNANCE

Automation in 2011 will become more significant

The level of adoption depends on organizational maturity

Operational cost saving

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations for enterprises

Recommendations for vendors

Alternative views

APPENDIX

Further reading

Methodology

Definitions

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)

Author

Our Consultancy

Disclaimer

TABLES

Table: Horizontal trends to watch data center technologies

FIGURES

Figure: Global enterprise IT spending survey

Figure: Global enterprise green IT survey

Figure: Automation maturity model

Figure: Global IT spending review

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