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The breadth of a dynamic infrastructure goes far beyond the “walls” of a data center to the “pipes and wires”—for example, the roadways, bridges,
equipment, facilities and networks of physical infrastructure. In addition, as instrumentation and interconnectivity accelerate, expectations for
greater accessibility and availability will be higher than ever before.
As business environments evolve, the business and IT infrastructure will need to move beyond its current, siloed formation to create a more
secure, responsive and resilient approach to serving the needs of customers, employees, partners and users around the world. This is an
evolutionary process, not a “rip and replace” approach.
Building a Dynamic Infrastructure requires:
Addressing today’s operational challenges to free up resources for new investments: Organizations are under pressure to drive
efficiencies and optimize their processes to achieve more with less. Efficiency of business and IT assets comes from integrating
virtualization, energy efficiency, standardization and automation to free up operational budget for new investment. In addition, with the vast
number of connected objects across the organization and the world, a dynamic infrastructure must meet the rapidly changing security and
availability requirements to grow and succeed.
• Converge business and IT infrastructure to work in concert, achieving breakthrough productivity and greater business value:
Instrumentation of physical infrastructure resources is enabling more dynamic measurement, allocation and management to support
innovation, transformation and differentiation. This elevates assets into higher valued services through common processes and systems
that improve preventive and predictive maintenance and resource allocation to increase overall business performance.
• Utilize alternative sourcing approaches, like cloud computing, to deliver new services with agility and speed: Companies with a
dynamic infrastructure quickly realize direct business benefits from easily blending services and information across customers and thirdparty
providers throughout the value chain. They can address the explosion of information and respond to business requirements while
+reducing capital and operational costs associated with delivery of services.
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