The technology industry is in such a constant state of evolution that we can never get too comfortable with a new innovation before it becomes obsolete. As a result, IT departments are successful if and only if they remain agile and constantly keep their organizations abreast of emerging technologies. While it’s unclear what the future brings, we can be certain that technology’s rapid rate of change will introduce new disruption to enterprise environments. In part one of my prediction series, we’ll look at the changes taking place in data center infrastructure management in particular, with special attention to what it means for the cloud and virtual environments.
Traditionally, technology density and performance have continued to increase, while their costs have continued to decline. With today’s advances in science and technology, one might conclude that this may actually lead to an increase in the speed of change experienced to date under Moore’s Law. The technological change driving today’s IT operations is resulting in a recognized sea change when it comes to data center infrastructure management.