Data lies at the core of the digital enterprise. But this isn’t just about collecting, storing and processing data – it’s also about what you do with it. Today, the data that you have access to has the potential to fundamentally change the way your organization operates … and the outcomes your business stakeholders expect. http://blog.dimensiondata.com/2015/12/top-it-trends-to-watch-in-2016-digital-infrastructure/

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Top IT trends to watch in 2016
digital infrastructure

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Data is at the core of
• Enterprises with digital
strategies will expand
external data sources
by three to five fold and
delivery of data to the
market by 100 fold or
more. (IDC)
here’s why
• By 2020, the digital
universe — the data we
create and copy
annually — will reach 44
zettabytes. (IDC & EMC)
• Some 74% of US and
65% of European
adults now regularly
shop online.
(Forrester)
digital transformation.

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2016 IT trends
digital infrastructure
Data lies at the core of the digital
enterprise. But this isn’t just about
collecting, storing and processing data –
it’s also about what you do with it.
Today, the data that you have access to
has the potential to fundamentally
change the way your organisation
operates … and the outcomes your
business stakeholders expect.

4. accelerate your ambition
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2016 IT trends
The role of data has fundamentally changed.
For many years, data centre professionals
would concentrate much of their time and
energy on things like storage drives and
backups, replication and de-duplication.
Now, that’s all changed. Today it’s all about
honing your ability to exploit data and
finding ways to turn it into business value.
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It’s all about understanding your data …
and how to exploit it
Trend 1:
digital infrastructure

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Once you’ve clarified your data-related
aspirations, the next step is to build an
infrastructure to support them and
identify what changes this will require.
IT leaders should start laying the
foundations for fit-for-purpose
infrastructures that support the new data
paradigm … and apply their minds to how
they bring cloud, networks, and security
together to create a hybrid IT environment.
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Build infrastructures to support
the new data model of the
digital enterprise
Trend 2:
digital infrastructure

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2016 IT trends
To build a digital enterprise you need to look
further than just the infrastructure.
IT leaders should ask: ‘How is my
infrastructure going to evolve over time
and how can I align the way I pay for it
with the way my business needs it?’
It’s about adopting a business-focused
approach to building your infrastructure,
as opposed to a technology-centric one.
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All on board! Alignment with the
business is critical
Trend 3:
digital infrastructure

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Some organisations are still running 40-year-old
COBOL applications and processing multiple
releases a day – in some cases up to hundreds of
thousands!
This requires that you relook your processes.
It’s impractical to make changes manually on a
daily basis, rather implement a high level of
automation.
Furthermore, development and operations teams
must work cooperatively to determine what the
business really needs.
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Keeping up with the rate of change requires
calls for automation … and a cultural shift
Trend 4:
digital infrastructure

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2016 IT trends
To succeed in the digital world is to ensure
that you look at the business outcomes
you’re looking to achieve first, and treat the
technology as the enabler.
Now’s not the time to get caught up in
the ‘speeds and feeds’.
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Technology’s core value lies in its
ability to enable the business
Trend 5:
digital infrastructure

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