Humanizing Information Technology

SOFTWARE DEFINE EVERYTHING

When IT people think about disruption, sdx think about innovations that displace earlier technologies and take things to a new level in our field. In term of Software Define Data Center (SDDC), Software Define Storage (SDS), Software Define Security (SDSec), Big Data and Analytics have all appeared poised to be the next disruptive technology that would revolutionize the IT industry. Indeed, early adopters of these software-driven technologies have reaped incredible efficiencies and economies of scale unimaginable a decade ago.
In a Software-Defined Everything environment, management and control of the networking, storage and/or data center infrastructure is automated by intelligent software rather than by the hardware components of the infrastructure, and deliver as a service

DATA CENTER AUTOMATION

IT operations are a crucial aspect of most organizational operations around the world. One of the main concerns is business continuity; companies rely on their information systems to run their operations.
Data center automation is the process of managing and automating the workflow and processes of a data center facility. It enables automating the bulk of the data center operations, management, monitoring and maintenance tasks that otherwise are performed manually by human operators. Typically, data center automation enables automating the servers, network and other data center management tasks.
Some of the features of a data center automation solution include

• Create and automate all data center scheduling and monitoring tasks.
  
• Provide data center-wide insight into server nodes and their configurations.
  
• Automates routine processes such as patching, updating and reportingEnables data center processes and controls to be in compliance with the standards and policies.
  

CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Converged infrastructure is part of the modernization movement in today’s data centers. Converged infrastructure is the combination of storage and compute on one physical appliance, at its core, eliminates the busywork of provisioning servers, SAN, which takes multiple teams of people, and replaces it with plug-and-play options that come ready to go (more or less) out of the box. Converged infrastructure allows you to integrate with hypervisor technologies and abstract services as they integrate with the underlying physical architecture.
Much like converged infrastructure, hyper (ultra) - convergence takes the approach from a software perspective. This is where a few new data center concepts emerge. In hyper converged, software controls ALL resources living on top of hypervisor.

MANAGED CONNECTIVITY

Businesses and organizations worldwide are more dependent on their physical layer than ever before. From computers, phones and wireless devices, to alarm systems, security cameras and video conferencing, today’s network physical layer touches virtually every device throughout an organization. Security of the physical layer also has become a top concern among network and data center managers, especially in healthcare, financial and mission-critical organizations where data is required to be secure.
Managing the physical layer and its every connection point via managed connectivity can help network and data center managers confront the following issues:

• Security, Every organization must mitigate the risk of network intrusion to prevent compromise of critical business information.
  
• High Availability, Today’s networks require uptime for business continuity, but network and data center managers currently lack visibility of the physical layer. 
  
• Operating Expense, The high cost associated with physical layer maintenance has a direct impact on operating expenses. Accurate knowledge of physical layer topology leads to less network issues and faster resolution of problems 
  
• Compliance, There are a variety of government regulations, compliance and reporting requirements regarding how an organization’s data is accessed, transacted and stored.