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Building the Agile Data Center

Eric D. Brown

Systems and applications were continuously added to the data center to the point where many data centers were completely full with no room for add new hardware to support growing needs for processing, storage and network capabilities. Another benefit of SDDC is that it allows companies to spend less on hardware for the data center.

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Building an Agile IT Group

Eric D. Brown

Virtualization has allowed organizations to expand their data center capabilities without requiring enormous outlays of capital for new hardware and physical space by allowing companies to decommission underutilized servers and replace them with optimized virtualized systems. And saying “yes” is what agility is all about.

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Everything As A Service

Eric D. Brown

Regardless of where you might stand on the XaaS model, there’s no denying that the approach provides organizations with the ability to deliver services and systems quickly and efficiently without a large capital outlay to purchase, install and integrate new systems and hardware. IT as a service is agility personified.