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Two-thirds of German IT decision-makers think hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) are best suited for setting up and operating virtual desktop environments (VDI) and for simple virtualization of IT components in the data center.
E-3 Magazine
March 9, 2018
Build on hyperconvergence
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According to a recent survey by NetApp, HCI will be an essential component in data centers in the future, as the majority of IT experts identified virtualization and digitalization as the main drivers of modernization alongside the cloud.

The application-oriented HCI systems support the modernization of data centers. For two thirds of the IT specialists surveyed, the systems are most effective in ensuring more efficient IT processes and infrastructures today and in the future in two specific application scenarios:

An HCI maps a very specific industry-specific application or simplifies virtualization in the data center, which is progressing and represents the first logical step for companies to modernize their IT infrastructure.

NetApp HCI Partner Survey 061 Cmyk
Increasing efficiency at a snail's pace: a lack of know-how and budget as well as outdated infrastructures are the main reasons for this.

Three obstacles to efficient IT operations

More than half of those surveyed (56 percent) identified insufficient budgets as the main reason preventing companies from making IT operations more efficient.

According to IT specialists, outdated and rigid IT structures (45 percent) and a lack of specialist knowledge among IT staff (44 percent) have almost as much of an inhibiting effect on the necessary progress.

A lack of expertise, outdated and rigid IT infrastructures and an insufficient IT budget are the biggest obstacles in the data center, according to respondents to the latest NetApp survey.

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  • “A lack of expertise, outdated and rigid IT infrastructures, and a low IT budget are the biggest obstacles in the data center, according to respondents in the latest NetApp survey.”

    I’d have to widely disagree here and say the problem is lack of trust and truce with ally and adversary。

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