Agile, Consistent, And Business-Aligned - Build a Software-Defined Foundation to Give Your Business an Edge

For companies in every industry, change is happening on a global scale—and fast. The digital landscape opens the door for new business models and opportunities across a wide range of users and devices. The possibilities are endless, and as technology becomes increasingly ingrained in business offerings, IT plays a more critical role than ever before. Yet many IT teams find themselves challenged by legacy hardware, insufficient budgets, and growing skills gaps.

To help the business maintain a competitive edge, IT organizations must:

• Empower teams to do more with increased agility. A unified, software-defined approach reduces silos and complexity, and dramatically improves IT response times. It also provides a flexible platform that addresses the broadest list of future strategic needs.

• Deliver operational consistency. With a set of familiar, simplified tools, IT organizations can run a consistent and streamlined infrastructure operation across compute, storage, networking and security—both on-premises and in the cloud. A full cloud management framework provides the self-service automation and self-driving operations needed to empower this operational model.

• Drive innovation and accelerate business impact. By taking a more fluid approach to the data center, IT professionals are able to accelerate the development and delivery of applications, data and key resources that keep the business at the top of its game.

What does a software-defined approach look like? Let’s find out.