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Not for the faint of heart , anyone who ’ s worked in IT recognises resource management and budget allocation is often a mind-bending exercise of meticulous granularity , based on data-driven insights .

Maximising IT infrastructure and every resource under the data centre umbrella is arguably more important than ever .

The rapid rise in unstructured data and infrastructure complexity pushes IT ’ s agenda

Unsurprisingly , infrastructure complexity only continues to grow . According to a Gartner research report : By 2025 , 85 % of infrastructure strategies will integrate onpremises , colocation , cloud and Edge delivery options , compared with 20 % in 2020 .

Simultaneously , researchers are observing the rapid rise of unstructured data and its challenges . Research firm IDC acknowledges : The lion ’ s share of data that will be captured , stored , protected and analysed going forward will be unstructured .

Maintaining the least restrictive , most cost-effective balance of budget and assets while anticipating potential roadblocks is a near surgical process . IT leaders are tasked with manoeuvering through the perpetual gauntlet of competing budget allocations , complex project demands and changing procurement requests for core data centre infrastructure components , while simultaneously vetting viable solutions to address pop-up data management setbacks without sending their data centre costs spiraling out of control .

Cost control or out of control in 2022

The brilliance of the evolving data centre is its ostensibly unlimited , customisable possibilities . It

has the ability to quickly integrate new technology and automation to create a highly efficient operating environment to usher in optimised budgets , easier

execution and significantly higher reliability .

As unique as fingerprints , there is no one-sizefits-all enterprise data centre . An organisation ’ s IT infrastructure may utilise on-premises options , colocation , Edge or micro data centres , cloud service providers or a full-bodied hybrid model .

Cloud solutions offer many benefits such as speed , performance and scalability . Consequently , cloud transformation continues to be a primary tool for reducing costs in the data centre . Nevertheless , in most enterprises , the on-premises data centre remains as mission-critical control tower for overall management of the many data management puzzle pieces whereas cloud will likely maintain a dependance on the on-premises data centre for its success .

Much thought has been given to the future of IT and all arrows point to the hybrid data centre and hybrid cloud as the most resilient framework for the future data centre fabric . As such , IT leaders are tasked with ascertaining the right balance for meeting traditional on-premises compute requirements while weaving in support from cloud and off-premises models , as needed for full-scale performance and greatest cost benefit .

Easy ways to increase data centre efficiencies

Michael Jack , CRO and Co-Founder , Datadobi

The interminable growth of unstructured data can unnerve even the best data centre managers . Nevertheless , these leaders must endeavor to achieve the best possible operating environments for their organisations .

Planning resource allocation to take advantage of new technology and the cloud during upgrades / phase outs is a never-ending process of inventory management and careful analysis of evolving demands . Data centre equipment usage balance can change regularly ,

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