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T
he landscape of the IT enterprise
is changing faster than ever. Not
since the days when client/server
computing shattered the walls of
the glass house has IT faced so
many new options for infrastructure.
In a way, those shattered walls have just kept
dispersing outward. There seem to be no
boundaries, with enterprises uploading and
downloading data anywhere – from campus to
campus, from stores to headquarters, even from
offshore oil rigs to onshore data centers. Nor
is it just data. Users are everywhere now too,
whether they’re employees, partners, suppliers or
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customers. Adding to the complexity is the fact
that IT has gone to great effort to break down the
silos of operational processes and integrate data
as much as possible.
The result of this dispersion is a highly challenging
infrastructure matrix, one that requires IT to maintain
a harrowing balance. CIOs must offer flexibility to the
lines of business, which need a network that makes
the most sense for their business processes. But at the
same time, CIOs must oversee infrastructure strategy
and ensure the security, availability and reliability
of the network. Together, CIOs and line-of-business
owners must focus on ways to support both business
outcomes and IT productivity.
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