Data Definer11
Q8: What technologies have the biggest impact on delivery of IT services? And why?
Nick Howell
Smart phones is an obvious one. But I believe the apps that are being developed on these platforms and hosted in the cloud, albeit with a consumer focus, will eventually shift, and "versions" will begin to be made for enterprise ops.
Jesse Anderson
The flexibility and power of FlexPods with Cisco and NetApp have had a large impact on IT. Virtualizing the hardware with UCS and the features of Cluster ONTAP with NDO and scale have been a big hit for customers.
mpclark3
Every question up to this point has circled around the same basic areas which comprise the cloud; Compute, Memory, and IO. IO is, and always have, trailed behind compute and memory capacity. Mostly the culprit in performance and scaling systems is IO.
John Zemonek
I think mobile technology has changed the way we approach all problems and solutions today. Remote employees can be as connected as those in the office. The business is pushing IT to find ways to support the employee in the field.
Nick Howell
We would be remiss to not give VMware credit for what they have done for the industry, and starting this whole ITaaS and "cloud" model. They have definitely had one of, if not THE, biggest impact on delivery of IT svcs.
mpclark3
The blending of spinning GB capacity and SSD IO capacity will continue to have the biggest impact on hitting delivery goals in the cost constraints of today's businesses.
John Zemonek
@datacenterdude how do you think open stack changes the VMware game? Especially if more enterprise looks towards open stack.
Nick Howell
@John_Zemonek OpenStack will likely embrace portability between H/V’s, whereas VMware probably will not.