Flash Storage Fuelsit Transformation

IT Transformation is a concept that resonates with companies even more now than it did 12 months ago. Although not
synonymous with digital transformation, the two concepts are fundamentally linked together, as effective digital
transformation cannot happen without IT Transformation.
A company that transforms its IT infrastructure no longer has to rely on rigid, manual, siloed, legacy technologies. It sees a
boost in IT operational speed, efficiency, scale, and cost effectiveness—tasks are automated, processes streamlined, and
resources are freed up. Those IT-level improvements fuel a larger-scale digital transformation, allowing the company to
thrive in today’s digital economy. It is able to out-innovate, out-think, and out-pace its competitors—ultimately becoming
the disruptor, not the disrupted.
It is possible to categorize a company’s degree of IT Transformation according to how extensively it has adopted:
• Modernized data center technologies—e.g., All-Flash storage, software-defined networks and storage, server
virtualization, scale-out and converged/hyper-converged infrastructure, and modern data protection.
• Automated IT processes—e.g., delivering IT as a service in a cloud operations model for cost transparency, efficiency,
and responsiveness, automating server change configuration and storage provisioning, and offering self-service
capabilities to end-users.
• Transformed organizational dynamics—e.g., regularly inspecting IT outcomes for effectiveness and making sure that
the IT group has opportunities to contribute proactively to business-strategy decisions.
A direct, measurable relationship exists between IT Transformation and better agility, superior responsiveness, greater
spending efficiency, more funding for innovation, faster time to market, higher stakeholder satisfaction, and greater
competitiveness