As data center managers prepare for the New Year, they should consider “reinventing” their infrastructure the same way many people reinvent themselves on Jan. 1 by beginning an exercise program, quitting smoking, or testing a new hairstyle. Particularly as 2009 brought a whirlwind of new trends and the products to support them, this is a good time to take a hard look in the mirror, and reassess the technology infrastructure, and decide on a path to data center transformation.
IT executives are constantly on the lookout on how best to manage their rapid data growth and, at the same time, keep expenses down. If storage hardware is the suggested alternative, it immediately conjures up an image of cost increases in areas of data management, protection process and even data center operations in the minds of most IT executives.