Tuesday, July 5, 2011

What is this Chunk of IT?

Interesting talk from IDC - http://bit.ly/orwuXM

Essentially, the IT architecture evolves and transforms. (Problems create solutions, new solution create new problems).

Quick thought on new terminology - Chunk of IT

IT side of a data center consists of Chunk of IT

  1. computing (servers)
  2. connectivity (network)
  3. capacity (storage)

Data Center consumes power & produces business transactions?

Does it consumes Power (kWh) & produces a service (Business transactions / hour)? I hope some vendor will (m)architect such a consumption model or ROI sheet for us :)

Both consumption and outcome of a data center are still subjective and a complex topic.

Customers used to buy servers, storage systems and network equipment. Will they buy chunk of IT instead?

Some options we have today,

  • Oracle Exadata, Exalogic
  • HP Converged Infrastructure
  • EMC and Cisco Vblock / EMC, Cisco VMware - VCE
  • Hitachi Converged Data Center Solutions - UCP
  • IBM CloudBurst
  • DELL vStart
  • Symantec is coming up with chunk of IT for backup space
  • ….

Interesting & new market dynamics, how do we really measure Chunk of IT?

How can customers compare such and make a purchasing decision?

Are we heading for simplification or complication? Perhaps, after the purchasing complication, it is simplification. Perhaps not ! :)

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