There's no "easy button" in the datacenter. The sheer amount of data, exploding number of applications, constant demand for innovation, and increasing complexity of IT architecture — which now includes the datacenter, the cloud, and the edge — place an extraordinary burden on the IT department.

In fact, IDC survey data shows that an IT staff spends only 20% of its time on innovation, whereas efforts to just "keep the lights on" take up 80% of its time. Ideally, IT must evolve into a key player that helps a corporation embrace digital transformation, drive new business models and revenue, strengthen customer relationships, and enhance customer experience.

One of the strategies for this daunting objective is to consolidate the datacenter by eliminating silos of disparate infrastructure. There is a proven solution that meets these needs: converged infrastructure (CI). Download the whitepaper to find out how FlexPod can drive data center modernization.