One of the most common is understandings about the cloud? That it devalues IT infrastructure in some way. However, the truth is the complete opposite.
In reality, infrastructure has never been more crucial to a company's success. That's because technology has never been more important than it is now in assisting businesses in achieving profitable growth, creating creative experiences, and operating in a responsible and sustainable manner.
Cloud technology is one such solution that enables organizations to innovate while streamlining issues associated with in-house legacy IT solutions.
Why does IT infrastructure need a revamp?
It's undeniable that IT infrastructure has become a far more difficult environment to manage.
“In the worst-case scenario, cloud IT performance can actually degrade.”
Despite the cloud providers' world-class infrastructure, high-quality assets, and a more democratized innovations, a company can still struggle to match the level of performance obtained in its on-premises data centre.
Why? Because the infrastructure and processes, as well as the skills that support them, are unable to keep up with the demands of emerging digital business models.
According to leading reports, there's a resurgence in infrastructure because of the necessity to restructure the cloud. And a renewed understanding of its significance in the modern industry.
Infrastructure availability, sophistication, and scalability have all improved as a result of this resurgence. In fact, for a digital firm, this is currently the single most important differentiation. Winning businesses curate their infrastructure to give them a competitive advantage across a wide range of capabilities.
What to do with cloud during this Infrastructure resurgence?
- Firstly, you need to stabilize the existing work environments because if you don’t then it can seriously affect your already stable workflows and development processes. You can also leverage automation tools for quickly addressing repetitive issues/failures.
- Secondly, you need to look for optimization opportunities in your cloud technology solutions. You can pitch in your DevOps team to start working on new innovation cycles while you bring your organization to an infrastructure as a code approach.
- Thirdly, you need to enter into the transformation stage which primarily includes:
A). Rearchitecting the existing cloud environment.
B). Expanding the footprint of the IT infrastructure across the breadth of your entire Cloud environment.
The main goal of the transformation stage is to ensure that each workload or workflow runs in the most efficient manner (after stabilization & optimization processes) which enables organizations to deliver excellent business value!