It’s been widely noted that data, as the world’s most valuable resource, is the oil of the digital economy. Indeed, one would be hardpressed to name a more potent weapon empowering businesses to gain and maintain a winning advantage. The amount of data generated every minute is immense and only growing. And therein lies the problem for businesses.
Businesses don’t typically have a problem with data collection. They are, however, often highly challenged by putting that data to use. It’s no surprise, then, that less than half of all structured data is used in enterprise decision-making. One way to ensure that stakeholders have access to every byte of relevant data is implementing a next-generation converged infrastructure (CI) with intelligence and agility at its core. This not only provides access to critical data that drives better business decisions, but also enables growth and innovation. Such an infrastructure minimizes manual tasks, predicts and mitigates risk, and empowers organizations to extract and analyze data along all points in the value chain, regardless of the data source.
Today’s converged infrastructure must leverage artificial intelligence (AI), analytics, automation, resiliency, and much more, to meet the ever-growing demands of a data-driven economy.