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New survey underscores importance of IT modernisation to support new technology initiatives
technology investments over the next five years, of which 73% are planning significant upgrades. The top areas of IT infrastructure in need of updates to better support adopting new technology include network and security (58%), data management or storage (52%) and data centre facilities (50%). Digital transformation has accelerated at lightning speed, bringing an unprecedented need for IT modernisation. In the face of economic headwinds, IT teams are still focused on operationalising and supporting new digital initiatives, but with the added pressure of tighter budgets and lower staffing levels. Amidst current inflation and recessionary concerns, IT teams must strike a complex balance between supporting critical IT services for their organisation and setting up a foundation on which future initiatives can thrive. With thoughtful investments, organisations can keep vital systems running efficiently while accelerating their ability to keep pace with digital transformation. “Investments in emerging technology such as AI and machine learning are exciting ventures for organisations interested in gaining a competitive edge, but without a modern IT infrastructure foundation the long- term success of these investments is at critical risk,” said Shawn Rosemarin, vice president, R&D and customer engineering, Pure Storage. “The findings in our report show how agile IT leadership will need to continue to challenge legacy infrastructure solutions in order to simplify their core structure, in turn driving significant efficiency and flexibility to fuel their future.”
The pressure of digital transformation agendas is leading to IT buyers purchasing technology their infrastructure cannot support – highlighting the importance of modernising IT infrastructure in the coming years, new research has found. A report by data storage technology and services provider Pure Storage, in partnership with Wakefield Research, ‘IT Leader Insights: The State of IT Modernization Priorities and Challenges Amid Economic Headwinds’, reveals the need to evolve from legacy infrastructure to reap the full benefits of emerging technologies investments. The survey, of 500 IT buyers at companies of 500+ employees across the US and Europe, found that IT buyers have cited that their top investments planned for the next five years are AI/machine learning (52%) and sustainable technology (51%). Only 46% predict they’ll invest in infrastructure automation or orchestration. Meanwhile, 90% of IT buyers stated that the pressure of their digital transformation agenda led them to buy technology their infrastructure could not support, and 74% say this resulted in being unable to deploy new technology to leadership’s full expectations. In addition, 62% of IT buyers feel pressured all the time or often to make decisions on purchasing technology based on current needs without fully exploring the consequences of these decisions in the longer term. In addition, 76% expect increased scrutiny on purchasing
Shawn Rosemarin vice president R&D and customer engineering
purestorage.com
decisions over the next five years. But 99% plan to modernise their IT infrastructure to better support future
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