There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will radically transform how the world works. AI has the ability to ingest and decipher the complexities of data at unprecedented speeds that humans just cannot match. Already, leading organizations are seeing significant benefits from the use of AI. But for many, simply providing the necessary infrastructure for these projects is the first challenge —but it does not have to be.
Skill shortage, sluggish automation, and security concerns plague businesses
IDC studies indicate that CIOs face multiple challenges while addressing the business demands of AI. Finding and retaining people with the requisite skills tops this list. Given that the field of AI is a relatively new and emerging area, skills are in short supply, and anyone with skills can command a market premium.
Another problem is that the adoption of automation in infrastructure is not at the level required. While the technology has existed for some years, a change of attitude is required for its adoption across the environment to be impactful.
Then there are the ever-present concerns of security, coupled with cost-performance concerns adding to this complex situation. Data, long forgotten, is now gaining importance rapidly as organizations begin to understand its value to their AI aspirations, and security has to keep pace. With ransomware attacks increasing globally, and the introduction of legislation around critical data types, there is renewed vigor in ensuring the security, integrity, and availability of data across the region.
Strategic use of hyper-converged technology to alleviate challenges
Addressing these concerns, IDC, together with Dell Technologies and Microsoft, recently held a discussion on how most of these challenges can be addressed with the strategic use of hyper-converged technologies. By definition, hyper-converged tech delivers far higher levels of automation than standalone offerings due to the engineering to consolidate the platform, and is built on the familiar technologies of Microsoft Azure Local hosted by Dell Technologies server platforms1. This means that automation and skills are addressed at the outset.
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When it comes to looking at new workloads and applications, be it AI or modern cloud-workloads, hyper-converged infrastructure, with embedded all-flash storage arrays, provides organizations with a process to rapidly deliver on the application demands of the business. These systems ensure ease of deployment and use, whether in the data center or at the edge, and help CIOs and IT teams to be more versatile in high-velocity deployments.
Secure by design, both Dell Technologies and Microsoft have developed security tools and processes to provide the C-suite with the necessary peace of mind at an infrastructure level. Dell Technologies, named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Data Replication and Protection 2024 Vendor Assessment2, also offers purpose-built data resiliency solutions. These solutions address ransomware concerns and are supported by a single point of contact with Dell Technologies for all support needs.
This approach delivers a significant advantage to CIOs in terms of ease of support.
Regardless of application type, the Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Local delivers CIOs a hybrid cloud solution, spanning edge to core to cloud, simplifying operations, delivering on automation needs in a familiar and well-supported environment. Along with Dell Technologies’ data resiliency offerings, the system can allay CIOs’ most pressing concerns.
1Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, 2021, Dell Technologies or its subsidiaries
2IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Data Replication and Protection 2024 Vendor Assessment, by Simon Piff, October 2024, IDC #AP51801824
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