The modern data center is changing fast—and so is its architecture. Legacy infrastructure is unwieldy, cost-prohibitive, and time-consuming to operate and manage, making it an unsustainable solution for the future.
As speed and performance become increasingly critical to success, organizations around the world are turning to something new: hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). HCI is transforming data centers with reduced management complexity, lower costs, and enough flexibility to keep pace with modern demands.
But those changes are also altering IT roles and responsibilities. For an IT professional, it’s important to look ahead at the shifting landscape and prepare for what’s next, so your career can grow right alongside the data centers you manage and operate.
Business will never be the same
With HCI, you won’t spend your day performing routine, manual tasks—or waste time and energy fixing mistakes made by human error. HCI changes the way you work by:
- Breaking down silos between groups with different expertise
- Improving collaboration across the organization
- Using Storage Policy-Based Management to eliminate IT tug of war
- Reducing dependency between VI and storage admins
- Shifting IT’s focus from vertical to broad
How will you evolve your skill set to keep up?
Stay relevant by taking initiative now
Whether your organization has already adopted HCI, or still relies on legacy infrastructure, there’s never been a better time to take your expertise to the next level. How can you do that? Here are three key things to put on your list:
- Improve your technical skills: New technology is emerging fast, and it’s important to stay on top of what’s out there. Get the details on automation tools, learn more about the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), and find out why the private cloud is so important, with courses from VMware.
- Improve your business skills: Project management and business analysis skills can help you make the case for HCI in your organization. Understanding financial terms is an important first step in positioning yourself as someone who can contribute to strategic decisions for the business.
- Prepare for a transition to HCI: HCI has the power to make your professional life easier—and mapping out a plan can help it go smoothly.
By evolving your career to keep pace with modern infrastructure, you can secure an even better future–and VMware HCI solutions can help you get there. With powerful products like VMware vSAN™, VMware vSphere®, and VMware vCenter Server™, the future is in your hands.
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