24.10.2022

In 2025, with up to five times more data, are you as an IT manager ready for that?

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For as long as IT has existed, companies have been in an ongoing cycle of digitization. In recent years, however, we have seen how important flexibility is. Especially now that businesses are increasingly dependent on technology, IT must be able to quickly provide additional storage. Unfortunately, this also means that managing the IT landscape becomes a bit more complex each time. Or does it?

Storage has become increasingly important in recent years. The rise of super-fast and more sophisticated applications is responsible for this. Although artificial intelligence is certainly not yet ubiquitous, most companies already unconsciously use it. And where there's AI, there's naturally a need for data. IDC predicts that by 2025, we will produce around 175 zettabytes of data worldwide. That's more than five times the amount produced in 2018.

As a result, most organizations will need more storage in the coming years. Until recently, they could solve this by simply buying a new box with additional capacity, but it's not that simple anymore. As the workload on the system increases, the processing unit must also evolve to ensure stable performance. More storage leads to more things to monitor, more time for IT to invest in maintenance, and more things that can go wrong. In short, the underlying complexity of storage management is increasing, putting pressure on the IT department.

A smart storage management system

For many companies, storage is actually a necessary evil. A chocolate manufacturer would rather not worry about storage management and prefers to focus on its core activity: making chocolate. The same goes for, for example, local governments and other organizations with their own infrastructure. Yet they also have to keep up because storage determines the speed at which a modern business innovates. Those who don't have this under control risk falling behind the competition. And precisely these kinds of companies have difficulties attracting highly skilled IT personnel.

Often, organizations choose to outsource part of their IT, but this increases costs. Unless your service provider uses the smartest technology on the market. Dell PowerStore is one such smart storage solution that takes over storage management using AI and Machine Learning. From maintenance work to a health check... What used to take a few hours now takes just a few minutes. The system performs everything under the hood and 'hides' the complexity. As a system administrator, you only need to confirm with a button or check if everything is functioning properly.

Management goes beyond maintenance. For example, the system can determine itself where the data should be stored to ensure optimal performance. Transferring a block of storage can ensure that everything continues to run at the highest speed. In addition, the system analyzes storage usage and can make predictions about the capacity a company will need in, say, six months. Especially now that storage, like other IT equipment, can be subject to long lead times, this way you can always be sure that you will have sufficient capacity.

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Secure and Future-Proof

A smart solution like PowerStore increases IT efficiency, allowing them to focus on other tasks. Such as driving the business with new applications, which in turn will further increase the demand for storage. Moreover, security is also covered by this system. It is one of the first storage solutions to automatically encrypt data on the system. So, anyone taking a physical disk home cannot access the data.

In addition, the storage system is compliant with NIST standards. It is possible to give multiple administrators access and assign specific roles to each one. For example, if person A is allowed to perform actions, you can easily arrange for person B to only request statistics.

If something goes wrong, the system ensures that you lose as little time as possible. All insights and reports are collected on Dell's CloudIQ platform. This provides a central view of your IT environment and sends notifications before a deviation becomes a problem for the business. You can even ask the system to intervene proactively. Where the system administrator used to receive an email about a defective disk and then had to order a new one themselves, Dell will automatically send a replacement disk that only needs to be installed.

In short, why make it difficult and slow when it can be easy and fast? Dell PowerStore removes the complexity of storage management, increases IT team efficiency, and provides extra capacity in a simple way without a complicated migration process. It is the perfect ally for any business that wants to grow undisturbed.

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