Intelligent Data Centres Issue 14 | Page 41

EXPERT OPINION industry as organisations struggle to maintain efficient operation. Keeping up with current trends on the road to Digital Transformation is a necessity for companies to maintain their relevance among the thousands of competing services. To offer the best customer experience, security and performance is critical to retain customers and their loyalty. Being on the edge of innovation has only allowed for heightened anticipation to build among consumers. Though the potential is there for cutting-edge services to emerge and be deployed, there is a lot to lose for the companies attempting to realise this. Any inefficiency is a threat to the reputation and competitive position of any business on the market, making the upgrade process a sensitive one. www.intelligentdatacentres.com The costs of having to replace every component in the network to support a new, higher-power infrastructure alone, without the potential for revenue loss in the process, will be one of the largest organisational threats. The overhaul of entire networks will be a lengthy process, from acquiring the components to installing them and ensuring that standardised operations are maintained. This need to stock different components with different compatibilities will also put a strain on IT service levels. The lack of standardised, simplified processing results in more complex malfunction diagnosis, repair and upgrade. Such inefficient methods of addressing hardware complexities results in IT service levels suffering under the increased workload. Achieving efficiency To combat such challenges and cull coverage, flexible solutions are required to ensure that organisations are equipped with the most current, cutting-edge technology in order to future-proof their UNIVERSAL TRANSCEIVERS OFFER HIGH- QUALITY FEATURES AND RELIABLE FUNCTIONALITY. Issue 14 41