THE EDGE ccording to Gartner , ‘ by 2025 , 85 % of infrastructure
A strategies will integrate onpremises , colocation , cloud and Edge delivery options , compared with 20 % in 2020 ’. This is a significant architectural shift that will require workloads to be processed closer to where data is being created , across many Edge locations .
But as enterprise IT organisations make this shift , most are unprepared . Edges of siloed compute and storage are connected via disjointed network architectures , with operating models that hinder centralised management , orchestration , security and visibility . While the interconnections across Edges are increasingly solved with technologies like SD-WAN and SASE , overall IT operational simplicity remains a major problem .
“ There ’ s no question that the data centre network must be reimagined and redesigned to account for the rise of the distributed data centre . All facets of the distributed data centre should undergo network modernisation to deliver the agility , flexibility , elastic scale , inherent security and simplified management that cloud requires ,” said Brad Casemore , Research Vice President , Datacenter Networks , IDC .
What ’ s needed is a new architectural approach , one that is Edge-centric , cloud-enabled and data-driven . Ultimately , we must bring a cloud experience to IT operators whether it ’ s for a traditional data centre , colocation site , or new digital Edge – with simplicity , speed and security packaged into flexible consumption models .
New networking solutions to power Edge-to-cloud ‘ centres of data ’
Aruba has announced new data centre solutions that help simplify IT operations , accelerate service delivery and streamline IT deployment :
• New orchestration software for Aruba CX switches that bring cloudlike-operations to the data centre edge , simplifying and speeding service delivery .
• New Aruba CX switch models designed for flexible , right-sized , cloud managed switch options from the edge to traditional data centres .
• New pre-engineered HPE and partner solutions that integrate compute , storage and networking infrastructure in order to reduce the time , risk and cost of standing up IT elements across emerging centres of data .
Michael Dickman , Senior Vice President of Product Management at Aruba , a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
WHAT ’ S NEEDED IS A NEW
ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH , ONE THAT IS
EDGE-CENTRIC , CLOUD-ENABLED
AND DATA- DRIVEN .
Let ’ s take a closer look at these Aruba new solutions .
Software-defined automation and orchestration
Our new Aruba Fabric Composer software orchestrates a discrete set of switches as a single entity in a ‘ fabric ’ topology which simplifies day-today operations and troubleshooting . Aruba Fabric Composer is designed to seamlessly work with Aruba CX switches , to optimise fabric provisioning and application performance across a wide variety of virtualised , hyperconverged and HPE compute and storage environments .
This innovative solution is ideal for IT administrators who often struggle with manual and siloed IT service provisioning across compute , virtualisation , storage and networking . IT generalists who may not have deep networking expertise ( e . g . server or VM admins ) can now provision and manage fabric operations all from a www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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