At any time, and in any type of organization, simplifying processes is a sure way to increase productivity and competitiveness. For this reason, when a new technological solution allows us to do more and better in less time, it spreads quickly (especially after the first companies to adopt it testify to its effectiveness). This has happened with everything related to the cloud and virtualization. Every day more organizations are moving to virtual storage, the use of SaaS, etc. And the same is happening with converged systems, as organizations migrate to hyperconvergence.
Hyperconvergence: Much More Than a Fashionable Neologism
The current model of convergent systems has not yet completed a decade of life. But what is hyperconvergence ( HCI )? It is a process that uses virtualization to group, on a single platform, different strategic IT components for any organization: storage, flash technology, and servers. The key concept is simplification, since, by unifying infrastructure and operations on the same platform (based on software and configured in advance), IT management is centralized, workloads are lightened, and peak demand is better served. demand and changes are implemented more quickly and easily.
Another question to ask is what type of needs hyperconvergence covers better than other models used to date. An example is that of companies that have different headquarters, and seek to serve them all with the same efficiency, and achieve homogeneity of protocols, times, and processes. They can also be very useful in the case of companies that work in different lines of business, to avoid duplication and save costs on general IT services that apply to all of them. Another example of the added value of HCI is the case of organizations that need to give a boost to their virtualization processes and their capacity for innovation (something they will achieve through faster implementation of the infrastructure and centralized administration and simplification).
Advantages on Various Fronts
Until now we have mentioned the advantages that hyperconvergence provides once it is implemented in the organization, but the opportunities begin earlier, since these are tools that are easier to implement than the previous ones and, furthermore, in a more agile way. Likewise, as they are systems that were born in the digital era, designed by and for the cloud, they provide high performance. In the economic field, savings are produced both in the present and in the future.
The integration of all the pieces of the IT puzzle and their unified management make it possible to reinforce security, centralizing (and promoting compliance) the organization’s policies on this matter. It is also more efficient and easier to manage sensitive issues such as backups and Disaster Recovery processes.
Embracing Flexibility
When a company carries out any daily management in less time than its competition; frees its staff from many repetitive tasks (for example, automating processes) to focus on innovation and the implementation of better services; and can adapt to the changes demanded by the market more quickly than other suppliers, that company is in the best conditions to succeed in market environments such as the current one (characterized by a demand for flexibility and continuous adaptability). And the adoption of hyper-converged systems helps a lot in that objective.
We cannot forget another advantage linked to the need for flexibility: being software-based, HCI platforms can be implemented in a phased manner, growing as business needs do.
Don’t Let Your Data Center Become a Brake
In line with the above, one of the key elements in a company’s IT infrastructure is its data center. The Data Center is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of the adoption of hyper-converged systems. Hyperconvergence is a modular data center architecture model, preconfigured (so it responds in a few minutes once installed), flexible, and more economical than other systems that have preceded it. These characteristics allow organizations to venture (with less risk and less investment) into new projects that will lead to new avenues of income. The system grows, but, however, it does not become more complex to manage; On the contrary, it becomes simpler, lighter, and more efficient.
Thus, we start from a product category with important advantages. The next step is to choose a provider who can help you implement the solution that best suits your needs. And there, TechTrianlges’s experience with companies from different sectors and sizes will help it close the circle of innovation with guarantees. Count on us to join HCI technology.
