The Importance of Technology Infrastructure
February 09, 2017
Discover the importance of managing technology infrastructure well and the main advantages for companies.
The scale of technology infrastructure has been changing over the last decade. Many companies that once had only a small number of servers now have extensive data centres with sophisticated servers. Network storage was practically non-existent in companies in the 1990s, but today it consumes several thousand euros in large technology organisations.
There are several good reasons for this expansion. Technology infrastructure is the foundation that makes possible applications related to transactional processes, the processing of customer information that provides market insights, or the support of analytical tools that help managers make decisions and communicate in complex organisations. In fact, infrastructure has made growth and increased productivity possible in recent years.
Despite this, some managers still think of technology infrastructure as a commodity. This is a mistake. It is true that some components, such