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Ovum: Data centre transformation won't happen until 2013-15

Data center transformation (DCT) won’t become a mainstream trend until 2013-15 despite underpinning most businesses’ IT strategies, said research company Ovum. 

In Ovum's new report titled “Transformation and sustainability complement the cloud in managed services,” it stated that data center transformation is being held back by the immaturity of the technology involved, lack of vendor options and customers’ unwillingness to commit to capital expenditure. 

Ian Brown, Ovum senior analyst and author of the report author, said, “Data center transformation will not happen overnight, or be driven by technology developments alone.”

Brown explained, “While the unified computing/unified fabric and automation technologies will come to market over the course of 2010/11, we do not expect data center transformation to become mainstream for another couple of years.”

Prerequisites for successful implementation

According to the report, the successful implementation of an automated and unified data center infrastructure will depend on IT management having clearly identified processes and policies in place. In the meantime, developing and refining manual processes will be a prerequisite for automation and DCT.  

Brown said: “Data center transformation will underpin most companies’ IT strategies for the foreseeable future. Indeed, we expect it to be one of four technology trends that will dominate the managed services landscape from a customer and supplier perspective over the next five years, along with sustainability, smart workplaces, and cloud services.

“DCT is an ongoing strategy and for most organisations will be tied in with cloud computing, sourcing strategies and IT sustainability solutions,” he added.

Ovum believes lucrative opportunities for IT service vendors lie in consulting engagements, implementation, migration to new network infrastructure fabrics, and the adaptation and application of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) disciplines to the future unified data center infrastructure and its operational management.

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