More data for data’s sake doesn’t help anyone. What organizations need is more information–actionable insight. With data coming from incoming streams of events and alerts, teams don’t have enough time to look at each one. And they struggle to parse and consolidate this data in order to figure out what they need to do next to resolve an incident.
Data center professionals have reached a breaking point. Data center infrastructure has grown too complex and distributed to manage with legacy tools like Excel, Visio, and homegrown systems. Manually updating multiple spreadsheets and diagrams for every change in the data center takes too much time and the information is too inaccurate to trust.
Businesses have a growing number of endpoints in their IT environments. Endpoints give end users tools to increase their productivity, get quick access to information they need, and connect with other fellow end users. However, there are risks that come with having these devices, such as cyberattacks and losing money due to endpoint maintenance issues.