Technology Problems
Today's data centers are very complex and difficult to manage. It is hard to reconcile the value they deliver with what they cost and equally hard to deliver strategic business agility. Typically, when a large set of data center owners or managers are asked what their data center's problems are, they list the same small set of problems:
Total cost of ownership (TCO) is too high.
This usually refers to acquisition cost or an aggregate roll-up TCO, including technology costs, operational costs, and business costs. At the time of this writing, cost reduction is by far the highest priority.
Utilization is low.
Utilization of IT resources is often well below 25 percent to 30 percent.
It is too complex.
There are simply too many things ...
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