Supporting a Transformative Future
Finding the right infrastructure to support digital transformation and future ERP needs is crucial for success
Key Takeaways
⇨ Ensure that the landscape that is selected for the business transfromation is one that will provide flexibility around infrastructure, implementation, and services.
⇨ Most organizations underestimate the space and memory capacity of their transformation projects. Ensuring that any infrastructure chosen has the capacity to expand is key.
⇨ While many organizations have transformation projects underway, these may not yet include a move off existing ERP environments. Organizations must ensure that choices made today will support any future ERP projects.
Digital transformation projects continue to accelerate in response to requirements for sustainability, compliance, and AI. Addressing these challenges requires finding the best mix of environments to support those needs. This should involve a combination of public cloud, private cloud, on-premise, and hybrid infrastructure based on the specific needs of the organization in question. Some organizations favor flexible environments for development and testing because they provide agility and business value as they can be easily spun up and shut down as required. But when it comes to quality assurance and production, it is vital that systems are robust and ensure control of data. Choosing the right landscape is vital to the long-term success of any transformation project.
More than two thirds of organizations are planning or performing some sort of transformation. This could be infrastructure based but is just as likely to involve updating business processes or redesigning business models. Choosing the right landscape to ensure the success of these projects is crucial to their overall success It should involve the best mix of infrastructure to support current and future needs.
o Ensure that the landscape that is selected for the business transfromation is one that will provide flexibility around infrastructure, implementation, and services.
o Most organizations underestimate the space and memory capacity of their transformation projects. Ensuring that any infrastructure chosen has the capacity to expand is key.
o While many organizations have transformation projects underway, these may not yet include a move off existing ERP environments. Organizations must ensure that choices made today will support any future ERP projects.