It is undeniable that a company’s IT infrastructure modernization must be a priority so that, among other things, it remains competitive in an increasingly dynamic and crowded market. The benefits of this renewal are numerous, such as greater performance, security, process optimization, less maintenance spending, among others.
According to DCI consultancy, on a scale of 0 to 100, Brazilian companies are below average regarding IT infrastructure maturity, which is alarming. This happens mainly because updates are often done in a disordered and cumulative way.
Furthermore, many managers do not pay attention to the symptoms indicating that the infrastructure is obsolete, such as hacker invasions, overwhelmed staff, frequent system crashes, excessive maintenance costs, and the consequent loss of competitive market advantage.
In this text, you will see recommendations to modernize your company’s IT infrastructure in an organized way, following the steps indicated by Gartner. Read on!
1. Analyze the IT Infrastructure landscape
As IT infrastructure becomes obsolete, it is essential to add new servers to meet business specificities or handle operations expansion.
With the updated inventory in hand, the manager will have a starting point for the effective renewal of the infrastructure, and a detailed survey will allow the combination of information necessary for rationalization. After all, data indicates that neglecting proper updates can increase administration costs by up to 148%.
2. Assimilate new solutions
The second stage aims to remove unnecessary resources identified in the inventory. This is a good time to implement governance that involves the entire IT infrastructure, computing, storage, and network.
It is up to the manager to assimilate new common management tools and processes, focusing on aspects such as: choosing new equipment, software, and acquiring licenses for new tools.
3. Optimize physical space
Physical space optimization is also an important factor to avoid losses, being the third step in this process. Among the main reasons for reducing physical occupation are servers, which require refrigerated rooms and increase costs.
By successfully completing the first two stages, it will already be possible to reduce space occupation — even by 100%, if an investment is made in server virtualization. The vacated space can be used to reallocate teams from other sectors.
4. Renew infrastructure through automation
After optimizing the infrastructure physically, move on to the next stage, which consists of identifying jobs and processes that can be automated. This increases IT infrastructure efficiency and frees up professionals so they can dedicate themselves to the company’s core business.
5. Rationalize the variety and type of your infrastructure items
After completing the first four steps, we reach the final stage, which consists of an ongoing process: rationalization. As demands tend to grow, it is natural that server loads, update needs, and software changes increase.
It is important that there is an effort by the entire IT team to adapt to the new demand, maintaining the constant rationalization of resources, contributing to the continuity of the work done in the previous stages.
To succeed using this method in modernizing your IT infrastructure, the steps must be executed in the exact order mentioned above. Thus, your company will take a major step towards an irreversible process of becoming a success story and modernization.
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