CIOs and other C-level technology executives (CXOs) often delegate procurement decisions regarding datacenter network infrastructure to domain experts, namely network architects, engineers, and operators. While those network specialists are well placed and eminently qualified to evaluate the technical requirements of the network infrastructure, and to ensure that it is deployed correctly, CXOs have a valuable role to play in ensuring that strategic business considerations, including organizational and operational issues, are included as essential criteria in the evaluation and selection of their datacenter networks.
IDC increasingly finds that datacenter network infrastructure can make or break an organization’s ability to meet goals relating to digital transformation and digital resiliency. As cloud technologies and operating models become increasingly critical to business agility and flexibility, the need for an intelligently automated datacenter network becomes more acute.
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