Data Center Priorities for 2024

Data centers are evolving. Are you keeping up? 

This report provides a roadmap for prioritizing investments in the data center space so that you can make informed decisions about your own data center strategies and know where to allocate resources effectively by highlighting the areas that yield the most significant impact. 

This information is informed by surveys conducted with clients and internal experts, as well as knowledge acquired through lab work and real-world client project experience. 

Check out this 38-minute video to hear directly from two WWT experts about the impacts of the Broadcom acquisition of VMware.

Key topics covered in the report:

• Infrastructure modernization and the impacts of technical debt: Technical debt can hinder transformation efforts. Organizations should modernize their data center infrastructure to support new digital products, tools and applications.
• Cyber recovery and its importance to business survival: While many organizations believe that a disaster recovery plan is sufficient for business continuity, a cyber recovery plan is even more crucial.
• High-performance architecture and AI: Take a more holistic view of all the moving parts that are involved with enabling AI initiatives with what we are calling high-performance architecture.
• Virtualization platform strategies: With Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, this report suggests strategies for reducing risk and exposure to vendor and market changes.
• Addressing the data center talent shortage: Many organizations are struggling to fill the gap of who's going to be responsible for learning and managing new technologies and solutions.

Allow this report to serve as your compass in navigating the complex data center landscape.