RFP criteria for how to build an agile data infrastructure

28.06.2012
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How do you plan to maintain efficiency while satisfying the need for greater IT agility at a greater scale than ever before?

Every new IT infrastructure purchase you make today directly impacts your business going forward. The capabilities of an agile data infrastructure enable you to fundamentally change the economics of IT and adapt to unpredictable data growth and business challenges.

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An agile IT foundation combines with the architectural capabilities of clustering. This combination makes , much like a network, an enduring infrastructure that can grow and change to deliver business efficiency, leverage existing infrastructure, and support scale with greater productivity, all without sacrificing the stability and predictability of services.

For your infrastructure to become truly agile, you need to address each of the following nine criteria to realize an IT infrastructure that is truly intelligent, immortal, and infinite.