Change is always constant.
If you review how IT has changed over the past half century, you see a natural progression of development in which one paradigm leads to another. The era of networking took hold in the 1980s as companies began to share resources and data across multiple computers using a LAN. The World Wide Web accelerated the importance of networking as information was now shared across the Internet. This led to server sprawl, which was solved with the proliferation of server virtualization. Virtualization then became the launch point for cloud computing, which allowed businesses to hasten their digital transformations and transition to an OPEX model to fund IT.
And thus, here we are, working through the complexities that hybrid architectures have created because not everything resides in the cloud. Today, we have too many locations, too many vendors, too many admin consoles and too little time for overburdened IT teams to keep up. As a result, the IT world is on its way to the next paradigm shift – the IT consumption model – and HPE GreenLake is standing front and center.
Also referred to as IT-as-a-Service or consumption-based IT, the IT consumption model refers to the way IT services are delivered and consumed by a business or organization. It allows businesses with an on-prem footprint to harness the benefits of the cloud. It is the next logical step in progressing from owning and maintaining physical assets and moving to a highly flexible and service-oriented approach for all network components. That includes computer, networking, storage, data protection, and so much more.
