Data center effected by COVID-19
COVID-19, in particular has re-shaped the data center industry. " The increase in remote working due to COVID-19 reinforced the importance and reliability of data centers and the networks that support them ," according to the report. Information technology has evolved from supporting the business, to being the business, the siloed business model of the past no longer works for modern data centers. Today's customers needs and demands are also changing. Downtime in today's digitally driven business climate can be costly for data centers and their customers. Often, according to the white paper, downtime is cause by simple mistakes like a lack of network documentation, limited information on network configurations, and lack of visibility into performance. For data center customers, those mistakes can translate into lost employees, missed opportunities, and loss of revenue. In some situations, downtime could even mean the loss of a customer's business. The report c...