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Digital transformation and automation in information technology (IT) have introduced new levels of efficiency regarding the access and utilization of data. But they also introduced problems of their own, such as data integrity, service and maintenance complexity, increased expenses, data breaches, and so on.
Preventative maintenance in IT is an advancement over the days of reactive maintenance. It occurs when work is scheduled in advance based on estimated service intervals, designed to preempt failures or breaches. But preventative maintenance still cannot prevent all unplanned downtime, and the cost of any downtime in IT can be severe. Forward-looking organizations are increasingly adopting not just preventative but predictive maintenance strategies. Predictive maintenance considers estimated service intervals while taking advantage of data-driven insights based on the measurement of operating conditions and other factors based on acquired data from the infrastructure.