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Efficient use of data can help organizations make more informed choices in many areas: operations, customer service, and supply chain, among others. But when organizations don’t have the tools necessary to analyze the data they’re generating, they run the risk of missing competitive advantages and wasting resources to store the data. Moving big data workloads to current-generation servers can help you meet the challenges of expanding data sets. Newer servers typically introduce improved or new technology, such as greater storage capacity, increased network speeds, and faster processors.
In addition, newer servers often have new or improved management features that make it easier for IT staff to roll out firmware updates, monitor the health of physical and virtual layers, and set up new applications and software.
Replacing servers can also help IT teams holistically, allowing them serve as the strategists for organizational transformation rather than as merely a support team. By moving compute-heavy, big data workloads to newer servers, IT teams can focus on building forward-looking models for IT service delivery, application modernization, and other key data center initiatives.