Latin America. The era of digital disruption has arrived and is transforming processes and business models globally. Therefore, how can businesses in Latin America maintain and increase their competitiveness? First, you must be able to respond to opportunities as quickly as they appeared. As Marc Benioff, president and CEO of Salesforce, says, "Speed is the new currency of business."
Undoubtedly, currently, it no longer surpasses the competition by having a better product, lower prices, or with talent. These factors are still of great importance, but to win, you need an agile architecture that helps you spot the next big wave of technologies and leverage them faster than your competitors. It's not just the survival of the fittest, it's the reactivation of the fastest.
Efficient and agile IT infrastructures for Digital Transformation
To compete with digital leaders, you need an IT infrastructure that helps you operate as an agile and efficient business while providing a high quality of service across all channels. The technology building blocks of a digital organization, such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and mobility, are actually all network-centric. If the network is slow, it will stop your digital transformation. However, the right network in conjunction with Intelligent Automation will propel you forward and help you thrive.
Thus, digital takes the first place. Companies like Uber and Airbnb set the pace for the modern, sharing economy. These companies are achieving a minimum of 26% profit (year-on-year) and large market capitalizations. Digital transformation allows companies to acquire new customers and gain access at a pace that might not have been possible a few years ago.
The Three Essential Elements of Intelligent Automation
The era of digital transformation is here. Research shows that half of all Global 2000 companies will go through a digital transformation by 2020 with the goal of achieving greater IT agility and efficiency. You can accelerate your own journey with the three essential elements of Intelligent Automation that we recommend at Extreme Networks:
Automation: Integrate your technologies with your business operational processes to create intelligent services and customize automation policies.
Visibility: Use tools from your data center — infrastructure, technology, and culture — to gather real-time intelligence and incorporate it into your automation workflows.
Flexible platforms: Deploy a network built for speed, agility and scalability easily.
The best tips for a successful automation strategy:
Data-driven insights
This means getting real-time visibility and analytical data across the entire infrastructure, including cloud, compute, application and storage layers, as well as the network. While most organizations already have tools to monitor the different domains, they are rarely consolidated and unfortunately create information silos.
Applying Intelligence
Now that you have obtained the information, you can already apply the intelligence. This includes assessing the impact of actions and planning to ensure that they do not cause problems to existing systems and that they are within company policies before executing them. Visibility and analysis of your infrastructure are vital to success. With this data, you can ensure that the result of your automation is as expected.
ü Flexible platforms for network visibility
Having a programmable network infrastructure is a critical step in setting the path to true automation and operational agility. State-of-the-art SLX switching is specially designed for automation and will provide the visibility you need to improve operational agility and efficiency.
"Open" for higher speed
Complete, integrated solutions are great today, but they can limit your speed of innovation. Open solutions improve flexibility and are supported by a large group of developers who can help you close any skills gaps in the short term.
Culture evolves
Move away from traditional methods to take a more open, collaborative, and business-conscious approach, such as those used by DevOps teams.
Start today and evolve tomorrow
It's better to start now. Out-of-the-box solutions can help you today, without the need for specialized skills. Once you see what you can achieve, you'll have the confidence to customize and extend automation across your ENTIRE IT infrastructure.
A leap into the golden age of automation
In this way, the time has come for organizations that are willing to embrace change. And the opportunities are practically endless. With DevOps-inspired tools to automate everyday tasks, you now have the opportunity to create an early advantage over your competitors.
Text written by Rubén Sánchez, Regional Director Latam, Extreme Networks.
