Interesting. Just FYI, if you want to know more about the disruptive technology, try to read the Innovative Dilemma, Clayton Christensen. A good book that explains about the effect of disruptive technology, and how to prevent that technology from destroying your company.
KOkon. On Dec 9, 2007 10:43 PM, Nugroho Laison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci1284912,00.html?track=NL-333&ad=616114&asrc=EM_NLN_2719417&uid=4875345 > > Data Center News: > Gartner's top 10 disruptive data center technologies > > By Mark Fontecchio, News Writer > 05 Dec 2007 | SearchDataCenter.com > > Want to know what the future holds for your data center? In his keynote > speech at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas last week, Gartner > Inc. Research Vice President Carl Claunch listed his top 10 disruptive > technologies that may affect how you work in the data center soon or down > the road. > > Unified communications > Claunch said unified communications come from five markets: voicemail, > private branch exchanges (PBXs), email and calendaring, conferencing, and > instant messaging. Even if your data center hasn't yet incorporated these > technologies, some combination of them will likely become a large part of > your data center operations in the future. > > "All of these groups that were disparate will be prepared to converge," he > said. "You need to figure out a way to cooperatively manage these converged > communications." > In the case of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), for example, Claunch > said that 20% of the installed base have moved to IP telephony, but more > than 80% have either done it or are testing it. > > But VoIP goes beyond IP telephony. Claunch gave the example of a retail > store that saves security video. Traditionally, a security guard monitors > video for abnormalities. In the future, however, software could replace > humans and monitor for anomalies, such as the sudden movement of a large > number of people to one side of a store, possibly indicating shoplifting. > Data centers have to handle this influx of video data and manage it with > other communications information. > > The Web as platform > The Web as platform goes beyond Software as a Service (SaaS), Claunch said. > Users might be able to outsource an entire business process, such as > managing accounts payable via a Web-based application. > > For data center managers, Web-based services are a double-edged sword. On > the one hand, you may not maintain the software, but you're still > responsible for ensuring service levels. > Claunch added that the Web also offers promise in terms of information > delivery. Instead of mailing information to customers in the traditional > way, the Web enables development and packaging of information and delivery > of it over the Web. > > IT operations process automation > Gartner estimates that operational error causes about 40% of all outages. > Why? Because as technology gets cheaper, the same number of people have more > to manage. Errors will happen. > > "When you have these two trends, they intersect at points, and it's time to > shift what was human labor to automation," he said. "As we move to a > real-time infrastructure, we need to find a way of automating all of these > tasks." > > Server fabrics: A step beyond blades > Claunch envisions a day when you have a blade chassis filled with > fabric-based, or component, servers. Rather than every server having its own > motherboard, you buy a certain amount of processor blades, memory blades and > I/O blades and slide them into the chassis as needed. > > "It allows you to get even more efficient in how you stock resources," he > said. "You buy the total number of processors and memory you need and then > change them as the workloads change." > > Metadata management > Claunch tied this to service-oriented architecture, or SOA, and how > applications are now built from different services and tied together in one > point. The key to connecting them is having the underlying data for each > application. > > "One of the major projects to develop is to look through the data layer you > have and make sure you've got it in position so that in the future you can > combine sets of data." > > CMDBs > According to Gartner, through 2009 the implementation of a configuration > and change management strategy will reduce downtime by as much as 35%. > > "Knowing what is actually happening is important to making sure it is > working right," he said. "If you try to respond to a problem based on > outdated information, you make mistakes." > > Mashups and composite applications > Though not ready for prime time, Claunch said the ability to combine > sources from different applications to give a single-page snapshot of all > the information you need to know is powerful. But you have to monitor the > various systems from where that source information comes. > > "Mashups are a pretty useful tool, but [they do] have implications because > you're looking at a source of content that doesn't come from just one server > anymore," he said. > > Virtualization: beyond consolidation > Claunch said that virtualization is like a "Swiss army knife." It has so > many capabilities that it's a disservice to view server virtualization as a > tool only for consolidation. By isolating applications from operating > systems and operating systems from the hardware, you open up possibilities > and flexibilities you wouldn't have previously. > > "If we think of IT operations, it's this dense spider web of > interdependence," he said. "So anytime we have to make a change, we have to > think of the consequences. Virtualization helps us decouple from that." > > Some possibilities: Moving workloads from one physical box to another, > aggregating a bunch of small servers to look like a big one, and destroying > the 1:1 hardware relationship typical of traditional disaster recovery > techniques. > > Social networking tools > Tools like wikis break down the hierarchical view of how information is > distributed, Claunch said. They tranforrm information distribution into a > peer-to-peer and participatory method. > He also cited technologies like social bookmarks and blogs as avenues > through which companies can grow. > > "These social technologies have some promise," he said. "You should look at > these and find out which ones are valuable and pioneer them." > > Green IT > Claunch said green IT comes down to one major issue: power and heat. But > there are two branches to this tree. The first is the tactical branch: The > fact that data centers are running out of power, cooling and space forces > companies to re-engineer existing data centers or build facilities anew. The > second branch -- the corporate social responsibility branch -- involves > political issues. By making data centers more efficient, you expend less > power and reduce carbon footprint and are more likely to be considered > "green," which has become the cool thing to be. > > "Having a greener, more efficient environment is part of the corporate > responsibility model," Claunch said.
