Are You Ready to Embrace Software-Defined Everything? (SDx)
Prepare to Enhance Your Infrastructure’s Value
The concept and execution of “software defined” has evolved from solely networking to nearly everything associated with an infrastructure. Use this checklist to ensure your organization is prepared to invest in software-defined everything by keeping all considerations top of mind.
Key Considerations for Deploying Software-Defined Everything
Do I have documented application architectures?
What are my infrastructure requirements for deploying those application architectures? Do my software-defined components align with my enterprise architecture models?
Have I garnered executive buy-in?
Is management pushing for change? If not, have I gotten leadership onboard for changing the company infrastructure, culture and way people work, including how to take people’s collective knowledge and existing documentation and translate that into automated infrastructure code?
Do I have a well-defined process for IP infrastructure consumption?
Is my enterprise architecture ready for what happens once I “software define” everything? And do I have a plan for meaningful consumption?
Have I already synched with my operations team?
Have I been working with my operations team from the get-go to make sure an SDx initiative will be supported from a level one perspective? Have I created a well-defined support plan for migrating an entire architecture to be software defined?
What are the IT procurement implications?
Have I considered that software-defined everything requires pools of resources that must be replenished? How do I address capacity management for non-prebudgeted tasks and still align with my financial procurement strategy?
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