Whitepaper Building a data-driven IT infrastructure
By Lisa Kelly Data will be at the heart of decision-making as companies return to growth and the public sector looks for greater efficiency. IT managers will need to manage data securely, making the right information rapidly accessible and available to the people who need it, when they need it. And as data volumes grow, the IT infrastructure must be able to scale and store that essential information. This report examines the key strategies for IT managers and the technologies that will deliver effective information management.

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IT managers are tasked with making the right information rapidly accessible and available to the people who need it, when they need it, while ensuring data is managed securely. Building a data-driven IT infrastructure that can scale and store essential information is at the heart of any effective information management strategy to meet these challenges. Madan Sheina, principal analyst at Ovum, says data-driven IT infrastructure is about delivering value to the business by managing an organisation’s most important asset – data, whether it is related to customers, internal processes, supply chain or financials. “Data should be treated as an asset for business benefit, but often IT chiefs are concerned with the plumbing and mechanics and don’t pay attention to the content. Any IT project should start with the data, but sometimes people are blinded by the infrastructure and don’t pay attention to the data feed,” says Sheina. Fragmentation Dale Vile, managing director at analyst Freeform Dynamics, says IT architecture should be driven by the business requirements of data, but it is easier said than done. “A data-driven IT infrastructure is about making sure the right people get access to data at the right time, but the first thing