| | DECEMBER 20196CIOReviewAs the technology continues to become convoluted, the manual efficiency is unable to match the advancing technology pace. According to a survey, 64 percent of the companies need to update their outdated information technology (IT) infrastructure. As the traditional racks of servers are disappearing, the need for next generation automation tools is increasing; which make it easy to sustain and grow the IT support infrastructure. Addressing the unprecedented technology change, automation and analytics are the weapons that can enable the shift to the future state of IT infrastructure transforming the data center into a strategic business asset. Owing to the cloud technology shift, there have been significant changes in the data centers over the past 40 years. Major IT evolutions encountering in this phase are leading to cloud centric consumption based models to stay abreast of thetechnology. Moreover, there has been increased in the use of open-source offerings like Kubernetes, and OpenShift to such an extent that approximately 65 percent of companies increased their use of open-source software. With the IT landscape changing every now and then, there is an imperative need for IT departments to deliver new features faster. DevOps can help achieve this goal by fostering a high degree of collaboration along the entire IT value chain. The new DevOps business model extends beyond application development to encompass application operations and IT infrastructure. Furthermore, the wave of AI is delivering benefits to companies across industries with constant developments including increased computation power, more sophisticated algorithms and data models collecting terabytes of data every day.As long as different businesses with an outdated IT infrastructure are approaching innovative solutions, it can be inferred that the impact of IT has been profound. With various business entities relying on an agile and scalable IT infrastructure, solution providers are striving to build new developments plans that can withstand the IT infrastructure landscape for both providers and customers.In this edition of CIOReview magazine, we will be featuring the "10 Most Promising IT Infrastructure Consulting/Service Companies 2019" that will allow businesses to meet their IT infrastructure requirements. EditorialWithstanding the Changing IT Infrastructure Copyright © 2019 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewContact Us:Phone:510-230-0395Fax:510-894-8405Email:sales@cioreview.comeditor@cioreview.commarketing@cioreview.comDecember - 26 - 2019, Vol 08, Issue - 143 (ISSN 2644-237X) Published by ValleyMedia, Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.comCIOReviewEditorial StaffAaron PierceCarolynn WaltersDean WinchesterJohn ThomasPallavi SRussell ThomasVisualizers*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffJustin Smith Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comManaging EditorJustin SmithSalesStephen Thomasstephen.thomas@cioreview.com John Walter
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