It's more than important that  IT Infrastructure  and the business operate from the same playbook. So why do a lot of organizations struggle to attain  IT-business alignment?

IT infrastructure is the stepping stone that enables companies to effortlessly operate in the cloud. It enables businesses to create exceptional experiences that embrace new  cloud technologies  for consumers and employees.

While, there’s a lot of pressure on  IT departments  to enable ever-greater innovation, speed to market and financial flexibility. Existing IT infrastructure and bandwidth are often rigid, expensive and hardware-oriented.

As per Markets and Markets research, the  global IT infrastructure market  is expected to reach $216 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 6.1% from 2020-2025.

Modern  cloud infrastructure,  applications  and  data  are accessible from anywhere, anytime. Hence, it’s an amalgam of  cloud environments,  on-premise data centers  and  edge computing devices  all connected through enterprise networks. This flexibility needs a dynamic infrastructure engineering discipline that completely integrates innovation, automation and optimization. This sort of infrastructure thereby helps in managing key challenges including:

• Escalating complexity in operations and management
• Soaring service level expectations for availability
• Augmenting business demands quick provisioning of novel services
• Agile applications  and transparent cost structures

With  technological advancements,  the  platforms  accelerating business value must keep pace. Or else, the business loses market share and competitive advantage.  Cloud computing  is one such technology. Once noticed as a single static destination, the  cloud  is known to be a continuum of proficiencies and technologies.

As per Flexera, businesses that employ cloud services can eliminate downtime by 94% and save up to 24% of annual IT spending.

On the other hand,  edge computing  can help businesses reduce  data transmission  costs by nearly 90% and enhance  application performance  by up to 40%, states Grand view research.