CW500: A roadmap to software-defined everything – Morgan Stanley
Virtualisation has transformed IT infrastructure by optimising use of commodity hardware within a software-defined environment. Now those principles are spreading to every area of IT - software-defined networks, software-defined storage, software-defined datacentres and more – we are moving to a world of software-defined everything.
Pressure from IT decision-makers is driving IT away from any dependence on hardware capability to a more dynamic and responsive platform of software functionality. But, as with virtualisation, this is a move that will take time, while promising to deliver potentially significant benefits.
Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club heard from IT leaders plotting a roadmap to software-defined everything – this is the presentation given by one of the speakers, Rob White, executive director of the global database group at Morgan Stanley.