I’ve seen brilliant technology idea after brilliant technology idea falls prey to the inertia that’s enterprise IT. For example, there was a brilliant start-up the extended moved storage functions out to the network. Think of having network switches running NFS and having the ability to offer redundant storage, data locality, and dedupe centrally. On paper, this was a brilliant idea. But, in practice, no one purchased the solution.
The concept doesn’t even need to be that advanced. Storage company after storage company have built snapshot technologies into storage arrays. In theory, an application team can stand up a new development landscape in minutes vs. days. But, in practice, I’ve rarely seen companies use snapshots beyond the first layer of data protection.
Today HPE Aruba announced a new top-of-rack switch. My initial reaction is that of what I’ve seen in enterprise after enterprise. Unless an organization undergoes cultural change, these half measures aren’t adopted and fail.
I’d love to hear your inertia stories. What can’t miss technology missed because IT is slow to change?