Agile infrastructure saved the University of Reading's storage - here's how

Tom Allen
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When the existing storage vendor went into administration, the HCI contract enabled new servers to be added in minutes

Most business infrastructure is purchased on an ad hoc basis, cobbled together over time as the organisation buys new tech to deal with each new challenge. This not only removes agility, but also c...

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