<p>In the final episode of HPE Data Unleashed, we talk about the next steps in modernising the data centre -- bringing things like automation and orchestration and IT-as-a-Service, so that IT can be an enabler rather than a cost centre in an organisation. Other topics include rationalising applications, attracting the best talent for IT, empowering the workforce, new models for DevOps, containers, open source and other new style of technology coming to market.</p>

Making a Cloud Connection

Guy Smith, head of technology solutions at CDW talks with Nick Dyer, HPE’s global storage field CTO and technologist, about current challenges and developments in the data centre and the cloud. Topics covered include:    * The challenge for IT of “doing more with less”  * The growth of intelligent storage    * Is digital transformation a destination or an evolution?    * The need to modernise while “keeping the lights on” for legacy applications    * Making on-premises data centres “boring”     * How platforms get connected to the cloud in order to span applications and data and make the best use of public cloud services    * Developers and shadow IT as drivers of cloud adoption    * Why DevOps like containers    * New technology is making containers simpler to implement     Orchestration between the data centre and the cloud (and across clouds)    * IT as a Service    * Orchestration, automation and DevOps.