Infrastructure modernization is the key to digital business transformation

For today’s CIOs and CTOs, the stakes have never been higher. Emerging innovations such as GenAI, Wi-Fi 7 and hybrid infrastructure demand attention, while risks like escalating cybersecurity threats add layers of complexity.

The challenge is to build a secure, scalable and resilient digital infrastructure for your organization that supports innovation while you prepare for the next wave of disruption.

NTT DATA’s landmark Global GenAI Report highlights that 64% of C-suite leaders expect significant transformation in their industry in 2025 thanks to major investments in GenAI. Almost all respondents (99%) are planning more GenAI investment, with 90% saying legacy infrastructure is a major barrier to GenAI adoption.

Infrastructure modernization: the gateway to digital business transformation

True digital business transformation begins with modernizing your infrastructure. You need to follow a consultative, value-driven approach and align your IT strategy with key business drivers.

With the right roadmap, you can:

• Lay a strong foundation for digital business transformation with secure, reliable and agile connectivity
• Safeguard your organization in an evolving threat landscape to improve your cyber resilience and give you peace of mind
• Unlock the power of hybrid infrastructure for scalability, performance and innovation by unifying on-premises and cloud environments
• Empower your workforce and elevate customer experience (CX) with cloud, AI and innovation

How to approach modernization

Infrastructure modernization is not simply about replacing infrastructure. It is also about modernization that is aligned with your business outcomes. We recommend a consultative, architecture-led approach for transforming digital infrastructure for the GenAI revolution.

Here are six best practices for planning infrastructure modernization initiatives:

1. Benchmark your infrastructure and processes against industry standards and define architectures and roadmaps that are aligned with your business goals.
2. Get industry-certified design professionals to translate complex technology roadmaps into technology solutions, with technical designs and implementation plans that speed up technology deployment and time to value.
3. Go beyond traditional break/fix support with proactive support and a platform-based operating model for your technology infrastructure to maximize uptime and performance, reduce operational costs and improve security and compliance.
4. Adopt technologies that allow you to maximize use of your existing investments, spanning the entire lifecycle.
5. Implement responsible IT management with circular resell and recovery initiatives.
6. Simplify your hardware and software procurement, licensing and management with a single unified agreement for technology solutions across architectures.

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Navigate the digital infrastructure landscape with confidence with NTT DATA

As a global leader in secure digital infrastructure solutions and lifecycle services, NTT DATA is the partner of choice for forward-thinking technology leaders when it comes to infrastructure modernization. Our expertise in secure networking, cybersecurity, hybrid data centers, and the digital workplace and CX — combined with our platform capabilities — allows us to improve the time to value for your technology investments.

The integration of NTT DATA and NTT Ltd. in early 2024 has expanded our capabilities. We now provide full-stack solutions spanning infrastructure, cloud, data centers, applications, cybersecurity, edge computing, and data and AI, which makes us a formidable player in areas such as digital business transformation, modernization, risk management and innovation.

This year, we won 40 awards at the Cisco Partner Summit, including three global awards: Enterprise Partner of the Year, Asia Pacific, Japan and China Partner of the Year, and Europe, Middle East and Africa Partner of the Year. These awards underline our expertise in delivering innovative solutions that help you achieve your business outcomes.

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Don’t let your infrastructure hold you back: let us show you how to get the most value out of your existing investments while developing more intelligent, software-defined capabilities to move your business forward.