July 2021, IDC #US48047921 White Paper How HCI Is Powering Hybrid Cloud Optimization to Accelerate Digital Transformation Sponsored by: Cisco and Intel Stephen Elliot Lucas Mearian Eric Sheppard July 2021 INTRODUCTION/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Digital transformation (DX) represents an embodiment of the benefits we've seen in productivity and efficiency that are now broadly attached to information and communications technology spending. One of the keystones of the modern datacenter and DX is hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) aligned with advanced management, orchestration, and automation capabilities, which offer operational and life- cycle management benefits and agility similar to a cloud platform for on-premises or edge environments. Storage is fully integrated and virtualized, s

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