For years, IT professionals have dealt with the same old problem: What is the best way to manage a complex environment?
Traditionally, companies would need to invest significantly in human resources. They would require a server team, a storage team, and a network team to get it all done. Requiring all this specialist knowledge can be a real burden for smaller companies, so they might rely on a partner to handle it. But even then, the problem persists. Whether managed in-house or outsourced, a complex environment costs money. And as a company scales, that leads to more complexity, more specialists, higher costs—and the cycle continues.
Five years ago, however, I discovered that there was a simple way to break the cycle. And once I saw that the grass was greener on the other side, there was no way I could remain in the same place.