1

When it comes to server infrastructure, what’s top of mind?

Improving the performance of our SMB’s database and virtual machine (VM) workloads

Future-proofing our infrastructure

Creating a cyber-resilient infrastructure

Accelerating our SAP performance and scalability

2

What do you believe are the main reasons your organization’s
IT environment has become more complex?

Increased VM performance requirements

Ever-changing threats

A changing SAP environment

New technology adoption

3

What is your greatest infrastructure challenge?

Optimizing SAP performance

Constrained space for server infrastructure

Delivering elastic resources that can scale up and down

Prioritizing cyber resilience and zero trust principles

4

What is the biggest infrastructure need in your organization?

Adapting to varied and shifting computing needs

Flexibility to align with an evolving business

Moving to SAP HANA and S/4HANA on-premises

Stronger security controls

5

What is your main goal in building a modern and resilient IT infrastructure?

Maintaining a modern, efficient infrastructure

Future-proofing

Meeting Zero Trust requirements

Utilizing SAP business-critical data and apps

6

What would be the most significant risk factor if you maintained the status quo? We would not be able to:

Adequately protect ourselves from ransomware and other cyberattacks

Consistently meet our database performance needs

Be flexible enough to support what may happen in the future

Rapidly turn insights into action

7

Does your organization’s cybersecurity verify users at every point in the IT environment before permissions are granted?

No, we can’t monitor across the server life cycle

Yes, we have multiple layers of security within our IT environment

No, we cannot protect in real-time from the edge to the data center

Yes, and we have secured our infrastructure with extra layers of protection

8

Which would be the biggest benefit of Dell Technologies’ approach to modernizing server infrastructure for your organization?

Improved server efficiency and reliability

Breadth and depth of knowledge

Reduced risk of under provisioning the infrastructure

Next-generation capabilities from the edge to the core to the cloud

9

How prepared is your current server environment to support your organization’s innovation initiatives?

We’re working on improving our virtualization capacity and performance

We’re working on providing a digital foundation for an SAP-powered intelligence enterprise

We’re working on future-proofing our infrastructure

We’re getting there, and we assume every device is a potential threat

10

What are the benefits of working with an experienced professional services provider? We need a provider who:

Enables us to meet our database and VM workload performance objectives

Provides solutions optimized for next-generation technologies

Provides reliable and secure server infrastructure solutions built for medium-sized businesses

Enables us to transition to SAP HANA and S/4HANA on-premises

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