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The 5 Principles of IT Infrastructure Management: How IT Leaders Can Become Strategic Business Drivers in a Hybrid Cloud World

March 30, 2021

With cloud adoption at 96%, 81% of enterprises working with a multi-cloud strategy, and organizations using, on average, five different clouds (CIO.com), it’s clear that we live in a hybrid, multi-cloud world. The industry-wide demand for continuous innovation, the maturing of digital transformation initiatives, and the emergence of DevOps as the de facto development methodology for enterprises of all sizes, have brought us to this point. On the one hand, these trends have resulted in remarkable and rapid advances in technology. On the other hand, they have introduced monumental levels of complexity into the practice of IT infrastructure management.

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KMS Technology, Inc.

KMS provides services across the software development lifecycle through partnerships with clients ranging from start-ups to large technology companies. We offer two main service lines: Offshore Product Development and Independent Software Testing. Our infrastructure, methodology, team design, employee profile and client relationship models are designed to maximize the success of our clients in which we can help reduce time to market and increase quality. Most importantly, our culture is defined to encourage our highly experienced teams to deliver innovative solutions that don’t just meet our client’s needs, but also exceed their expectations.

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The 5 Principles of IT Infrastructure Management: How IT Leaders Can Become Strategic Business Drivers in a Hybrid Cloud World