{"id":1314,"date":"2019-02-15T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flex-main.lndo.site\/resources\/scalable-cloud-infrastructure"},"modified":"2024-05-02T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:17:45","slug":"scalable-cloud-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/flex.com\/de\/resources\/scalable-cloud-infrastructure","title":{"rendered":"Stellen Sie eine effektive, skalierbare Cloud-Infrastruktur schneller bereit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"overscroll-top\" style=\"background-color: #eaeef4;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"resource-header block\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Homepage\" href=\"\/\">Flex<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Resources\" href=\"\/resources\">Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 384 512\"><path d=\"M365.3 256l-22.6 22.6-192 192L128 493.3 82.7 448l22.6-22.6L274.7 256 105.4 86.6 82.7 64 128 18.7l22.6 22.6 192 192L365.3 256z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t<a title=\"Deploy effective, scalable cloud infrastructure faster\">Deploy effective, scalable cloud infrastructure faster<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h1>Deploy effective, scalable cloud infrastructure faster<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date detail\">\n\t\t\t\tPosted on<br>\n\t\t\t\tFebruar 15, 2019\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"categories-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-tag\">White Paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cat-tag\" data-cat-level=\"3\" data-destination=\"\/industries\/cloud?subcategories=compute-storage#resources\" href=\"\/industries\/cloud?subcategories=compute-storage#resources\">Compute &amp; Storage<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sidebar block normal-sidebar\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-weight:600\">Adapt for success in the digital economy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The emerging digital economy presents new business challenges across industries and company types.&nbsp;Companies must sustain business growth \u2014 which can be especially challenging at scale \u2014 while also finding new ways to reduce costs, speed time to market, and improve efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"id_69e50a2568719\" class=\"media block\">\n\t<div class=\"container media-center \">\n\t\t<div class=\"media\" style=\"left: 0px; min-width: 100%; max-width: 100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scalable cloud infrastructure\" src=\"https:\/\/flex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/scalable-cloud-infrastructure-0.jpg\" title=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<script>\n\t(function () {\n\t\tlet hasRun_id_69e50a2568719 = false;\n\t\tfunction updateVideoDisplay_id_69e50a2568719() {\n\t\t\tconst youtubeVideoId = \"\";\n\t\t\tconst bynderID = \"\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaType = \"image\";\n\t\t\tconst mediaVideoElement = document.getElementById('media-video-id_69e50a2568719');\n\t\t\tconst bodyClass = document.body.className || '';\n\t\t\tconst match = bodyClass.match(\/translatepress-([a-z]{2})(?:_[A-Z]{2})?\/i);\n\t\t\tconst currentLanguage = match ? 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Deploying cloud infrastructure requires significant expertise, research, integration work, and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trusted partner with experience designing and building cloud data centers can help you cut your costs and speed your time to market. Our cloud solutions and operations are built to scale \u2014 whether you need a custom solution or one based on an existing reference design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before deploying a cloud environment, consider how the changes in infrastructure will affect your organization and operations. How will you deploy and scale quickly and effectively? What customizations will you need to meet your business requirements? How will you incorporate edge deployments? What\u2019s the best way to integrate cloud concepts into your existing environment and operations? How will you reintegrate new technologies, vendors, and processes into a cohesive environment? And finally, what methods will you use to take advantage of the economies of scale enabled by the cloud?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-weight:600\">Sketch your path to the cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Planning is essential to successful cloud implementation. Your hardware and software foundation, overall flexibility, and technology ecosystem will affect how well your new cloud environment supports your business needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with a trusted cloud technology vendor like Flex can help you deploy an effective cloud infrastructure faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We deliver design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight, and logistics services at the global scale to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wherever you are in your cloud journey, you can bring us an idea of where you want to go, a sketch of your desired environment, or even a full architecture plan. 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