The Pandemic Pivot: Technology Investment in the Next Normal

Executive Snapshot

• Figure: Executive Snapshot: Pivoting Toward Control Plane Investment

Situation Overview

• It's a Hybrid World and IT Is Just Living in It

• What Is a Control Plane?

• Corporate IT-Led Investment That Should Focus on Three Control Planes

• Cloud Control Plane — Unified Oversight of Underlying Resources

• Portfolio Control Plane — A Platform of Platforms

• Intelligent Core

• Data Services

• Process Control Services

• Interface Services

• Ecosystem Control Plane — Orchestrating and Participating

Advice for the Technology Buyer

• Build an Investment Plan Around Control Planes

• Create a Strategic Relationship with Key Vendors — at Most One for Each Control Plane

• Complement Control Plane Strategies with an Embedded Architecture Approach

• Approach Modernization at Your Pace, Not the Vendor's

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