<s>
Agile	B-General_Concept
IT	I-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
Agile	B-General_Concept
Infrastructure	I-General_Concept
for	O
short	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
emerging	O
type	O
of	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
that	O
goes	O
beyond	O
Hyper-converged	B-Architecture
infrastructure	I-Architecture
and	O
puts	O
emphasis	O
on	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
speed	O
of	O
implementing	O
change	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
resilience	B-General_Concept
;	O
</s>
<s>
IT	B-Application
infrastructures	I-Application
have	O
evolved	O
from	O
supporting	O
applications	O
and	O
workloads	O
locally	O
to	O
supporting	O
'	O
infrastructure	O
everywhere	O
 '	O
-	O
in	O
the	O
cloud	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
edge	O
,	O
in	O
data	O
centres	O
or	O
some	O
combination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
this	O
transformation	O
continues	O
,	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
operations	O
(	O
I/O	O
,	O
I&O	O
)	O
managers	O
must	O
design	O
for	O
the	O
unknown	O
and	O
provide	O
enough	O
flexibility	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
rapid	O
change	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
many	O
dynamic	O
components	O
in	O
the	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
difficult	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
whole	O
system	O
and	O
how	O
each	O
subsystem	O
affects	O
business	O
operations	O
and	O
application	O
and	O
server	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
strategies	O
must	O
consider	O
location	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
