Our Framework
/ Infra / – from Latin meaning below or under
/ tech / – from late 19th century meaning technology and applied sciences
Users across enterprise and government have forgotten just how much lies below the technology they depend on every day.
Like the foundations of a building, you may not see them, but if they are not designed, built and installed correctly, disaster will happen, it is only a matter of time.
We divide Infratech into three broad categories of technology:
#1 Physical
The hardware and equipment that delivers modern IT.
#1 Infrastructure
- Cabling/racks/cooling/power
#2 Networks
- LAN/WLAN/MAN/WAN/span>
#3 Compute
- Cloud/DC/Edge/End-user
#4 Storage
- Tape/Disc/NAS/SAN
#5 Security
- Access Control, Firewalls, IDS/IPS
#2 Logical
The configurations and software that enables modern IT.
#1 Networks
- SDN/SD-WAN/NFV
#2 Compute
- Virtualisation/Container/Serverless/SaaS
#3 Storage
- Block/Object/Distributed
#4 Security
- SASE/CASB/IdAM
#5 Automation
- DevOps/RPA/Infrastructure-as-code
#3 Operational
The processes and automations that make modern IT work.
#1 Service / Network Operations Center
- RMM/Break-fix/Moves-Adds-Changes-Deletions
#2 Security Operations Centre
- SIEM/SOC/EDR/SOAR
#3 Backup, archival & disaster recovery
- BC/DR runbooks/High-Availability Design
Infratech 5 Cubed
5cubed changes the way infrastructure eXperience is viewed by providers, customers and architects.
Every lens is different but the outcomes remain constant when the approach is used.
Technologies
grouped by operational application
Artefacts
documentation delivering consistency
States
prioritising business outcomes
Our cubes each have only five sides, because one is always firmly grounded on physical reality.
Despite what you have heard about the “cloud” and “virtual reality” – somewhere there is a real physical technology making is possible.
