Driving Operational Excellence Via Multi-Market Network Externalization: A Quantitative Framework for Optimizing Availability, Security, And Total Cost in Distributed Systems
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15662/IJRAI.2024.0705005Keywords:
Network Externalization, Operational Excellence in Distributed Systems, Multi-Market Infrastructure Optimization, Cloud Network Availability and Security, Quantitative Framework for IT Efficiency, Cost-Performance Trade-offs in Distributed Environments, Scalable Network Governance and ArchitectureAbstract
With the rise of information technology (IT), digital enterprises are getting globalized very rapidly, and the complexity of distributed systems also becomes increasingly robust, which has left organizations with newer areas of focus, worries, tracking, and design when they need to design, manage, and optimize IT landscapes. While internalization in the form of proprietary networks is beneficial in specific financial markets, it is also operationally inefficient, expensive, and less responsive to the needs of the dynamic market as the entities move with markets across frontiers of traditional territorial borders. Moreover, network externalization (or scientifically, delegating infrastructure management, connectivity, and resilience functions to specialized, semi-column service eco-systems) has emerged as a tenable paradigm, one that can help harmonize operational excellence.
A quantitative framework that combines concept of multi-market network externalization with the optimization sciences is introduced in this research to trade off three key performance dimensions: availability, security, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Using this model three indices for each variable--Availability Index (A), Security Resilience Factor (S), and Cost Efficiency Ratio (C) are defined, and an equilibrium model is recommended for maximizing the operational efficiency while reducing the cost and the systemic risk. The analysis refers to the distributed organizations to use these metrics for making architectural decisions, capacity planning, and governance design.
The paper also attempts to address implementation scenarios from the viewpoint of regional markets, showing how externalized network ecosystems increase performance by means of resource elasticity, automated failover, and increased regulatory convergence. Managerially, this studies the need to perfectly align technical decisions to corporate financial and conforming goals, technically it stresses the need for quantifiable models that allow real time optimization of global infrastructure portfolios.
Finally, the paper claims multi-market network externalization is not an outsourcing model, but a strategic transformation framework-a way to lead to sustainable, secure, and low cost distributed systems implemented across global markets to strongly contribute to enterprise agility and digital competitiveness.
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