Opinion Article “Datacenter Modernization: The Eternal Challenge of Managing Updates” by Pedro Araújo
- Fábio Meseiro
- Dec 19, 2025
- 3 min read
Continuous modernization of a datacenter is one of the most important strategic steps for organizations aiming to stay competitive, ensure resilience and compliance, all while enabling and fostering continuous innovation. 💡
We’re proud to share an opinion article published on TEK Notícias, authored by Pedro Araújo, Unipartner’s Datacenter Transformation Leader, and focused on the ongoing challenge of managing updates and ensuring infrastructures are ready for the future.
The article explores why modernization is not a one-off project but a continuous journey, the risks of outdated systems, and how automation, cloud strategies, and AI-driven intelligence can streamline operations and free IT teams to focus on higher-value tasks. These strategies not only reduce complexity but also create a safer, more agile environment prepared for tomorrow’s challenge. 💻
Want to know more on how to tackle the eternal challenge of datacenter updates?
Read the full article in PT on TEK Notícias here and in EN below 👇
The future doesn’t wait – your datacenter shouldn’t either. 🚀
Datacenter Modernization: The Eternal Challenge of Managing Updates
Pedro Araújo, Datacenter Transformation Leader at Unipartner
One of the main challenges I regularly encounter in organizations is the complexity of effectively managing the update process across different services. This process can range from the operating system to applications, network equipment, or security devices such as firewalls and IDS systems.
With the evolution of datacenters into increasingly distributed environments—where on-premises infrastructures coexist with cloud and multi-cloud solutions—these challenges become even more significant. While this new paradigm undeniably offers organizations greater flexibility, scalability, and resilience, it also brings additional maintenance challenges for those not fully prepared.
Typically, the need for regular software updates arises from implementing new versions to fix or add functionalities, or from installing monthly or occasional patches aimed at resolving urgent issues or mitigating newly identified security vulnerabilities.
Alongside this recurring need for updates, I have seen many organizations struggle to keep all systems compliant with security update policies and application lifecycle management—whether due to effort or cost.
This is where modernization, automation, and intelligence (whether artificial or based on fixed-variable decision processes) come into play, creating a clear distinction between maintaining an environment effectively or falling behind, facing security risks or delays in deploying new versions of applications and services.
In this context, managing updates for operating systems and applications becomes one of the greatest challenges for IT teams. The diversity of environments and the need to keep all systems updated and protected against known and zero-day vulnerabilities require rigorous—and preferably automated—processes.
Manual execution of updates is increasingly impractical due to the risk of human error, the effort involved, and the pressure to respond quickly to emerging vulnerabilities and threats. Therefore, datacenter transformation, based on automation and intelligence applied to management, is essential to ensure secure, efficient, and future-ready operations.
Beyond the core premise of intelligent automation, such solutions should incorporate key functionalities, such as a 360-degree view of the datacenter’s update status, integration with ITSM tools for tracking and approving automated update processes, and an intelligent coordination mechanism capable of evaluating and making decisions based on real-time information.
In short, modernizing update management in datacenters is not just a response to current technological demands—it is a strategic step essential for organizational sustainability and competitiveness. Investing in automated and intelligent solutions not only mitigates risks and ensures compliance but also frees IT teams to focus on higher-value tasks, contributing to a safer, more agile environment prepared for future challenges.
