Consolidation

 Many IT operations are not completely consolidated resulting in inefficient high cost assets.  Even those who have implement a SAN frequently have multiple SAN’s and islands of products with stove-piped applications, low utilization and a complex environment that complicates the management of IT resources.



In order to standardize and simplify your IT infrastructure, you need to consider the following questions:

Typical Concerns:

  • Am I getting everything I expected from my SAN?
  • How can I reduce my Operational Expense (opEx)?
  • How can I reduce my maintenance costs?
  • Is it possible to increase my utilization rates?
  • Can I reduce the number of hardware assets?
    • Servers
    • Storage devices
    • Connections/ports
  • What is the best way to reduce complexity in my environment?
  • How can I rapidly respond to business requirements and needs?
  • How can I make IT strategically relevant?
  • Can I leverage corporate information for business advantage?
  • What do I do about IT Infrastructures that have reached maximum capacity?
  • What are the costs related to facilities and data center sprawl and the overall data center total cost of ownership (TCO)?
  • What is the impact of insufficient in-house resources necessary to manage ”as usual,” non-business activities such as data center migration?
  • What is the best way to reduce the hardware infrastructure and energy footprint?
  • How do I develop a strategy to build an architecture that meets the business needs?