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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Data Center Transformation and Consolidation

With a centralized and consolidated data center capability, organizations can reduce the cost of IT operations, provide organizational sustainability and serve the needs of an expanding virtual workforce. Below offers a strategy ensuring minimal impact to operations through every phase of the data center relocation and consolidation process, as follows:

Methodology – addresses critical inputs, outputs and system inter-dependencies Strategy – identifies stakeholders, success criteria and schedule milestones
Discovery – baselines interconnection points and common infrastructure resources
Design – employs industry best practices for a comprehensive and detailed plan
Planning – verifies the backup of all systems for a more systematic migration
Execution – completes action plans, operating procedures and testing to achieve project success


There is a white paper available at http://www.oaot.com