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Optimised Datacenter

The datacenter is invariably a hotbed of under-utilised IT assets, so it also offers the greatest potential in terms of efficiency, agility and financial gains.

Although many organisations have started on their datacenter optimisation journey through the adoption of virtualisation, a high proportion are unlikely to have realised the maximum business benefits. For example, server virtualisation efforts will often have been implemented as a discrete solution for a specific business service rather than as a holistic improvement programme for the entire datacenter. As a result, opportunities to enhance other critical resources will have been missed, which also results in a lower ROI.

Optimisation in a box

Computacenter's Virtualised Datacenter (VDC) solutions are a prime example of how an end-to-end approach can readdress such ROI imbalances and enable greater business agility.

A VDC combines a number of pre-architected virtualisation technologies - spanning server, network and storage resources - with software management tools; all of which have been optimised to simplify deployment, management and reduce total cost of ownership. A VDC approach therefore dramatically reduces the time needed to achieve fully integrated, optimised IT environments and also reduces any transformation risks by effectively applying a pre-approved and certified solution.

As well as minimising risk and maximising asset utilisation, VDC solutions mobilise IT workloads into controlled and elastic containers that can be easily migrated between an organisation's internal datacenters, to shared hosting facilities or to private/public cloud environments. This provides organisations with the flexibility they need to simplify the adoption of cloud or alternate delivery models.

Using a VDC approach, Computacenter will be able to help you:

• Reduce capital and operational spend by up to 50 per cent
• React more quickly to changing business demands
• Accelerate the deployment of new applications
• Free up IT staff to focus on service delivery and innovation
• Safeguard business information and continuity

Vendor-independent advice

With over a decade of experience of datacenter virtualisation, consolidation and relocations, Computacenter designs, implements, manages and hosts VDC solutions.

We will help you identify the best VDC strategy and technologies for your organisation - whether it involves adopting a new methodology for your entire IT infrastructure or deploying virtual resource pools to support specific business applications and workloads. For example, we can provide independent and qualified advice on the following vendor solutions:

As an end-to-end IT services and solutions provider, Computacenter can also help you introduce other key technologies, including structured cabling solutions and optimised storage technologies.

Book your Current State Assessment to analyse opportunities to optimise datacenter facilities and technology for cost, efficiency and environmental impact - and continue your datacenter optimisation journey today.