Virtualization and Consolidation Services
About Dimension Data Dimension Data is a $2.7 billion specialist IT services and solutions provider that helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage, wireless and contact center technologies and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customized client solutions. Key 2005 Cisco Awards • Cisco IP Communications (Voice) Partner • of the Year (Category: Globals/Nationals) Cisco Outstanding Advanced Technology Performance Partner of the Year (Category: Globals/Nationals) Cisco Enterprise Partner of the Year (Category: Globals/Nationals) Cisco Enterprise Partner of the Year (Category: U.S. and Canada National Awards) Cisco Global IP Communications Partner of the Year Cisco Asia Pacific Partner of the Year Cisco Emerging Markets Partner of the Year
Enterprises today need an antidote to data center sprawl. They must reduce the costs, complexity and inefficiencies that are caused by proliferating servers, appliances, applications, and storage arrays. At the same time, they must use existing resources more efficiently to increase capacity without adding to the sprawl. The convergence of IP and storage networks has made it possible for enterprises to radically improve the resource utilization, manageability and responsiveness of data centers by adopting a virtualization and consolidation strategy. When properly implemented, virtualization and consolidation replace data center sprawl with a highly efficient, coordinated and cost-effective infrastructure that provides optimal support for current and future business operations. Optimizing IT through Virtualization and Consolidation Dimension Data’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) practice has helped hundreds of companies across the globe stem the tide of data center sprawl. With its virtualization and consolidation services, Dimension Data helps clients plan, build and support streamlined data center architectures. The end result is a reduction in complexity and operational costs; a more efficient use of existing resources; and a reduction of power costs, heat generation, and the physical footprints of data centers. An engagement with Dimension Data starts with a survey designed to identify ways a company can optimize its IT infrastructure through data center virtualization and consolidation. The survey considers numerous criteria including: • • • • • Operational efficiency Duplicate functionality Consolidation opportunities Underutilized storage and computing resources Procurement processes
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As part of this process, Dimension Data interviews all business stakeholders to ensure that the final architecture takes into account the current and future requirements of the business. To conclude this phase of the engagement, Dimension Data provides a comprehensive roadmap to a more efficient data center. Deliverables include:
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A detailed review of Dimension Data’s findings Risk/reward analysis for consolidating systems Conceptual architecture of the consolidated infrastructure Bill of materials to support the architecture Capital/operational expenditure analysis of the new architecture Implementation roadmap Supporting materials including interviews, reports, etc.
Turnkey Implementations After the survey phase, Dimension Data provides comprehensive implementation services to turn the virtualization and consolidation blueprint into reality. Dimension Data provides complete project management services across the entire implementation process including: • • • • Platform Development – Dimension Data’s expert engineers develop a consolidated and virtualized server and storage platform based on the requirements identified in the assessment. Technology Infrastructure Procurement – As a vendor-neutral organization, Dimension Data is free to deliver the best price/performance balance to meet our clients’ infrastructure needs. Pilot Installation – Dimension Data thoroughly tests the virtualized server and storage platform before going live. Configuration, Deployment and Integration – After the platform has been thoroughly tested and validated, Dimension Data completes the project with a full range of deployment services. Delivering Value to Your Business Dimension Data’s virtualization and consolidation solutions deliver compelling benefits to your data center staff and your organization including: • • • • • Reduced management and operations costs Greater control over server and storage resources Higher levels of system and data availability Optimized data center performance through the use of resource lifecycle management Improved business continuity
Why Dimension Data? Dimension Data is a $2.7 billion specialist IT services and solutions provider that helps clients plan, build and support their IT infrastructures. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage, wireless and contact center technologies and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customized client solutions. With proven methodologies and repeatable solutions, only Dimension Data can combine local expertise with global best practices to deliver single-source solutions that lower costs and complexity while improving business agility.