Business Centric Consulting
We focus upon aligning your data center strategy with your business priorities. Strategy development requires an understanding of C-level goals and sensitivities. We specialize in having these conversations. We also have the technical knowledge to delve into IT and facility centric details that drive strategy decisions. We provide insightful advice at all levels of the organizational structure.
Data Center Strategy addresses the quantity data centers in your portfolio, the current state of each, the relative risk present in each, how resiliency and recovery are achieved, and operational options such as colocation, managed services, cloud, and hybrid.
Executives ask us to provide third party guidance unencumbered by internal or vendor biases. Some are concerned that their current team, either internal and/or external, is limiting the range of options that should be considered. We pride ourselves on our track record of pushing back in a constructive aggressive manner. We are senior level leaders and are not hesitant to communicate difficult findings.
We have helped literally hundreds of clients over the past three decades deploy their data center assets wisely. We know the costs and the challenges involved with deploying data centers. Organizations often spend too much time and money, making decisions. Our processes have been fine-tuned to focus on gathering information relevant to the decision-making process.
Our analysis focuses on understanding the current value of those costs that could be affected by altering the IT delivery model. While cost of facility operations may be reduced, they could be more than offset by increased communications costs. Transition costs can be significant and must be factored in as well. Beyond financial analysis. we evaluate risk with the primary focus on security and availability. Technical issues, such as application latency, will need to be evaluated as they can create substantial challenges.
Our clients realize that they do not have our level of experience and often procurement is delighted to have a SME that will assure their internal customer’s satisfaction. Our portfolio of engagements includes procurement of colocation, managed services, and cloud services. We have assisted clients in contracting for over $100M of these services. For clients building a data center, we have over 30 years of data center construction experience.
Many organizations have not created financial reports that enable an effective comparison with competing IT service delivery models. Understanding how your organization stacks up financially against colocation, managed services or cloud services is a common CIO requirement today. We help our clients first understand the taxonomy of these competing services and then collaboratively build financial models.