Data Center
Relocation and Consolidation
Moving a data center has been compared to changing the engines on
a jet while it is in flight. Business users demand high availability
and minimal risk, even while their critical systems are being relocated
and integrated into a new environment. MetaVista consultants have
hands-on experience managing the complexities of data center consolidation
projects, from initial planning through post-event decommissioning
and cleanup. Let’s work together to make your next data center project
a success.
Technology Architecture Assessments
IT organizations face two competing pressures from their stakeholders:
the desire to optimize individual business solutions, often
by implementing the latest technologies, and the desire to
create and maintain a rational, “engineered” enterprise IT
environment that promotes overall value by focusing on maintainability
and long-term costs. Working with your technology architects,
MetaVista can assist in assessing proposed new technologies
to ensure alignment with current or proposed architecture standards
and practices.
Technology Planning and Assessments
In the pressure to generate results, business and IT project teams may neglect
the longer-term implications of proposed new technologies. MetaVista’s consultants
can assist with technology planning by providing a broad assessment of total
lifecycle costs, including staff training, integration of the new technology
into the existing IT infrastructure, and ongoing support / maintenance considerations.
Enterprise Architecture
Many IT organizations have grown organically over many years, with growth sometimes
coming in waves due to mergers and other factors. The resulting IT environment
is redundant, poorly optimized, brittle, and costly. MetaVista can help you
provide business value through improved product selection, product acquisition,
high-level design, and technology lifecycle management processes. |
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Hardware Planning
Hardware planning in a data center environment involves many challenges.
Considerations include tracking facilities capacity (power and
cooling), maintaining accurate asset inventory records, and responding
quickly to requests for new hardware while complying with architecture
standards. From physical site planning through hardware acquisition
support, MetaVista’s experienced consultants can help with your
hardware planning challenges.
IT Security Consulting
Do you know who has access to sensitive information in your organization?
Do you even know where this information is located? If not,
you’re not alone. Many IT organizations have evolved complex,
decentralized systems with limited documentation describing
database contents, network connectivity, system or data recoverability,
or processes to deal with security breaches. MetaVista’s trained
and certified IT security consultants can help assess your
risks and recommend solutions that match your unique needs.
Server Consolidation
The proliferation of physical servers in many organizations (server sprawl) in
combination with recent advances in server virtualization technologies has
created a compelling opportunity for savings. Server consolidation is a process
for reducing the total number of servers that an organization requires by hosting
multiple under-utilized servers on a single shared device, with significant
savings in costs associated with hardware acquisition, heating and cooling,
space, and staff support. Let MetaVista help you realize the benefits of consolidation.
Open Source Software Strategies
Open Source has been a hot topic in IT for several years, with promises of lower
costs, better security, and vendor independence. MetaVista can assist in assessing
whether Open Source should be part of your IT environment, and can assist in
developing appropriate Open Source deployment strategies that address availability,
maintainability, and ongoing support. |
