Data Center Strategy and Roadmap · How an engagement runs
Where should our infrastructure live, and what is the plan to get there?
For CIO, VP or director of infrastructure, IT director; the CFO when a lease, colocation contract or capital refresh is driving the change
For organizations that have not yet decided where their infrastructure should live or how to sequence the change. We review your business and application needs and your current infrastructure, identify risks, dependencies and technical debt, and assess readiness for cloud or hybrid hosting. You get target states and hosting locations for each infrastructure domain, a prioritized set of initiatives and a high-level migration timeline. If you need a new facility or provider, optional site selection and RFP support takes you from requirements through to award.
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Strategy and roadmap
A time-bound advisory engagement that decides where your infrastructure should live and in what order it should move.
- Review business and application needs, and current infrastructure: design, redundancy, utilization and platforms
- Identify risks, dependencies, constraints, legacy technology and technical debt
- Assess the value of, and readiness for, cloud or hybrid hosting
- Define target states and hosting locations for each infrastructure domain: compute, storage, network, backup, security and voice
- Prioritize initiatives and build a high-level migration timeline and budget inputs
You receive: Infrastructure roadmap; future-state domain maps; hosting and placement decision framework; risks and dependencies analysis; high-level migration timeline.
Site selection and RFP support (optional)
For a new facility or hosting provider.
- Gather business and technical requirements
- Build a site selection scorecard and analyze options
- Run the RFP through to award
You receive: Requirements and scorecard; site options analysis and recommendation; RFP package and evaluation.
Want to know what this would look like for you?About 30 minutes with a practitioner from the practice that does the work. You’ll leave with a clear view of your next step.
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What you can expect
Advisory
- An agreed target state and hosting location for each infrastructure domain
- A clear rule for what runs where across your own sites, colocation and cloud
- A prioritized, sequenced roadmap and high-level migration timeline
- Risks, dependencies and technical debt identified before the move is planned
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DeliverablesDeliverables by phase (8)
Advisory
- Infrastructure roadmap
- Future-state domain maps
- Hosting and placement decision framework
- Risks and dependencies analysis
- High-level migration timeline
Optional: site selection
- Optional: requirements and site selection scorecard
- Optional: site options analysis and recommendation
- Optional: RFP package and evaluation
Good to know
Questions leaders ask
Can you also move us to the cloud?
Yes, where that is the right destination. Azure-bound migrations are led with our Microsoft Solutions practice, and AWS and hybrid designs with our infrastructure practice.
We already have a roadmap. Do we need this?
Not necessarily. We will build on any roadmap you already have, and you can start at the readiness assessment instead.
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Data center migration readiness checklist
The questions to answer before a move date is set.
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Data Center Migration Readiness Assessment
“What do we actually have, what depends on what, and what will the move take?”A fixed-fee assessment for organizations that know they have to move and need a credible plan. Learn moreSite Selection and RFP Support
“Where should our infrastructure live next, and how do we choose?”Choosing a new data center, colocation provider or hybrid mix is a long-term commitment. Learn moreData Center Migration Planning and Execution
“Who will plan and run the move so the business doesn't feel it?”We plan and run the migration under a statement of work, in five phases: Discovery and Assessment, Planning and Design, Staging, Execution, and Close Out. Learn moreTalk with our team
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- A short conversationWhat needs to happen, and by when.
- A written proposalWhat you would receive, how long it takes and the fee, before you commit.
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About 30 minutes with a practitioner from the practice that does the work, not a salesperson. It’s about your situation, and you’ll leave with a clear view of your next step. No cost, no obligation.
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