What is Data Center Consolidation?
Data center growth, uncontrolled implementation of IT assets, and outdated legacy systems have lead to a situation where thousands of small, under-utilized data centers exist. New initiatives for data center consolidation are now a top priority in a government-wide effort to reduce IT costs, lower energy consumption, improve IT security and enable a shift to more efficient IT platforms such as cloud computing. Consolidation of data centers can be achieved through several ways – decommissioning servers, consolidating smaller centers into larger target centers, server virtualization and moving applications into the cloud.
PC Mall Gov has the skills and experience to assist your organization in effectively planning for a data center consolidation. Our team of certified engineers will provide guidance from assessment phase to the planning phase and throughout the implementation of the plan. We understand the implications and issues of data center consolidation and can assist you in finding a solution which best meets the unique needs of your organization. Our strong relationships with all the major vendors allow us to ensure objectivity in the choice of systems and technologies.
What are the benefits to my organization?
Data center consolidation can simplify IT environments and increase manageability while offering many additional benefits:
- The reduction of the overall energy consumption and real estate footprint of government data centers
- Reduced costs of data center hardware, software and operations
- Increase in overall IT security
- Usage of more efficient computing platforms and technologies
- Improved service delivery
